Death is a Photograph

Season 1, Gen X — Episode 8 — Army of Darkness (1992) w/John Dolan

Death is a Photograph

Show Notes

This week John Dolan, co-host of Radio War Nerd [https://www.patreon.com/radiowarnerd], joins the DPP boys to discuss Sam Raimi's closer to the Evil Dead trilogy, Army of Darkness (1992). Dr. Dolan regales your co-hosts with tales of late 80s-early 90s masculinity in all its nerdy, machismo-laced infamy. Before the Marvel movie, before 4chan, there was the comic book shop and the 80s-blockbuster action superstar. How did these tropes shape and ground the youth of the 80s and 90s? John, as always full of wisdom and anecdotes, has answers.

John's newest book, They Should Have Been Hanged [https://www.magersandquinn.com/product/THEY-SHOULD-HAVE-BEEN-HANGED/28604375], is out now!

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