Dissecting Worlds: Series 9, Episode 1: Bond!

Published: Oct. 7, 2014, 7:23 a.m.

In this episode 00Scouse & the Greatest Living Yorkshireman [citation needed] debate James Bond - popular culture's platonic ideal of a spy. They fail to discuss post-Imperial Britain's identity crisis (which will have to feature in the conclusions episode) but look at\xa0

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: gender & sex in bond (including the BDSM elements)

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: leading pastiches

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: anti-Bonds

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: race & patriotism\xa0

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: best & worse of the franchise\xa0

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\u201cFilm Crit Hulks\u201d excellent series of essays on the movies starts here: http://badassdigest.com/2014/07/14/hulk-vs.-james-bond-staring-into-the-id-of-a-boner-incarnate/

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