https://pjmedia.com/eddriscoll/2007/01/19/five-angry-pieces/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 23:31:39 -0400<![CDATA[Speaking of context, Peter Wood&#8217;s terrific new book, A Bee In The Mouth: Anger In America Now does a great job of setting modern anger into historical context. Along the way, he references two very disparate films that reference anger. One is obvious: Return of the Jedi, with the Emporer&#8217;s attempts to turn Luke to &#8220;the dark side&#8221; by having him tap into his anger and hate. (Or as James Lileks once put it, &#8220;we had Luke and Vader fighting as in the second movie, while the Emperor cackles and uses the words ‘join’ ‘dark’ ‘side’ ‘inevitable’ and ‘die’ in every possible combination&#8221;.)]]>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 21:22:11 -0500<![CDATA[Ed Driscoll]]>https://pjmedia.com/ed-driscoll/2007/01/19/five-angry-pieces-n230533