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Nada is a drifting construction worker, played by wrestler "Rowdy" [[Roddy Piper]]. He arrives in a new town, and finds a pair of sunglasses that allow him to see that not only are aliens living among us, they have hidden [[Subliminal Seduction|subliminal messages]] urging humans to conform, consume and reproduce in all media. Nada sets out to make sense of what the sunglasses are showing him, leading to several action scenes, and an incredibly long fist-fight with Nada's construction worker friend, Frank ([[Keith David]]). Eventually, Frank and Nada find an underground movement set on exposing the aliens and freeing humanity, and join in their efforts.
'''''They Live!''''' is a 1988 action movie that was directed by [[John Carpenter]]. While in the U.S. it's mainly considered another cheesy actioner from [[The Eighties]], the movie is an intriguing exercise in criticizing the Reaganomics and the deregulatory liberalism of the decade through one of its pet products: the (apparently) brainless action/sci-fi movie. In Europe, lots of critics have sung praises of this movie, often quoting the "put on the glasses" brawl between Rowdy and Keith as one of the best one-on-one physical duels ever committed to cinema and was parodied shot for shot in an episode of ''[[South Park]]''.
The movie also sports [[Chew Bubblegum|that one particularly awesome line]], which has been borrowed, quoted and subverted many times over.
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