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213. Guns, Muscles, and Kung Fu - The 1980s and the Birth of the “Action Movie” and "Action Hero"

March 30, 2021

Semantically, the term “action movie” could theoretically refer to any number of things--after all, anything done by the actors is technically action. That’s why directors call it out. Nevertheless, “action movie” ubiquitously elicits a specific kind of f