Word: reaction
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...isn’t a general prejudice against vampire movies that prompts such an emphatically negative reaction on my part. Didn’t “28 Days Later” prove that blood-sucking could still make for a good movie? But what “28 Days Later” boasts that “30 Days of Night” doesn’t (besides sunshine and two fewer days) is a plotline, a motive, and anything, really, beyond just blood-sucking. The film lacks a back-story, an explanation of where the vampires came from...
...very different characters, which suggests the ability of each person to manipulate their own performance and in a similar way. The play expresses the idea that political and gender identities are constructed via performance and aesthetics. It also explores how people so often define themselves and create performances in reaction to their perceived opposition...
...which was all clips of old movies showcasing old American film heroes in which the Westerns were prominent examples, and in particular John Wayne in The Searchers. So we kept returning to this Cowboy and Indian mythology, and I wanted to understand why. It didn't seem like a reaction to the actual threat which was coming from engineering students in jumbo jets, not Indians on the Great Plains...
...Many Americans, including some right here at Harvard still don’t care enough to do their small part to curb the greenhouse gas emissions. Three separate factors make inaction on climate change not only the easiest, but also the most logical, reaction for some...
...this mind-set, this gut reaction to Bali and 9/11, that drew us into two wars without end, Iraq and Afghanistan. It was the same reaction that has led to such excesses as Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo, and allegations of torture...