The 2 movies
Flashdance (1983)segment
Covered in a segment of this episode
Risky Business (1983)segment
Covered in a segment of this episode
Show notes
While the music video was still in its infancy as a cultural phenomenon, two films were released that were accused of aping the “MTV aesthetic”: Adrian Lyne’s Flashdance , and Risky Business , which turned Tom Cruise into a major star. Today we’ll talk about what the “MTV aesthetic” was and why it was considered a big deal for movies to be influenced about it, and we’ll examine how both of these movies treated sex work and race within the context of 80s social mores and Reagan capitalism.
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