In his debut Salon, <a href="https://twitter.com/jackchong_jc">Jack Chong </a>leads a discussion on how espionage is portrayed in movies and television series, and why it is portrayed the way it is.

As a self-proclaimed nerd on espionage, these are the movies and television series (in English only, excluding Chinese and French-made works) that Jack has watched. If you have watched something new, you should definitely contribute to our discussion:
<ol>
 	<li>Zero Dark Thirty</li>
 	<li>Homeland</li>
 	<li>House of Cards</li>
 	<li>The Americans</li>
 	<li>Fauda</li>
 	<li>The Angel</li>
 	<li>The Spy</li>
 	<li>Tehran</li>
 	<li>24</li>
 	<li>Duetschland</li>
 	<li>Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan</li>
 	<li>Bodyguard</li>
 	<li>Mission Impossible</li>
 	<li>The Night Manager</li>
 	<li>Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy</li>
</ol>
<h2>Key Questions to discuss</h2>
<h3>Observations: How? </h3>
<ul>
 	<li>Is espionage portrayed differently post-911, and post-08? Does the reflection upon the War on Terror affect its portrayal?</li>
 	<li>Do the Europeans portray espionage differently than the Americans?</li>
 	<li>How do creators portray espionage i.e. the nature, action, and ethics of it? Via action scenes, plots, or character development?</li>
</ul>
<h3>Motivations: Why? </h3>
<ul>
 	<li>Why is espionage portrayed the way it is in popular culture?</li>
 	<li>Critical Theory: is the inclusion of espionage in the popular culture itself an act of espionage - the deliberate manipulation of public opinion in favour of/against espionage?</li>
 	<li>Do English-speaking countries produce overwhelmingly many spy movies and TV shows, compared to non-English-speaking countries?</li>
</ul>
Readings:
<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/07/operation-tinseltown-how-the-cia-manipulates-hollywood/491138/">How the CIA Hoodwinked Hollywood</a>
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/16/homeland-worst-lies-us-power-foreign-policy">Review on Homeland on US Foreign Policy, with spoilers</a>
<a href="https://spyscape.com/article/pop-culture-spies-how-the-cia-fbi-shape-movies-and-tv">How CIA spies infiltrated movies, music, art and more</a>
<a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/article2168879.html">American pop culture fascinated with espionage</a>

<a href="https://www.npr.org/2018/05/30/615436763/identity-and-the-end-of-the-americans?t=1634421488698">The Americans and Identity, with spoilers </a>

No spoilers of No Time To Die!

Image is from <a href="https://www.kosmorama.org/en/kosmorama/artikler/spies-home-how-design-domestic-interior-tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-conveys">Kosmorana</a>

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