5-25-23 -- The Real Dirt On Dirty Harry

15 Minutes Ov Flame With Robert Phoenix

Its film forensic Thursday. Every now and then on Thursday I look at a film or a series of films that are portrayed one way and most people agree on the consensus of what that movie means or is represented in the culture but upon closer examination, the film's deeper messages are actually quite different than the one digested by the public.

In past shows we've looked at the covert socialist "Magnificent Seven" masquerading as a western and :"Slapshot" widely regarded as one of the best and funniest sports movies of all time, when in actuality is feminist screed that depicts men as boorish, self-absorbed, adolescent losers.

Today, we'll look at the first three, "Dirty Harry" movies and show you that they're not what they appear to be.