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‘Used Cars’ At 40: How The Cynical Black Comedy Became A Preview Of The Reagan Era

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Robert Zemeckis’ “Used Cars” opens with a slow, patient push-in on a man tinkering around under the dashboard of a used car, eventually achieving the goal of rolling back its odometer.

He’s whistling “Hail to the Chief” as he works; the opening title music that follows is a rousing rendition of “Stars and Stripes Forever.” The messaging here is not subtle: America, circa 1980, is a used car lot.

Appropriately enough, at the year’s end, it would elect a used car salesman President. Continue reading ‘Used Cars’ At 40: How The Cynical Black Comedy Became A Preview Of The Reagan Era at The Playlist..

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