Word: mainstream
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...added, "I am not interested in makingan argument to legitimize myself in the eyes ofthe mainstream...
...preservation of the persecution. This should also be the case for gay rights: it is not a matter of "comfort" but of mutual respect and protection. If we allow the "abnormal" to be marginalized and criminalized, then we are all in danger of being defined out of the mainstream. The majority has a great deal of authority in this country, for good reasons, but it is implicit in our Constitution that the authority of the majority cannot cancel out the right of the individual to their private consciences and values...
Moreover, the surveys and legislative record fall short of accurately conveying the extent to which gay and lesbian persons are marginalized from mainstream American dialogue and culture. In most of this country, gay and lesbian persons cannot go on a date without reaping weird looks or even harsh words. And woe to the homosexual adolescent who risks being thrown out of the house in coming out to his parents...
With something of the same method and intent, Mamet writes about Hollywood. His plays, films and essays contain many scalding observations on mainstream filmmaking. Yet from 1981's The Postman Always Rings Twice through The Verdict, The Untouchables, Hoffa and The Edge, Mamet has written solid, burly movies for top producers and stars while pursuing a parallel career with the modestly budgeted films he writes and directs himself. "I'm really fortunate," he says. "I have some good friends and supporters in Hollywood." And he knows that part of his job as a filmmaker is "shaking money out of those...
...episode of its past, Crumley says ?the French remain in denial about a lot of things -- 15 percent of the population now votes for Le Pen, a man who says the gas chambers are a ?detail of history.?? And with the far right moving inexorably into France?s political mainstream, the issues at the heart of Papon?s trial are more current than ever...