Cinema Jerks

We all love an iconic baddie, but this video essay isn't about them. This episode is about the smug, suit-wearing toerags who provide the banal face of evil in scores of 80s classics, from Harry Ellis in Die Hard and Walter Peck in Ghostbusters, to Carter Burke in Aliens, and beyond. What do these insufferable jerks say about Reagan-era cinema, and what purpose do they serve in crowd-pleasing popcorn flicks?
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