Word: colorism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...just the usual coffee or tea but a complimentary nail-polish change while I waited for my hair to dry. Maybe she hoped this little amenity would slow the growing inclination of women to stretch each haircut to last four months while nursing our hair back to whatever natural color we long ago forgot...
...unique personality of New Orleans: "'Here we are. We're in New Orleans,' my dad says, and I'm seeing it, this place I been dreaming about. It's all jam-packety, pretty old houses lined up one beside the other, each one a different color, with curlicues and flowers, and, man, streets just full of people. White people, black people, mixed-race people, all jumbled up together and walking. Music right on the sidewalk...a whole band and drum set and everything, like the whole city is a big party. I'm looking out the window, eyes...
...Every inch of space in her shop is covered with a riot of color: bright pink crinolines compete with bedazzled belly dance costumes for ceiling space and the jewelry display cases are crammed with oversized costume gems...
...remainder, the entire movie is shot in a striking amber tone. Aside from more clearly revealing the lines on Van Damme’s face, the hue also serves to make indoor scenes—like those filmed inside the post office—much darker, while adding color and brightness to the world outside. Complemented by a great soundtrack—especially the Curtis Mayfield-penned Baby Huey track “Hard Times”—the film has a good deal of quality aside from its sustained biographical portraiture.“JCVD?...
...section is just about killing time. Everyone hates those awkward silences when TFs look for answers and no one wants to raise their hand. After ten seconds of silence, you should (start a slow clap/judge a book by its cover—with special reference to color and texture/live like you were dyin’/pretend the section is a crashing plane; choose whom you would rescue and explain why, without explaining the scenario/give the signal for Mariachi Veritas to take it away!).But not every section is a match made in heaven. Conflicts between students in section are more...