Keanu Reeves capitulated into Hollywood in the early 1990s with <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuVDrpl1tIY" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Point Break</a> (1991) and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8piqd2BWeGI" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Speed</a> (1994). These two roles established him squarely and a thoughtful action hero. We discuss the psychological backstory in Point Break and the lack of in Speed, the evolution of Keanu’s Everyman, and the metaphor of Los Angeles on screen.

Keanu Reeves capitulated into Hollywood in the early 1990s with Point Break (1991) and Speed (1994). These two roles established him squarely and a thoughtful action hero. We discuss the psychological backstory in Point Break and the lack of in Speed, the evolution of Keanu’s Everyman, and the metaphor of Los Angeles on screen.

Keanu Reeves capitulated into Hollywood in the early 1990s with <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuVDrpl1tIY" rel="noopener noreferrer">Point Break</a> (1991) and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8piqd2BWeGI" rel="noopener noreferrer">Speed</a> (1994). These two roles established him squarely and a thoughtful action hero. We discuss the psychological backstory in&nbsp;Point Break and the lack of in Speed, the evolution of Keanu’s Everyman, and the metaphor of Los Angeles on screen.

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Exploring pop “trash” through the lens of media history and theory, as well as representations of race, class, and gender with the Ambassador of Pop Culture, Bob Thompson, and  Charisse L'Pree, professors at  the Newhouse School at Syracuse University.

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Exploring pop “trash” through the lens of media history and theory, as well as representations of race, class, and gender with the Ambassador of Pop Culture, Bob Thompson, and Charisse L'Pree, professors at the Newhouse School at Syracuse University.

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