Word: mattered
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...equal credibility, and affront to the author, that Batman Forever was based on Crime and Punishment. Heinlein, a masterful and highly respected science fiction author, created a futuristic republic in which people had to join the military to be deemed citizens, and the concept of civil responsibility was a matter of great importance and controversy. This, juxtaposed with the fact that the race was at war with insects--the classically ideal example of a perfectly communal society--made for an intelligent scrutiny of the way society should be set up, while examining the effects of propaganda and extensive government control...
...massive explosions, and so sure the audience would be equally taken, that they neglected to try to make a passable movie. The admittedly impressive effects are not supported by any other aspect of the movie: not plot, directing, editing, characters or acting. They are presented so blandly and matter-of-factly, and so isolated from any other elements of storytelling, that they are barely enjoyable even in and of themselves...
...should a minority citizen of middle-or upper-middle class background, of a similar education and acculturation as any caucasian, be given a priori an advantage? To make up for the centuries of discrimination preceding 1863? Or, for that matter, 1963? We no longer live in that world, thank God. Should we pretend we still...
...come a long way from St. Louis, Mo., where the newly widowed Irma Rombauer, in the teeth of the Great Depression, assembled her recipes and those of her largely German-American friends. Whether the new Joy will win minds and hearts the way the old ones did remains a matter of intense interest to those involved. A lot is riding on this project, and as Irma's friends might have said, the proof is in the pudding. --Reported by Andrea Sachs/Cincinnati
...self-involvement can make the viewer wince because of the writing ("Love and law are the same: romantic in concept, but in practice both can give you a yeast infection") and because she hasn't earned our sympathy--her predicaments often seem so false. It's not a matter of being true to life; it's a matter of being true to the rules of the world the show creates. Ally's competence at work changes capriciously, depending on the needs of the story and the jokes. In its story lines as well as in fantasy sequences depicting what Ally...