Having gone to a nearby University decades ago I was struck by the conspiracy literacy by many colored students and foreign students as well. I imagine the common influence is feeling the "Man" (as we called the Deep State way back then) was both openly and secretly plotting to "keep them in their place"
Just as the 60's brought together college students and Jews into the Civil Rights cause current economic disparities and feelings of persecution unite poorer whites and blacks and Hispanics.
It's also interesting the way it combines the demigod/holy/supernatural James Dean, along with the very rigid, officially sanctioned version of Indiana farm boy James Dean. Taking the spiritual aspect of "holy James Dean" out of the picture for a minute, it also sounds like quite a bit of what Reeves writes wouldn't be out of place at the official Dean remembrance in Fairmont throughout the 1990s.
Having gone to a nearby University decades ago I was struck by the conspiracy literacy by many colored students and foreign students as well. I imagine the common influence is feeling the "Man" (as we called the Deep State way back then) was both openly and secretly plotting to "keep them in their place"
Just as the 60's brought together college students and Jews into the Civil Rights cause current economic disparities and feelings of persecution unite poorer whites and blacks and Hispanics.
Surely that last line was firmly tongue in cheek (the same way you taste test those horrid old recipes of yours, I imagine.
Trump or "Lil' Kim" mayhap?
It's also interesting the way it combines the demigod/holy/supernatural James Dean, along with the very rigid, officially sanctioned version of Indiana farm boy James Dean. Taking the spiritual aspect of "holy James Dean" out of the picture for a minute, it also sounds like quite a bit of what Reeves writes wouldn't be out of place at the official Dean remembrance in Fairmont throughout the 1990s.
Yes, you're quite right that Reeves seems to have gained all of his ideas about the "real" James Dean from the official Fairmount portrayal.