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More specifically, it is European xenophobia and racist intolerance that have catapulted Le Pen and his ilk in Austria, Britain, Italy, Norway, Belgium and Germany into the rosy spotlight of political legitimacy. Scapegoating “immigrants” (nonwhites) as the cause of shrinking employment opportunities, these politicians have preyed upon the fears and biases of populations stung by economic instability. Tough immigration policies are touted as a cure-all for rising crime rates. Non-whites are accused of defiling the homogenous, cultural purity of Western European countries...
Recent teen romances retail entirely in fantasy, where nerdiness triumphs over popularity with the help of eyeshadow, tweezers and the natural beauty that was there all along on the inside and—like, way more importantly—the outside. She’s All That and its ilk are transparantly unbelievable products of the Hollywood assembly line. The faith they project in the transformative power of love would never be as readily believed as Sixteen Candles...
...reductionist, Frailty is a horror flick of the Stephen King pulp fiction ilk. A man claiming to be Fenton Meiks (Matthew McConaughey) emerges at a Texas FBI bureau from out of nowhere claiming that he knows the identity of the God’s Hand murderer, a serial killer who has slain a slew of victims all over Texas. The improbable reason? The killer is his younger brother, and to prove it, he is going to explain how the current situation came about. So, we flash back to 1979, back to Fenton’s childhood where we see that...
Plus, for those of you who harbor a secret, pent-up, homicidal hatred of Barney and his ilk, this movie will offer a safer if just as twisted alternative...
Would that it were that simple. Like others of his ilk, notably Austrian Jörg Haider, Fortuyn has surely profited from a sense of public frustration over the cozy consensus among established Dutch political parties. He has played incessantly on distrust of Muslims, and his promises to beef up police evidently appeals to urban dwellers who feel unsafe on their own streets. "Everyone in my local pub voted for him, because there is a small gang of Moroccan kids that terrorize the neighborhood," says Cathy Brouwer, a human-resources worker in Rotterdam. "They somehow think Fortuyn is the answer...