Word: itsel
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Lucas sold them to America. Or rather, America bought them--in bulk. Lucas showed beyond any shadow of a doubt that the culture of childhood sells. Perhaps this doesn't come as such a shock to we of the immediate gratification generation, as we've been called (the name itsel implies childishness). But just look at the sorts of movies that major studios were pouring big bucks into in the '60s and '70s--quirky art movies like Robert Altmans Nashville or dark dramas like Martin Scorceses Mean Streets. Even the shoot-em-ups were intellectual. If you don't believe...
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