Classic American Icon

Geronimo · Post by **Geronimo** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 11:05 pm

Just a thought for all you many Furies fans.I just realised that the Furies are the embodiment of classic American imagery,as much as any well known cultural US icon. In that i mean, think about it,the Furies represent the dark American underbelly of the USA at the end of the 70's. The American dream turned on its head,and what better way to show that than taking its national pastime and turning it into a nightmare. If you take the Furies out of the Warriors its still a great film,but with them in it, well,in my opinion its a true classic, and as discussed before on this forum,when i first saw it way back in 1980, its the Furies that stuck in my head the most.

By the way,congratulations for a truly brilliant site.

BaseballFury100 · Post by **BaseballFury100** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 2:48 pm

well im canadian i dont really care

but seriously. furies were the main reason(for me) to see the movie, now, its all about everything WARRIORS!

great thinking by the way,

zubi q · Post by **zubi q** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 11:50 am

kiss as well contributed!

zubi q · Post by **zubi q** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 7:36 pm

walter hill loved kiss thats why

Zen444 · Post by **Zen444** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 3:59 pm

zubi q wrote:walter hill loved kiss thats why

Ever heard of the edit button?

warriorchick · Post by **warriorchick** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 4:04 pm

Geronimo wrote:Just a thought for all you many Furies fans.I just realised that the Furies are the embodiment of classic American imagery,as much as any well known cultural US icon. In that i mean, think about it,the Furies represent the dark American underbelly of the USA at the end of the 70's. The American dream turned on its head,and what better way to show that than taking its national pastime and turning it into a nightmare. If you take the Furies out of the Warriors its still a great film,but with them in it, well,in my opinion its a true classic, and as discussed before on this forum,when i first saw it way back in 1980, its the Furies that stuck in my head the most.

By the way,congratulations for a truly brilliant site.

this is a very interesting concept. i never thought about the american icon aspect of it though.

wolverine_95 · Post by **wolverine_95** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 8:16 pm

This is a facinating new way to look at the gangs. I wonder if each gang can be seen as representing a perversion of Americana or an American symbol.

For example, I've seen a few people refer to The Warriors as a Native American themed gang. Could they be seen as a perversion of America's ancient roots?

Geronimo · Post by **Geronimo** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 4:53 pm

Any teenager growing up in a big city at the beginning of the 80's in England will know very well the 'mod' and 'two tone' revival. Two Tone music was followed by Rude Boys and was based on the love of ska music. What is significant is that it was a multi cultural movement, i.e blacks and whites mixed freely and one of the main styles was two-tone suits and the use of black and white shirts/dresses etc (for the females obviously).
The Punk movement of 1976/1977 had a major impact on New York sub-culture (see Summer of Sam..good film ) .It struck me that the Turnbull AC's seem to be a mix of rude boy/skinhead style so dominant in England from 1979-1981. Just a thought, In response to my first post on this thread, i acknowledge that the Furies owe more to Kiss than probably anything else.

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