Word: familiarization
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...from the Turks, who eventually overran the city after the brutal siege of 1453. And while its people were experts at using soft power - Constantinople managed cordial relations with Muslim neighbors throughout most of its history - they also knew the terror of being a target. It was the price, familiar to many in the post-9/11 world, of living in a wealthy metropolis...
...keep myself from drawing too much attention in the dining hall as my body grooved of its own volition.) The lead guitar is as wicked as ever, as Angus Young teases with a seemingly inexhaustible supply of brilliant and catchy riffs. Brian Johnson displays his dexterity by varying his familiar scream-singing with more melodic, beautiful phrases, which allow him to display an almost soulful, slightly scratchy voice. “Rock ’N’ Roll Dream” encapsulates AC/DC’s new balance of balls out rock with something a bit softer...
...dance at him, really, really hard. So maybe dancing can be revenge. But revenge itself is a timeworn plot for a story with a female protagonist (e.g. “Kill Bill”). Similarly, Britney and her music videos are like a comfortable old sock. They feature familiar imagery: the car chase? Any Mitsubishi ad. A man’s chest glistening in a shower? Gillette. Hotel room? Ikea. But that’s why we keep on lovin’ Brit. We can buy or sell her sexuality as a memory that accompanies any shiny car or anime...
...work for a pair of German magicians, why not the Killers? These quirks do work when you consider that “Human” really sets itself apart from the current trend flooding YouTube these days. The video is neither overly artsy nor X-rated, but is familiar enough in concept to be just that fresh breath of desert air you need (trust me, all that brown and red grows on you). Essentially, the merit of the song, with its catchy hook and earnest, personable lyrics, is what makes the video work. Seriously. So why shouldn?...
...ensuing mystery of who her mother really was. Lily lives with her widowed father (Paul Bettany) and black housekeeper, Rosaleen (Jennifer Hudson), in a small, dry, dusty town in South Carolina during the height of the Civil Rights movement. The relationship between the three is all too familiar: Lily’s father is abusive and distant while Rosaleen acts as a surrogate parent. After a violent clash with several townspeople over new rights granted by the Civil Rights Act, Rosaleen ends up in the hospital. Lily, who is in desperate need of escape from her father, hatches a scheme...