Word: portrayals
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Agencies seeking to correct that lapse are being careful about how they portray those generations because research is showing that older consumers have an angry distaste for the traditional advertising images of frail and dotty elders. Says John Ferrell, chief creative officer for the Hill, Holliday, Connors, Cosmopulos agency: "The way that older people are depicted has changed dramatically. We learned they do not always want to be shown pitching horseshoes, rocking in a chair and watching life...
...others say that the charges may reflect minority distrust of Boston city politics, whether or not they accurately portray the circumstances of the plan's development. School Committee President Tom O'Reilley says, "There were probably some legitimate concerns under the rhetoric... Blacks were protected under the courtordered plan. For some, there's a sense of insecurity and risk...
...unfair to expect realism in a movie? Television shows like L.A. Law and Night Court certainly don't portray the legal field with complete accuracy, so why should one expect any more from True Believer...
...Crimson does no service to the Harvard community by printing only half of a story. The reporters and editors of the Crimson ought to spend more time understanding the whole story and less time looking to portray a story as a conflict. Neil Segall '90 Chair, Cookin...
...Overseers member John Lithgow '67 announces plans to film the deliberations of the board for a poignant three-part television mini-series. Lithgow will star as a member who is silenced for his proposal of divestment from companies that dump sewage into Boston Harbor, and Fred Grandy '70 will portray the stern President Bok in the film, to be called, "Divestment Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry...