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

By
Brandon P. Bisbey
/ 28 November 2023

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

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Playing the Bad Guy Feels Good

By
Mark Filipowich
/ 8 May 2012
How ‘Scarface’ Went From Pariah to Populist
Film/Film Feature

How ‘Scarface’ Went From Pariah to Populist

By
Bill Gibron
/ 6 September 2011

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?.

Books/Featured: Top of Home Page/Features/Music

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

By
Quentin B Huff
/ 17 July 2011
Featured: Top of Home Page/Music

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

By
Quentin B Huff
/ 26 September 2010
Books/Featured: Top of Home Page/Reviews

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

By
PopMatters Staff
/ 24 July 2007
Featured: Top of Home Page/Games/PopMatters Picks/Reviews

Scarface

By
G. Christopher Williams
/ 27 October 2006
Featured: Top of Home Page/Music/PopMatters Picks/Reviews

Scarface: Last of a Dying Breed

By
PopMatters Staff
/ 2 October 2000

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