Word: exploitatively
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...than there are toll booths. The film's final ten minutes are a minor scandal. After wasting an audience's time for two hours, the movie unleashes a gory, cathartic fantasy sequence in which the hero relives the horrors of his Viet Nam combat. Film makers who exploit the tragedy of war to prop up an otherwise listless picture should be ashamed of themselves...
...lose continuously, the fans won't keep coming out.... That's just the way it is," he says, "Unless of course you have a guy like Pete Maravich who puts on a show that the press can exploit...
...large, the poverty of the continent lies not in her 'poor' natural resources but in her people and the African character. Until we are ready to face the challenges, strangers will ever remain to exploit our continent. According to an old African proverb: the natives who defecate in their river must not blame strangers who fish in it for its pollution. Until we know the value of Africa, our continent will always remain an enigma...
...movie's ideological position soon becomes clear. To Goretta, null rejection of the defenseless Pomme exemplifies the way the rich exploit the working class. But, unlike so many recent ideologically minded films, The Lacemaker never sacrifices the integrity of its characters to its political message. Rather than turn Francois into a snotty villain and Pomme into a peasant saint, Goretta, an eyenhanded Swiss, attacks the system that victimizes them both. The movie's title, with its allusion to 17th century genre paintings, suggests the delicacy of Gor-etta's style...
...Meyers opposed AMC's acquisition of the Jeep business, which has turned out to be a large part of the company's salvation; instead, he wanted to concentrate on cars. Today he admits that "Jeep is a gold mine." Although AMC may no longer be able to exploit a niche in the auto market that the Big Three are unable or unwilling to fill, Meyers argues that AMC can still produce a distinctive auto with its small-car expertise. Meyers, a 6 ft. 2 in. engineer noted for his insistence on developing new products, asserts: "We've got to give...