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We're back, baby, and kickin' things off with a month of Big Bug movies, starting with the forefather of 'em all: Them!. This Warner Bros. feature blends together Atom Age anxiety, anti-Communist hysteria, veiled law-and-order propaganda, and even a little bit of U.F.O. lore. But there's also an environmental angle, here, with Big Bug movies not only reflecting general fears about insects, but also distilling the pathological drive of the American state to treat the balance of powers between man and nature like a constantly escalating Cold War itself.Works Cited:Joshua David Bellin, “Us or Them!”: Silent Spring and the “Big Bug” Films of the 1950s,” Extrapolation, Vol. 50, No. 1 (Spring, 2009)Bill Warren, Keep Watching the Skies: American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties, 21st Century Edition (2010)All original music courtesy of Niel Jakobyhttps://nieljacoby.bandcamp.com/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MonsterCrazeMemoirsOfficialiTunes/Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/monster-craze-memoirs/id1491963648Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3aSrQ5JFez33XuVanaFYIwPocket Casts: https://pca.st/lkra63chSoundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-3949861YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBGcDWtQj2wGEnlAB7P4AFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/Monster-Craze-Memoirs-106199087480182/Twitter: https://twitter.com/KennethJWaste2