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Word: heroid (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1989-1989
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...world out there. Tabloids run factoids about humanoids on steroids. In a world gone synthetic, why should movies offer something as organic as a hero? Welcome, then, to the age of the heroid. In the old days, a - hero like Bogart had brains and guts but also a nagging heart and the seductive scowl of obsession. Often he failed; sometimes he died. He was real: us, with muscles. A heroid, though, is just the muscles. He owes more to comic strips than to romantic or detective fiction. Never really alive, a heroid cannot die; he must be available...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: We Don't Need Another Heroid | 7/24/1989 | See Source »

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