Word: heros
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Like the Romans before it, the empire of the Golden Arches has finally succumbed to the indomitable spirit of Asterix the Gaul. As of Wednesday, Ronald McDonald has been retired as the icon of McDonald's France, replaced by the Gallic nationalist comic-book hero. Ironies abound, of course, since Asterix had been something of an anti-Mcdonald's icon, appropriated by anti-globalization protestors such as Mac-basher Jose Bove to symbolize French resistance to foreign encroachment. Resentment of the perceived "McDonaldization" of their culture runs high in France - the influential daily Le Monde, for example, warns that Mcdonald...
...giving 25 cents (American) out of every sandwich sold to that country's 'Al Quds Intifada Fund,' which supported Palestinian children's hospitals treating casualties of the uprising. And in Egypt, local marketers chose singer Shaaban Abdel-Rahim to perform the jingle for its new McFalafel sandwich - a national hero for his hit song "I Hate Israel," which had become the signature tune of the boycott...
...effort, but for very little screen time. I told him that's the way we were taught. Yuen Wo-ping would spend a whole month with no props, no tracking, not even sets sometimes, just to get one scene right. Zhang found that very amazing. The good thing with Hero is that Zhang has Jet Li, who has given him lots of help with suggestions and advice. But there's one thing that really impresses me about Zhang. For a guy who has never directed action, he's got a nuance for certain pauses, certain breaks. He never stops looking...
...busy guy. You were directing a German television series, and you were slated to work on several movie projects. Did you say yes as soon as you got offered Hero...
...July I'm expecting to go to Tokyo to direct a Japanese version of Charlie's Angels. We don't have a cast yet, but I'll get around to that as soon as Hero finishes shooting this month...