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...front door, his cinematic ode to vigilante justice took years to garner a solid following. Slowly seeping into the lexicon of frat houses across the nation via limited re-releases and DVD distribution, the bullet-riddled spiritual journey of the MacManus twins eventually drummed up a large enough fan base to warrant the production of “The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day,” an equally entertaining—if not particularly inventive—second installment of the Bostonian retributive crime saga...
...rabid fan base of “The Boondock Saints” was certainly instrumental in securing the funds necessary to churn out the second installment of Duffy’s crime narrative, and he has acknowledged that the audience’s rabid anticipation and high expectations exerted considerable influence over the making of “All Saints Day.” “There was fear on set. It was almost palpable,” Duffy said, describing the filmmaking process. “Nobody wanted to be the guy that screwed...
Rogers said that she believed Harvard’s donor base understands the importance of flexible funds to support “critical priorities,” thereby rendering such a strategy sustainable in the long...
...Tell the truth, and play it down the middle. Yes, demonizing others - "pointy-headed liberals," "Wall Street pigs," "socialists" or Fox News - is satisfying and helps mobilize the demonizer's political and ideological base. It also helps the demonized do the same. But divide-and-hope-to-conquer is horrible social policy, and we ought to shun anyone, from "senior officials" to Fox News to MSNBC, who does it. (See 10 perfect jobs for the recession - and after...
...their base, the various economic courses might not be so different. “Supply curve still slopes up and the demand curve still slopes down,” says Miron...