Episode 4

RoboCop: "Dead or alive, you're coming with me"

Paul Verhoeven's masterpiece RoboCop was ahead of its time. The poignant satire on police, capitalism, militarism and neoliberalism stands today as one of the GOATs. I chatted with Farhad about this true masterpiece. You may be reading these words and saying: Are we talking about that fun action movie with a half man, half robot? Yes. Yes we are.

Buckle up...

Notes:
Film School Rejects: "The Violent Satire of 'RoboCop' by Kieran Fisher
Tropics of Meta: "What Robocop Tells Us about the Neoliberal City, Then and Now" by Keith Orejel


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