GOIN' COMMANDO

#15: THE DELTA FORCE (1986)


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Folks, it was only a matter of time until we broached the subject of Hollywood's favorite conservative not named Kelsey Grammar, Kirk Cameron, James Woods or Scott Baio. It's roundhouse kick artist and noted dweeb Chuck Norris and one of his most successful movies, 1986's THE DELTA FORCE. This is a chaotic episode: We dive into the world in which this movie was made, where Reagan ruled, America was conducting covert operations around the world, and yuppies were rebelling against their hippy parents by working at hedge funds, driving sports cars, snorting cocaine, and cheering on Gordon Gekko without understanding the context of his character. Norris was a star for these times and these people and we wonder aloud if movies like THE DELTA FORCE served as a sort of propaganda that is ardently pro-American, pro-military and anti-Palestine. We address Robert Forster doing brownface. We award an honorary Oscar to the motorcycle with the rocket launchers on it. We salute Lee Marvin's eyebrows and talk about our own body hair. We reference the Walker Texas Ranger lever. We talk about how the action portions of this movie feel like a fake action movie within another movie's universe. We do a round of YouTube Comment Theatre. And so much more!

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GOIN' COMMANDOBy Bryne Yancey, James McDonald

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