What if there was an amusement park where management literally did not care about safety? What if the danger of dying was part of the allure? What if millions of people flocked to the park to experience a culture of lawlessness, free from the harsh rules and draconian safety precautions of most theme parks? Today we’re going to explore the history of Action Park.
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Class Action Park Directed by Seth Porges and Chris Charles Scott III, HBO Max, 2020.
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What if there was an amusement park where management literally did not care about safety? What if the danger of dying was part of the allure? What if millions of people flocked to the park to experience a culture of lawlessness, free from the harsh rules and draconian safety precautions of most theme parks? Today we’re going to explore the history of Action Park.
Edited and thumbnail by Noah
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BIG THINGS ARE COMING
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Park
Class Action Park Directed by Seth Porges and Chris Charles Scott III, HBO Max, 2020.
Movies: Are they good or are they bad? It's impossible to say. But what about the folks who make 'em? Hollywood makes plenty of flops and failures, but on this episode of Desperate Acts of Capitalism, we cover the golden age of Hollywood, and how it all came crashing down.
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Sources:
https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/hollywood-strike-history-sag/
https://www.amazon.com/Inquisition-Hollywood-Politics-Community-1930-60/dp/0252071417
https://archive.org/details/forbiddenanimati0000cohe/page/n9/mode/2up
https://filmstarfacts.com/2017/09/26/studio-system-collapsed/
https://www.history.com/news/how-tv-killed-hollywoods-golden-age
https://retrospectjournal.com/2020/11/29/raising-the-curtain-hollywood-and-american-politics-1920-60/
https://books.google.com/books?id=Nz8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA146#v=onepage&q&f=false
Desperate Acts of Capitalism Podcast
What if there was an amusement park where management literally did not care about safety? What if the danger of dying was part of the allure? What if millions of people flocked to the park to experience a culture of lawlessness, free from the harsh rules and draconian safety precautions of most theme parks? Today we’re going to explore the history of Action Park.
Edited and thumbnail by Noah
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www.patreon.com/desperateactsofcapitalism
BIG THINGS ARE COMING
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Park
Class Action Park Directed by Seth Porges and Chris Charles Scott III, HBO Max, 2020.
