Scarface

Getting High on Your Own Supply: ‘Scarface’ as an Allegory of Capitalism

Getting High on Your Own Supply: ‘Scarface’ as an Allegory of Capitalism

Scarface implies that under capitalism, “getting high on your own supply” is inevitable, as the system is based on the exploitation of dissatisfaction.

Playing the Bad Guy Feels Good

How ‘Scarface’ Went From Pariah to Populist

How ‘Scarface’ Went From Pariah to Populist

Scarface may symbolize a get-rich-or-die-tryin’ temperament, but it stands as a slick popcorn puree of bootstrap Americana laced with lots of liquid WTF?.

The Hate for Southern Hip-Hop: Why So Serious?

Keeping It Real: Dreams, Mind-Alteration, & Misperception in Hip-Hop

The Gangster Film Reader by Alain Silver and James Ursini [Eds]

Scarface

Scarface: Last of a Dying Breed