Word: exploitative
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...bring myself to defend many of the films now made; I can't even defend those Dole approves of. Hollywood must examine itself. Its greed is sickening. It must judge the social impact, not just the popularity impact, of what it does. So must politicians who seek to exploit cultural values...
...meets Juan on the boat to Miami, gets mistaken for his wife by an overtaxed immigration officer and decides to exploit the error. Families, it seems, have a better chance of attracting sponsorship-and thus escaping from the refugee camps-than singles do. For good measure, she adds a son (a street kid) and a grandpa (a silent, nutty old guy with a habit of shedding his clothes and climbing trees, hoping to glimpse his lost homeland) to her surrogate brood...
...They [politicians] exploit the anger and poison the public discourse," Brown said. "This is what allows things like Oklahoma to occur...
...Orlando--led by O'Neal and former Bull Horace Grant--will exploit the Bulls' Achilles Heel, rebounding, and end Jordan's return in six tough games...
...camera work is especially disappointing. With the full expanse of the heather-clad highlands to exploit, Caton-Jones focuses over and over again on hackneyed panorama shots and unconvincing, Hollywood-esque interiors. The few inspired angles on gray sky and barren hillsides only whet the viewer's appetite. Again, directorial detail work is evidenced in the all-too-fake sets of bad teeth and in the caked-on facial dirt (Make-up #57): "Psst! This is the eighteenth century...