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...There's an assumption in Hollywood that the western is a homeless genre," says Mangold, "that it doesn't have a built-in audience. The adults who might want to go don't go to the movies, and the young ones are locked into the superhero world." Mangold also sees "a Hollywood bias against the America between New York and L.A. The movie industry is basically built serving 14-year-old males, and they aren't interested in rural America...
...cultural events” or “political rallies”—the supposed goals of the UC. The need to balance funding of student activities with student services is the UC’s prerogative. But who will rally or organize if they lack a built-in civic community? Or basic information...
Some church doctrines give offense even though they don't constrain an outsider's behavior in any way. They can imply a more general worldview, and voters have a right to know if a presidential candidate shares that perspective. Until recently, just about all religions had a built-in patriarchal worldview--God the Father, male priests and so on--that many today find offensive. To what extent has the candidate's church moved with the times, and what has the candidate done to push his or her church in the right direction? I say the right direction, but many voters...
...allowing them to base animated TV shows around popular toys like G. I. Joe and the Care Bears. Only recently, however, did Hollywood start producing toy-inspired movies for theaters. As the cost of making and marketing movies has gotten so high, producers have started searching for movies with built-in brand recognition. "We're all looking around and saying, 'What about properties that have withstood the test of time?'" says Avi Arad, a former toy designer and Marvel Studios executive who is a producer of the Bratz movie. Parents who can't stand the overtly sexy Bratz dolls will...
...viewed their home as a temporary way station on the road to marriage. "It was like these single women with suitcases at the door, they wanted something but not anything permanent," says Yaary. Now she's decorating apartments for women like the 35-year-old investment banker who ordered built-in furniture and reconstructed the bathroom of her apartment. "She's doing what she wants. None of this attitude of 'I'll need to take it with me when I meet...