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BRAINSTORMING: Tired Of Nazis?

Started by Dr Rotwang!, November 02, 2008, 07:23:30 PM

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Jackalope

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November 04, 2008, 05:10:44 PM Last Edit: November 04, 2008, 05:18:13 PM by Jackalope
Quote from: The Good Assyrian;262542Not many people realize that the famous Red Scare of the 50s was actually not the first in the United States. There was a major cultural angst about Communism in the 1920s as well, and it is reflected in the popular fiction including the pulps

Can you cite examples?  

Specifically examples that support your statement "The Reds were fanatics bent on destroying our way of life, had infiltrated every level of society with their agents and dupes, and had foreign accents. They even used the leather-coated secret policeman schtick before the Gestapo!"

Because honestly, I know quite a bit about pulps, and I don't think those tropes showed up until after World War 2.
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