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Word: characterized (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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In Country was meant to be a story of one girl's search for the meaning and justice behind a war that deprived her of a family. But the movie gets bogged down in the ancillary characters and events which make up Samantha's life without providing any insights into...

Author: By David L. Greene, | Title: In Country: Out of Synch | 9/29/1989 | See Source »

Part of the problem with the movie lies in the fact that Lloyd's portrayal of Samantha as a dizzy, under-educated Southerner fails to lend her character either sympathy or depth. Part of the problem lies with the screenwriters Frank Pierson and Cynthia Cidre, whose dialogue is often inept...

Author: By David L. Greene, | Title: In Country: Out of Synch | 9/29/1989 | See Source »

As I read Kit Troyer's review of "Black Rain," I learned that this tradition continues. It was the height of irony to find that in the same review of a movie denounced for "reinforc[ing] some long-standing racial stereotypes," the author describes one character as a "Japanese mafioso...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Mafioso' Use Racist | 9/28/1989 | See Source »

A deer hunt provides a change from the routine hazards of farming. Accompanying Bauer and his friends is an anonymous character known as "the city man" -- almost certainly Rhodes himself -- who accidently discharges his rifle. The bullet passes through the windshield of a truck and the crown of the driver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: In The Dell | 9/25/1989 | See Source »

Since consumers want to see real people rather than idols, advertisers expect the ethnic look to be around for years to come. "We don't want a colorless, odorless soup," says Guy Taboulay, the executive creative director in Paris for B.S.B., a U.S.-owned ad agency. "We want to see...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's A Small World After All | 9/25/1989 | See Source »

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