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Word: plotting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...part in the scheme, MacDonald was to receive up to $750,000 in cash payments. By the time the plot was exposed, Brown says, he had given MacDonald $75,000 in cash and use of a $55,000 BMW. Most of MacDonald's fellow Navajos did not share in his good fortune; they continue to live their old, hardscrabble life. Fully half of all Navajo homes, for example, have no electricity or flush toilets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letting Down the Tribe | 3/6/1989 | See Source »

...plot has all the elements of an old-fashioned detective movie. A police officer is brutally gunned down and a frantic manhunt ensues. A long-haired laborer is convicted of the murder after his companion on the fateful night testifies against him. A filmmaker becomes obsessed with the case and produces a gritty documentary in which the prosecution's witnesses shed doubt on their own testimony. Ideally, there should be a happy cinematic ending, as the wrongly convicted man leaves prison after twelve years to resume his shattered life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: No Happy Ending | 3/6/1989 | See Source »

Next, John Ritter, I believe with all my heart that Three's Company was an evil plot designed to lower the standards of the American television viewing public to a point where the networks could bill re-runs of shows like Hee Haw and Mr. Ed as quality entertainment...

Author: By David L. Greene, | Title: Blake Edwards' Skin Flick | 3/3/1989 | See Source »

Unfortunately, even when he's wearing glow-in-the-dark condoms, Ritter cannot save this film. Basically, the problem with Skin Deep is that all the characters in the film are one-dimensional. Also, the movie has no plot. Besides that, it's pretty good...

Author: By David L. Greene, | Title: Blake Edwards' Skin Flick | 3/3/1989 | See Source »

...there's really no real reason to care about the plot of Skin Deep, and there's no reason to care about any of the film's characters, for that matter. I certainly didn't care whether or not Zach got back together with his wife--the film didn't give any insight into either character. I didn't care whether or not Zach stops drinking, or whether he ever writes another book. The only thing Skin Deep really made me care about was...where can I get some glow-in-the dark condoms...

Author: By David L. Greene, | Title: Blake Edwards' Skin Flick | 3/3/1989 | See Source »

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