Black Hawk Down: E54 Neoliberal Troopers

Remember Shuffle

The Shuffle Boys return to the world of American military propaganda to review Ridley Scott’s 2001 film “Black Hawk Down.To fully appreciate the ghoulishness of this movie’s version of events, we start with a quick history lesson on late 20th century Somalia and the actual events that the film attemprs to depict. En route, they return to the well of some of the key themes of both the End of History and Post 9-11 bloodlust eras

⁠Alternate name for the episode was “Stolz der United Nations” but the reference is too obscure, but shout out to the Inglorious Basterds heads who would have liked that

Give Remember Shuffle a follow on Twitter⁠⁠⁠ And on Instagram⁠⁠ ⁠@RememberShufflePod⁠⁠⁠ to interact with the show between episodes. It also makes it easier to book guests.