"Disguised" Political Film in Contemporary Hollywood

Betty Kaklamanidou is a Fulbright scholar and Assistant Professor in Film and Television History and Theory at Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece. She is the author of Easy A: The End of the High-School Teen Comedy? (2018), Genre, Gender and the Effects of Neoliberalism (2013) and two books in Greek on adaptation theory and the history of the Hollywood rom com. Betty is also the co-editor of Politics and Politicians in Contemporary U.S. Television (2016), The Millennials on Film and Television (2014), HBO’s “Girls” (2014), and The 21st Century Superhero (2010). She is currently completing a co-edited a collection on post-2008 European Cinema. Betty’s articles have appeared in Television & New Media, Literature/Film Quarterly, Celebrity Studies and The Journal of Popular Romance Studies.

• Chapter 1: The "Disguised" Political Film: IntroductionChapter 2: Political ComediesChapter 3: Political Thrillers and U.S. Foreign Policy Chapter 4: Political History Dramas and U.S. Domestic PolicyChapter 5: Political Films From Antiquity to the 20th CenturyChapter 6: Behind the Scenes of the Disguised Political Film Genre Chapter 7: EpilogueWorks CitedIndex

In this comprehensive study, Kaklamanidou argues that there is a subset of Hollywood movies which fit into 'political genre,' a term not yet used by scholars, film critics, or industry (IMDB). She identifies 78 movies that were released between 2002 and 2012 and clearly explains why some ‘political thrillers’ do not belong to the genre of the political film, while other dramas, comedies, or science fiction movies do. This is a very important contribution to the study of genre and the political and will be an invaluable resource to scholars, students, and movie fans.