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Metaphorical Aliens

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Race isn't the only thematic burden extraterrestrials have borne in films.

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Posted August 10th, 2009, 3:08 PM by Alison Willmore

“District 9″‘s alien race is segregated into its own neighborhood — in South Africa. Which makes its metaphorical value pretty obvious. But race isn’t the only thematic burden extraterrestrials have borne in films. This week on the IFC News podcast, we look at some of the other things aliens have stood for.

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