Word: mainstreaming
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...think a certain amount of mythology is inevitable when you have great overarching figures like this, but I think there's more than normal with King because he didn't come from mainstream culture and because a lot of people were profoundly uncomfortable with what he was doing, there's a greater need to make him a comfortable mythological figure. And of course, in one sad way to me, there is a tendency to make him a leader of his people, to reduce him to just doing something for black people. When you see him interacting with Johnson and negotiating...
...adds, “Who knows what is going to turn into? Right now it’s a Wild West kind of thing. People post all kinds of things. That is not an appropriate channel for a mainstream public company...
...downbeat songs are still downbeat, and the upbeat songs are still upbeat. If you want to have some weird fever-dream version of “Guero” to listen to, put the disc on. Otherwise, let’s leave the cut-and-paste reinvention to its mainstream master, Beck Hansen.—Staff writer Abe J. Riesman can be reached at riesman@fas.harvard.edu...
...film we’ve ever had to cast,” Shamus said. “We” is the key phrase here. Together, the powerhouse production team of James Schamus and director Ang Lee has produced an enviable modern cinematic portfolio. The duo’s mainstream break came with 1995’s “Sense and Sensibility,” and since then, they have created “The Ice Storm” (1997); “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” (2000); “The Hulk?...
...Bull Durham,” and last summer’s “War of the Worlds” have helped make the actor/director a media celebrity. But during a nationwide conference call, conducted last week, which included The Crimson, Robbins accused mainstream media outlets of “misrepresenting” a recent project he wrote and directed about journalism and the Iraq War.Recently, Robbins has struggled to publicize “Embedded Live!” a DVD recording of his 2003 play ”Embedded.” A satirical depiction...