{"product_id":"leatherface-vs-tricky-dick-martin-harris-9781909394810","title":"Leatherface vs. Tricky Dick: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre as Political Satire","description":"The Watergate scandal was a horror show. What better way to satirize it than with a horror movie? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTobe Hooper's \u003ci\u003eThe Texas Chain Saw Massacre\u003c\/i\u003e premiered in October 1974, mere weeks after the resignation and pardon of Richard Nixon brought an uncertain end to the most corrupt and criminal presidency in American history. The film had been conceived, written, shot, edited, and produced precisely as Watergate was playing out, and those responsible for Chain Saw unhesitatingly spoke of the horrors of contemporary politics as having directly inspired the ones they created for the film. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeatherface vs. Tricky Dick\u003c\/i\u003e presents a fascinating minute-by-minute exploration of the many uncanny connections between \u003ci\u003eThe Texas Chain Saw Massacre\u003c\/i\u003e and Watergate, as well as other ways the film comments on contemporary politics via satire and (very) dark humor. Read and discover Chain Saw's response to the White House horrors, the Saturday Night Massacre, and more, as well as how Leatherface's masks relate to all those Nixon masks worn throughout \"our long national nightmare.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martin Harris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1909394815\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781909394810\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Headpress\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/07\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.95h x 4.96w x 0.71d","brand":"Martin Harris","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995978039551,"sku":"9781909394810","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6af976ec-5505-486c-95fc-953c1d015238.jpg?v=1683338989","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/leatherface-vs-tricky-dick-martin-harris-9781909394810","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}