R. Barton Palmer is Calhoun Lemon Professor of Literature at Clemson University and the author or editor of several books, including Hollywood's Tennessee: the Williams Films and Postwar America. Steven M. Sanders is professor emeritus of philosophy at Bridgewater State College. He is the author of Miami Vice and editor of The Philosophy of Science Fiction Film and The Philosophy of TV Noir.

R. Barton Palmer is Calhoun Lemon Professor of Literature at Clemson University and the author or editor of several books, including Hollywood's Tennessee: the Williams Films and Postwar America. Steven M. Sanders is professor emeritus of philosophy at Bridgewater State College. He is the author of Miami Vice and editor of The Philosophy of Science Fiction Film and The Philosophy of TV Noir.

R. Barton Palmer is Calhoun Lemon Professor of Literature at Clemson University and the author or editor of several books, including Hollywood's Tennessee: the Williams Films and Postwar America. Steven M. Sanders is professor emeritus of philosophy at Bridgewater State College. He is the author of Miami Vice and editor of The Philosophy of Science Fiction Film and The Philosophy of TV Noir.