Word: clicheed
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Whether subtle or blatant, the role of propaganda is becoming increasingly critical. Television images, bounced off satellites to the remotest corners of the world, have made the cliche of the global village a reality. The polarization of nations along East-West lines has intensified the ratings war. Totalitarian states, by...
Not uniformly, not without exceptions. Every generation has its Know-Nothing movement, its fear -- often understandable -- and hatred of alien invasion. That is as true today as it always was. In spite of all this, the American attitude remains unique. Throughout history, exile has been a calamity; America turned it...
Bobby Caldwell had been convicted of killing a grocery store owner in the course of a robbery, and a Mississippi jury was deciding his fate. After pleading for Caldwell's life, his lawyer concluded rather conventionally by telling the jurors that theirs was an "awesome responsibility." The prosecutor then rose...
But smile when you say cliche. McMurtry is a storyteller who works hard to satisfy his audience's yearning for the familiar. What, after all, are legends made of? The secret of his success is embellishment, the odd detail or colorful phrase that keeps the tale from slipping into a...
Yet there is something that is finally repellent about Streetwise. Bell is a fine camera craftsman: he can make a scene shot in available light look as if it were shot on a sound stage. But this virtue can be a defect, for it distances the audience from the grim...