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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...meeting was two years ago, on a street in Hollywood: Pam Grier, queen of ultraviolent "blaxploitation" flicks in the '70s, ran into Quentin Tarantino, king of ultraviolent indie cinema in the '90s. The director, it turned out, was a big fan. He even had a poster of Grier's 1973 movie Coffy up on his office wall. THE BADDEST ONE-CHICK HIT-SQUAD THAT EVER HIT TOWN! boasts the poster, which sports an illustration of a shotgun-wielding Grier in low-riding stretch pants and a revelatory bikini top. "I got an idea," Tarantino told Grier. "I want to write...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: GUNNING FOR '90S GLORY | 12/8/1997 | See Source »

...schlock. It's also mean-spirited and cynical," sniffs academic dean Wayne Morris. "Art attempts to address the human condition," says visiting faculty member Moe Brooker, "and you don't trivialize the human spirit." Nor do you feature "a sideshow" in the window, says student Pam Feldman, when you are collecting $15,500 in tuition from someone who invests "all my time and energy to become a better painter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ASSEMBLY-LINE PICASSO | 12/1/1997 | See Source »

...PLAYERS] Pam Grier, Sam Jackson, De Niro; dir. Quentin Tarantino...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: THE HOLIDAY STOCKING IS TOO FULL | 11/24/1997 | See Source »

...PHRASE] Pam steals bad guys' booty, kicks same...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: THE HOLIDAY STOCKING IS TOO FULL | 11/24/1997 | See Source »

...went on to stuff Murphy the muskrat, Porky the porcupine, Pam the baby boar and Bob the little bird...

Author: By Rosalind S. Helderman, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Roadkill Collector Appears On TV | 10/31/1997 | See Source »

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