John Carpenter's Attack On Hollywood: The Deeper Meaning of Big Trouble in Little China
JOHN CARPENTER'S ATTACK ON HOLLYWOOD The Deeper Meaning of Big Trouble In Little China INTRODUCTION John Carpenter's Big Trouble in Little China was a critical and commercial failure when it first hit the screen, but like so many other overlooked films from the 80s and 90s, it's been revived as a cult classic in recent decades. As such, the last ten years or so have seen the film analyzed half to death on the internet, and a number of common interpretations have come to prominence. Pretty much any dyed-in-the-wool fan of Big T. in Little C. can tell you, for example, that the hero of the film – Jack Burton, portrayed by Kurt Russell – is actually the sidekick, and the sidekick – Wang Chi, played by Dennis Dun – is the real hero of the picture. Jack, while framed as the hero, is actually a fool. I did not primarily write this to challenge or overwrite any of those interpretations. In fact, we'll be taking a look at t...