Word: genericism
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...Gilmore (Meryl Streep) is typical, the difficulty of arranging a discreet tryst remains a powerful weapon on the side of the angels. Indeed, Falling in Love shows an extramarital affair to be the neutron bomb of interpersonal relations, capable of wiping out all intelligent life, leaving only the bare generic conventions of romantic fiction standing stark against...
...friend Marco (Greg Martyn) embodies a more generic rags-to-riches cliche. A strapping Italian hunk, he becomes the rich actress's kept man, uses her money to start himself in business, then (after eluding an attempt to deport him) vows to get an education and make lots of money. "I'm gonna have it all, Jake," he announces, celebrating what is surely that line's 100th anniversary in show business. The soap opera continues with Bridget and Georgie O'Donnell (Alice Krige and Judi Bowker), a pair of sisters who flee Ireland when Bridget...
...attractive to the voters. Four years ago, a 50 to 39 percent majority of the voters went Democratic in the congressional elections. Today, while the liberals still hold a thin plurality, that margin has decreased from 11 to three points (47 to 44 percent). Moreover, in 1980, despite the generic Democratic candidate's advantage, the GOP nevertheless steamrolled its way to an over whelming 34 House seats...
...million on the venture between 1981 and 1983, but in the first half of this year MTV pulled in a profit of $8.1 million on sales of $30.2 million. The channel now beams to 23.5 million households, up 57% from last year. Indeed, MTV has become almost a generic term for music video. To preserve that status, MTV promotes itself tirelessly. Last month the network staged the First Annual MTV Video Music Awards, a $100-a-seat glitterfest for 5,800 guests. Prizes were given only to videos that had appeared...
...moment, APR's main problem is that people confuse it with National Public Radio. As APR Manager Rhoda Marx notes, "NPR was the only game in town for so long that the press and the public are locked into thinking of it as a generic rather than a brand name." Created in January 1982 by five major public radio stations (WNYC of New York, WGUC of Cincinnati, KQED of San Francisco, KUSC of Los Angeles and Minnesota Public Radio), APR has never produced its own shows, like NPR, but has acquired, distributed and marketed cultural programming to public radio...