![]() ![]() Joe, films like Red Dawn, the Guinness record holder for violent acts depicted per minute, and the Nintendo video game “Contra. In a weekend article for the Washington Post, Sirota argues anti-Muslim sentiments took root in ’80s Hollywood, in a range of films-even Back to the Future, featuring angry Libyans with bazookas, “as a precursor of today’s socially acceptable-and congressionally sanctioned-Islamophobia and prejudice against those of Middle Eastern descent.” In his latest Creators column, Sirota confesses that as a boy, he was indoctrinated into America’s 1980s militarism, citing his G.I. He ventures through this neon garden in his book Back to the Future: How the 1980s Explain the World We Live in Now-Our Culture, Our Politics, Our Everything, which officially releases today. Today, the syndicated journalist and AM 760 morning talk radio host has noticed some of the negative seeds planted by the decade’s pop culture have blossomed. ![]() ![]() I look forward to getting to know you all more in the days and weeks to come. Like many of us, David Sirota was a kid back in the 1980s. Its a pleasure to be here this afternoon for my first earnings call as CFO of Altice USA. The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. ![]()
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