ABSTRACT
The kind of complete transformation that Lizard Man desired is at the centre of Susan Jeffords’ critical account of the ideology and issues deriving from the film Robocop. Here again the human body is both a significant text and, as a result, a significant site of debate. Ronald Reagan’s presidency of the USA brought in a new wave of right-wing politics during which the president took a hard-line on politics in such matters as the Cold War (the United States’ antagonist relationship with the former Soviet Union).
