A Theater of State Panic

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A small-town business district glides across the screen in grainy 1960s Technicolor. The shot shows a pawn shop, a drug store, and advertisements for cottage cheese and white potatoes. The town is passing itself off as Anywhere, USA, but something is amiss. The brightly colored façades are fabricated and flimsy. Atop the liquor store, a […]

Original source: https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2022/09/16/riotsville-theater-of-state-panic/

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