Word: post-modernism
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...going to flip a switch and make Iraq a Christian nation. America is not a Christian nation; it's a mission field. Conversion can't come at the point of a gun. I think this is a true test, in a post-modern, post Cold War age, of how America is going to establish a model for the recovery of freedom. Religious freedom has to be at the center and foundation of that freedom. If Iraq were to be established in a way that religious freedom was honored, it would stand out from its neighbors in the area...
...these offerings don’t sound tantalizing, the brilliant post-modern document that is XXX is probably still playing somewhere in the Boston area...
When the word "cinematic" gets applied to comix it usually comes from lazy, patronizing critics caught off guard by the medium's full artistry. But for "King," "cinematic" accurately describes the post-modern, documentary-style construction. For example, Anderson inserts anonymous witnesses who talk directly to the audience, filling in details or offering counter-histories. He also lays in archival photos or documents and draws around them. This approach reaches a climax at the end of "King" II, with a remarkable seven-page montage dedicated to the "I Have a Dream" speech. Photos of the crowd on the Mall, smeared...
Areas of specialty: Black critical thought, cultural criticism, social theory, modern and post-modern philosophy and literature and the future of American youth...
Moulin Rouge, Dec. 18 ($22.49) This is the perfect chance to get inside Baz Lurhman’s head. His dizzying post-modern pastiche presents so many cultural allusions and pop-culture homages, that to comprehend them all requires multiple sittings. Now, Lurhman offers two audio commentaries to encompass the full scope of his sumptuous vision, and the second disc allows the viewer to manipulate multiple-camera angle views of the dance sequences...