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...gone awry prophetically predicts many of the problems that plagued the twentieth century. Some dislike what they see as an oversimplification of capitalism, and accuse Lang of being politically antiquated. Perhaps his economic stance in Metropolis is somewhat archaic to the modern viewer. Nonetheless, the memorable sequences of frenzied mob terror, the twisted contortions of the robotic Maria as she incites the workers to revolt and the hallucinatory images of throbbing machines, make Metropolis stand out as an example of brilliant filmmaking...
...gone awry prophetically predicts many of the problems that plagued the twentieth century. Some dislike what they see as an oversimplification of capitalism, and accuse Lang of being politically antiquated. Perhaps his economic stance in Metropolis is somewhat archaic to the modern viewer. Nonetheless, the memorable sequences of frenzied mob terror, the twisted contortions of the robotic Maria as she incites the workers to revolt and the hallucinatory images of throbbing machines, make Metropolis stand out as an example of brilliant filmmaking...
...racial pogrom--"the liquidation of virtually an entire black community and the institutions that held it together." It started with a white woman charging assault against a shoeshine man who had been alone with her in a department-store elevator. She later withdrew the charge, but not before a mob of whites had gathered outside the jailhouse where the man was being held. To their astonishment, an armed black crowd had also gone there to prevent him from being lynched...
BUSINESS NOVEL CONSULTANT TO THE MOB...
...McDonald's marketers have to adapt the chain's offerings to the local palate, they are also often careful to align their product with local heroes and concerns. Sometimes that's a hedge against the Golden Arches becoming the first stop, as it invariably is, for any anti-American mob assembled to protest some aspect of U.S. foreign policy. It's fine for the Golden Arches to be identified with all things American in markets where all things American are celebrated. Elsewhere, however, different tactics may be required...