Word: namelessness
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...history, grace and egotism all into one as only Hollywood can. A sobbing Halle Berry, the first African-American woman ever to win Best Actress, gave a moving speech, accepting the Oscar on behalf of Dorothy Dandridge, Lena Horne, Diahann Carroll, Jada Pinkett, Angela Bassett, Viveca Fox and "every nameless, faceless woman of color that now has a chance because this door tonight has been opened." Then, running down the usual list of thank-yous and being pressured to wrap up, she said, "74 years here, I've got to take this time!" - as if she were making...
...Black Hawk Down CRITICISM It used real aircraft, but the film cut the number of men defending the chopper and put names on the helmets?a practice discontinued years ago. Somali casualties remain nameless. RESPONSE Director Ridley Scott was worried that the audience would lose track of the characters. No comment from the studio about the portrayal of Somalis...
...small village so remote it is a long day's journey from Yong Jing. It is 1971, midway during the Cultural Revolution, and they are the unwitting - and unwilling - assignees to a program of re-education through labor. Their crime: parents labeled as enemies of the people. The nameless protagonist is the son of doctors, while Luo's father is an eminent dentist who threatened national security by revealing a state secret: in a moment of weakness he boasted he had once fit Mao Zedong with new teeth...
...catering to real people as well as fashionistas. And while the idea of a firefighter is something to fantasize about, the physical reality may not be. So no job security worries for models yet. But supermodels and celebrities are another question. At least you can pretend that a nameless model really is a firefighter or a welder or a pilot. But put Tom Cruise or Antonio Banderas or Linda Evangelista in a firefighter's uniform, and the fantasy evaporates. Suddenly it's crass, commercial and calculated. But fans needn't worry...
CRITICISM It used real aircraft, but the film cut the number of men defending the chopper and put names on the helmets, a practice discontinued years ago. Somali casualties remain nameless...