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Dirty Harry as Pornography: Revealing the Unrevealed

Journal: Media Watch (Vol.4, No. 1)

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Page : 74-83

Keywords : Dirty Harry; obscenity; pornography; semiotics;

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Abstract

Dirty Harry was released 40 years ago. We contend that it was a very influential film because it was one of the first mainstream pornography films. Our analysis shows how the producers of Dirty Harry used the signifiers and ideology of a porn film to reveal the dirty side of society. Today, those porn film signifiers have created a porn film ideology, which is a common element on television and in film.

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