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Word: caulking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...most young TV stars can't guarantee B.O. gold. Movies starring Campbell (Wild Things) and the slightly older Friends cast (Picture Perfect, Fools Rush In, Romy & Michele's High School Reunion) typically bump their heads on the $30 million ceiling. Teen movies still serve an old function: to caulk the crevices in the release schedule and create cheap product that, if it doesn't make a bundle, won't lose one either. Like I Was a Teenage Werewolf and the Elvis films of 40 years ago, they are reliable B movies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Class Of '98 | 8/3/1998 | See Source »

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