Symbols and Tropes
Cars
Who's Gonna Drive You Home?Cars were a big deal in the 1950s. What with the Federal Highway Act of 1956, the Ford Thunderbird being introduced in 1955, and songs like "Beep Beep," "Hot Rod Race," "...
Thunder Road
Where There's Lightning, There's ThunderIn a parallel universe, Mad Max: Thunder Road is the second Mad Max movie, starring Mel Gibson and Olivia Newton-John. (Sorry, Travolta.) She's Australian, s...
The Carnival
Round and Round We GoGrease ends with a carnival, a traveling attraction full of rickety rides. (Ugh: we hope all the sprockets and cogs are well greased. If not, Danny Zuko has some to spare.)The...