Word: overtness
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...humanize the narrative instead leave the viewer unfazed. Unlike popular war films such as “Saving Private Ryan,” the characters never become people an audience can relate to, and all that is left is a simple recounting of events. Nearly every film containing overt references to today’s foreign policy and championing the “make love, not war” philosophy (how original) still boasts an unique interwoven character-driven storyline to distinguish it from a straight-up history lesson. This fundamental cinematic approach can make such films engaging, as seen...
...going to Le Pen," says a woman giving her name only as Habiba. Many of the younger, newly registered voters in the housing projects around her Toulouse home have told her they'll do just that. Though most people in France view Le Pen as the very embodiment of overt racism, both Habiba and Smahi say minority voters will overlook his reputation in order to keep out the politician most hated by banlieue youths: Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, whose heavy-handed approach and provocative language they see as having fueled the violence...
...menswear designer Thom Browne, any bells and whistles come hidden in the stitching. His dinner jackets and tuxedos, fashioned out of workaday cotton canvas, are bedecked with old-world details like grosgrain lining on a working sleeve vent or hand-stitched working buttonholes. "The detailing is never overt," he says. "Sometimes only the owner of the thing knows about...
...called debate was discussed at length last week. First, there was Paula Zahn’s rather ominously-titled CNN special, “Hip-Hop: Art or Poison?” Besides a relatively one-sided debate that did its best to trash the genre without being overt, the promo asked, “Shocking images and lyrics have America asking: ‘Has hip-hop gone...
...Overt homophobia--including the Los Angeles Dodgers' alleged effort to push him into a sham marriage--made Burke, who some say created the high five, quit baseball in 1980. In '82 he became the first big leaguer to come out, but cocaine led to prison and homelessness. He died in 1995 from AIDS complications...