Word: brutality
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...eight consecutive nights, tens of millions of Americans were riveted by Haley's story of his family's passage from an ancestral home in Africa to slavery in America and, finally, to freedom. Along the way, Americans of both races discovered that they share a common heritage, however brutal; that the ties that link them to their ancestors also bind them to each other. Thus, with the final episode, Roots was no longer just a bestselling book and a boffo TV production but a social phenomenon, a potentially important bench mark in U.S. race relations...
...journal entries to show this was far from the case. Nor, Barry proves, was Sand neurotically seeking to be the "male" in her heterosexual relationships. Some of her lovers--including consumptive Chopin--were "weak", younger and easily dominated. But Sand was also capable of being pathetically submissive, promising one brutal lover, on the verge of deserting her, she'd be his "devoted black slave...
...illness contracted during his recent stay in prison, the frail 74-year-old statesman worked the crowd into a chaotic frenzy with his low-key call for the defeat of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in next month's parliamentary elections. As he spoke quietly but passionately about the brutal repression and loss of political freedom under Gandhi's rule, Narayan was frequently interrupted with wild cries of "Long live J.P.," his nickname, and "Long live Janata," the coalition party formed in opposition to Gandhi...
...menacing a female model. At the dramatic peak of the sequence, the man smashes the woman across the face. What's more, she seems to enjoy it: on the next page she is shown nudging him affectionately. Rochelle Udell, art director of Vogue, justifies this kind of brutal eroticism on the ground that "years ago, mannequins were clothes hangers. Now women wearing those clothes are touched by life. So we use some situational photography-the mysterious and the dangerous, things that are totally reflective of the culture...
Aired over eight consecutive nights, Roots came up roses for ABC. Haley's story, recounting his ancestors' brutal passage from life in Africa through slavery in America, attracted nearly 80 million viewers on its third night, making that episode the third most popular TV presentation in history. With almost seven out of every ten sets in use tuned to the drama, the only shows that have had a bigger audience were NBC's screenings of Gone With the Wind...