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...this be, especially for such a non-essential product like video games? A music teacher told me once that in a recession, entertainment is the first thing to go. He was probably right for his line of work, since households will look to cut back on high-price entertainment like concerts...
...unique problem in this recession because it has become far too easy to get access to content for free online. Fewer people will continue to pay for cable when they can watch TV shows online for free, which has become widely available legally. With games, illegal downloading is a non-issue, since most titles are far too complex to stream...
...Vidler, who said he has seen cases of discrimination against homosexuals in the work force and housing market. "Hong Kong says it's a world city, but [it] has protocols in place that show it is still a backward country in regard to homosexuals' rights." Hong Kong lacks any non-discriminatory ordinance, and many locals still regard homosexuality with unease. Eric Herrera, a member of a white-collar gay-rights group called Fruits in Suits, which helped organize the parade, said, "I have no problem walking down the streets arm in arm with my partner of 21 years...
...that deal openly with homosexuality. In January 2007, the Broadcasting Authority issued a warning to producers of a show called Gay Lovers for presenting a "pro-gay" view. In March, Hong Kong's legislative council panel unanimously passed a motion demanding that the Broadcasting Authority withdraw its earlier ruling. "Non-heterosexuals rarely appear in the media, and when they do, they are portrayed as effeminate, flamboyant, sissies, perverts or AIDS carriers," said Dr. Ching Yau, an associate professor who teaches courses on media and gender studies at Lingnan University...
...dyspepsia of Del Toro's performance is partly due to the bromides he has to enunciate - that the most important quality of a revolutionary is "love," and that he's not a Catholic but "I believe in mankind" - and partly because so little information is vouchsafed about his non-jungle career or his private life. (You're about 100 mins. into Part 1 before Che mentions in passing that he has a wife and child back home.) Halfway through the film he has lost much of the majesty and poignance you might expect of such a character...