Word: moralization
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Both agree that (as Cohen puts it) religion in the U.S. is apt to be "ineffective," victimized by "internal confusion and disorder," generally "deteriorating," and that (in Clancy's words) religion is apt to be a matter of good fellowship and good works, with the American "consensus" on moral and philosophic principles growing ever narrovver...
...Bravados (20th Century-Fox) is a western that attempts to draw a useful moral, but it is just too goldurn slow (98 minutes) on the draw. The hero (Gregory Peck) is a ranchman who hunts down and kills three men for the rape and murder of his wife, only to discover that the men did not commit the crime. To make matters worse, the killings have made him a hero to the whole district...
...this story were to have a moral, then I would say: 'Just name a hero and I'll prove...
...What's wrong with American films and TV," he adds, "is that sponsors pander to the public's demand for a moral." Americans "get off easy" by identifying with virtuous characters...
...alphabetized), and orderly arrangements of the paraphernalia of culture. And James not only fitted in, but brought along a system with him. Wolfe, of course, was a little long in some directions and too thin in others, to reconcile with the filing cabinet. Morris took it all as a moral lesson, and went about looking for stones and leaves and unlocked doors...