They Live
Posted On : Mar / 10 / 2008
Part
science fiction thriller and part black comedy, the plot deals
satirically with the perceived notion of a declining economy,
within a culture of greed and conspicuous consumption commonly
associated with the 1980s. It posits a world in which some of the
monied elite (i.e., the "yuppies") are actually aliens oppressing
the poverty-stricken lower classes through subliminal media
advertising.