Word: ethically
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...American system that differentiates these first "summer" films of the eighties from movies of other summers. Neither of these films has a political consciousness to speak of, and both are only mildly--and spottily--entertaining. But each takes a stab at the American capitalist system and the Protestant ethic of hard work and honesty. And in each film, the American way of life takes a beating, handily defeated by chicanery, theft and vice...
...only thing that separates the worthy from the unwashed is wealth. Miamians will go to great lengths to show off their wealth: It is a city of huge diamonds, Cadillacs and 80-foot yachts. California may be the birthplace of the "me generation" and Boston may have its Puritan ethic, but Miami's code demands conspicuous consumption...
...racers don't have to use turn signals, and they're allowed to pass on the left as well as the right. Hockey players are permitted to check opponents without first issuing a caution. In short, the other games men play have rules, but they do not have an ethic of etiquette...
...remarkable way, The Shining is also a study of marriage in America, a bloody Kramer V. Kramer. Jack Torrance bows to the pressures of the Protestant ethic, sacrificing the love and emotion in his marriage to dreams of success and security. Clearly, Jack and Wendy are incompatible, yet have pursued their marriage for Danny's sake, damaging him in the process, for he can see their deepest thoughts. Jack's impotence--America's impotence in the face of past horrors--provides one clue to the decline of their relationship. Kubrick begins to play with sexual imagery just as the film...
...cure the Depression, capitalism was forced to save itself by creating the economic mechanisms that produced inflation and the consumer mentality. Capitalism had to destroy the Protestant ethic of thrift and create, through advertising and other mechanisms, a hedonistic culture of free spenders. Now this solution threatens capitalism, so we are told to stop spending, stop consuming...