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How Developers Became Hollywood’s Favorite Villain

August 21, 2020 By Nolan Gray

If there's one thing that unites TV and film since the fifties, it's the archetype of the dastardly developer - forever destroying homes and hiking rents. But it wasn't always this way. Where did this trope come from, and is it true? This week on Pop Culture Urbanism, I dig into the cronyism and red … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Culture, Pop Culture Urbanism Tagged With: cronyism, developers, disney, gentefied, gentrification, hey arnold, hollywood, it's a wonderful life

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