Word: mutedness
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Contending forces in the Republican Party suspended or muted their hostilities, each to enjoy its own share of the Reagan glory. Potential candidates tried to rub some of his magic onto their futures, but people were not really thinking of tomorrow. It was all a glorious today of heady triumph...
The totalitarian regime has its brutal side (storm troopers set farmhouses on fire and destroy exile camps to stifle dissent; a rebellious teen is caught and brainwashed). But for the most part, the melodrama is muted, the mood somber and contemplative, the complexities rich. A KGB colonel (Sam Neill) turns...
The stations have established restrictions. The commercials will not be shown during children's programming hours; condoms cannot be promoted as a birth-control device (as they have been on cable); and the ads must be in good taste. Tastes vary. The LifeStyles ad that will air on the Midwest...
Although their derivation is not always obvious, Matthews has titles for most of the nonrepresentatioal works he does. "Some people don't see the titles in the works but they are there. The titles like the works themselves are variations on a theme. Another canvas immediately visible in the stockroom...
The Tough Guys screenplay is also by Mailer, but while the novel took two months to write, the film took three times as long. "It was tougher than I thought it would be. Scenes that read well on the page wouldn't play well." The motivating greed that drives the...