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Parody of this:
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And that's Andre the Giant, interestingly enough.
Which is in turn a reference to the film, They Live
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yjw_DuNkOUw
Here's more info about the Andre poster
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_the_Giant_Has_a_Posse
Fascinating provenance. Thanks for sharing
I think any kind of resistance through art is going to be better if it can tap into great art from the past and we see a continuity. It should help allow people to better able to see the continuity from past fascism.
One of the better John Carpenter films.
The best Rowdy Roddy Piper film.