Word: mainstream
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Vandana L. Madhavan '98, who is lactovegetarian--she does not eat meat, fish, poultry or eggs--says she would like to see more mainstream vegetarian options...
...appreciate the fact that they try, but they play along the stereotypes that vegetarians eat a lot of tofu. I kind of wish they'd go toward more mainstream things," she says...
...depends on what the institution's responses are," West says. "If people think that we can teach American history and not engage in constructs of whiteness, then you may end up with a whiteness department. The only reason [Harvard] ended up with an Afro-American studies department was, the mainstream departments did not take it very seriously. Ideally, it would have been nice to have it all in the History department and the English department and so forth...
...point of a series of sequels. It is not based on a comic book. It was not designed to spawn a vast array of toys, merchandising, video games and theme-park attractions. It is an earnest and heartfelt work. But the same voices that decry the formulaic commercialism of mainstream Hollywood product do not seem to applaud the studio heads who had the courage to back this unusual film...
Jackie Brown could make her a true mainstream star. She plays an airline stewardess who teams up with a white bail bondsman to steal half a million dollars from a gunrunning black thug. The film starts with a long, loving shot of Grier as she glides down a walkway through an airport. "I hope this film does for Pam what working for Quentin has done for other people," says co-star Jackson, alluding to his own post-Tarantino success and John Travolta's as well...