Rocky IV The American Punch
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DirectorDimitri Kourtchine
WriterDimitri Kourtchine
Plot
Rocky IV is dually symbolic it embodies both the victory of the American boxer over the Soviet one and the victory of neoliberalism over a dwindling socialism Today Rocky is held up as a model by some and is a subject of derision for others An emblem of the 1980s its culture and its heroes the film will be the subject of an entertaining analysis of popular culture
