Word: corrupting
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...films of the late 70s and early 80s. First movie: the hero discovers his secret powers. Second movie: he shares he secret with his girlfriend. The third movie is about how it's not so super being a hero. Success, that cruel muse, threatens to transform him into a corrupt cartoon of his earlier, purer self. Recall that, in Superman III, a blend of kryptonite and tobacco tar split the Man of Steel in half, into good Supe and bad Supe. Christ battles antichrist, and they're the same person...
...fact, he's currently serving a 20-year jail sentence for embezzling and laundering some $100 million from the coffers of the second poorest nation in the hemisphere. Transparency International awarded him the dubious distinction of including him in its list of the World's Ten Most Corrupt leaders of all time. (To his credit, he only ranked ninth, ahead of former Philippine President Joseph Estrada, who stole a paltry $80 million...
...parts of prisoners and prison guards. Zimbardo originally envisioned a two-week study in which he could closely observe the behavioral changes of otherwise normal people when incarcerated. “If you put good people in a bad place, do the people triumph or does the place corrupt them?” he recalls asking himself. In the important and captivating “The Lucifer Effect,” Zimbardo attempts to answer this question and explore its many disturbing implications. Any attentive psychology student can tell you what happened with the experiment: The situation got ugly very...
...informed and involved throughout the six-month long struggle for control of the airwaves. One of the most famous announcers, “La Doctora,” would broadcast for over 20 hours on tense days. In an area where television was often non-functional and newspapers were corrupt and only available to those who could read, the station exemplified the democratic possibilities of public radio...
...violence. In the film, 10 death row convicts from across the world are “purchased” by an aspiring Internet entrepreneur and dropped on a deserted island. Their goal: be the last one standing. The sole survivor earns his (or her) freedom from prison. Meanwhile, the corrupt producer films every second and broadcasts it live over the Internet with hopes of reaching Super Bowl numbers—40 million viewers. Throw in a random love story between Austin and a way-too-hot-to-be-real divorced mom, some clueless FBI agents, and you basically...