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...literally sacred ground. The Moses story is central to three of the world's major religions. "It is so much more complicated, so much more challenging than simply making a movie," Katzenberg says. Just putting together the script raised enough delicate questions to fill the Red Sea. How to portray the Egyptians as cruel slave masters without antagonizing the Arab world? "We were very careful with skin tones to show that the slave population was multicultural, multiethnic," says Tzivia Schwartz-Getzug, an expert in interfaith relations who was hired as liaison to the religious community. "And in the Exodus scene...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Prince And The Promoter | 12/14/1998 | See Source »

Ultimately, this film is very much like the band it professes to portray. While respected in its day, Hard Core Logo finds an ill reception from modern audiences as their tour slowly self-destructs. In the same way, it is not difficult to understand how the idea for this film might have seemed interesting and exciting at one point. Most of that has been lost in the process, however, and the audience is left wondering what the point was. Furthermore, we are left confused and alienated by a directing style that alternates between humor and drama. In many parts...

Author: By J.t. Merino, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HARD CORE LOGO | 12/11/1998 | See Source »

...Walla, a first-year at Boston University, wins the award for "Best Performance in the Role of a Lovely but Airheaded Infanta." Walla is not only an entrancing and sweet-throated singer (when she is--you guessed it--being loud enough), but also a superb actress who manages to portray the beautiful ingenue (wrapped up in faux Venetian lace get-ups) with just the right amount of whiny, aristocratic empty-headedness...

Author: By Ankur N. Ghosh, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Pump Up the G. and S. Volume | 12/11/1998 | See Source »

...concept of inherent drama, Burnett repeatedly cited a 1945 print campaign for the American Meat Institute. After careful consideration, he related, "we convinced ourselves that the image of meat should be a virile one, best expressed in red meat." At the time it was highly unusual, even distasteful, to portray uncooked meat in advertisements. Enthusiastically breaking the code, Burnett produced full-page ads depicting thick chops of raw red meat against a bright-red background. "Red against red was a trick," he explained, "but it was a natural thing to do. It just intensified the red concept and the virility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Leo Burnett: Sultan Of Sell | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...inaccurately quoted the response to Lydon by Greg Moore, managing editor of The Boston Globe. Moore expressed disdain for Toni Morrison's views, not for Lydon's. And lastly, Lydon did not disagree with a point made by Globe columnist Derrick Z. Jackson, namely that the media tend to portray successful white athletes as intelligent and successful black athletes as physically gifted...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Panel Comments Misreported | 12/4/1998 | See Source »

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