Word: detroitã
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Using patriotism in advertising is nothing new. After all, Detroit??s “Big Three”—Chrysler, GM and Ford—were built on that principle (ironically, Chrysler is now owned by Germans). Furthermore, the commercialization of Christmas has been an issue for decades. It is the merging and amplification of these darker, manipulative parts of capitalism that suggests that the malls may be more stifling than usual this holiday season...
...DETROIT??If there’s one thing I learned during my first year wandering the streets of Cambridge, it’s that people on the East Coast believe that anything west of the Alleghenies is a cultural black hole—a haven for cows, sheep and Jerry Springer guests...
...then there was the Celebrity Homecoming Concert, featuring Detroit??s own Stevie Wonder, along with some other home-grown favorites—The Temptations, Tim Allen, Anita Cochran, Dave Coulier (in case you didn’t satisfy your Full House fervor with “The B.J. Show” this year), and David Alan Grier. Even though the concert was, for the most part, Detroit Diva-free (Madonna and Aretha Franklin are from Detroit, too), my best friend and I decided to drive downtown and check out the scene...
...Detroit??s woes cannot be healed with a unilateral quick-fix initiative. The answer does not lie in building casinos or rebuilding the school board. Our construction efforts will employ less tangible bricks; we must invest our time, our effort and our faith in our city. If the 500,000 people I watched last week, celebrating, sipping lemonade and singing along with The Temptations in Detroit??s Hart Plaza—black and white, young and old, urban and suburban, Jewish and Christian, rich and poor—are any indication, the city...