Word: paean
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...file in time for the January issue, expects to sit down at the typewriter this week. This fills him with fear and loathing. What sort of article he will turn out is anybody's guess. But one thing is certain: the military should not expect an Ernie Pyle paean to its bravery in the field. "A bunch of newsmen with baseball bats," Thompson says, "could have taken this island...
...Houseparty" focuses exclusively on Black characters, yet Hudlin intends it as neither a statement of Black separatism nor a paean to racial pride. "I hate anything that smacks of moralizing," he says. "This is a film about Black youth culture, and when you're dealing with kids, there can't be any compromises. Kids see right through that stuff. I wanted this film to be honest. It's fiction: it's a story, but it's accurate...
...recently released Australian film based on the epic poetry of A. B. Paterson, fails because it attempts too much. The brainchild of producer Geoff Burrowes, the film tries to weave together a tender love story between two strong-willed youngsters separated by their differing social milieus ("Love Story"); a paean to the majesty and beauty of the wild mountain horse ("The Black Stallion"); and a moving tale of a young boy's physical and emotional passage to manhood ("Breaking Away"). The result is a collage of ill-connected scenes and cliched dialogue that waste an admittedly stunning setting and talented...
Take that old favorite, "Rudolph," an ironic paean to a drunk reindeer
Take that old favorite, "Rudolph," an ironic paean to a drunk reindeer