Word: reactionism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...wrong, attitude that accepts the conceptual idea of homosexuality yet rejects actual sexual manifestation. I am incredibly disappointed that The Crimson's staff has chosen such a weak and uninteresting position. Sexually explicit BGTLSA posters have a larger cultural point which is relevant and necessary. The Crimson's own reaction to these posters indicates a radical difference between the ways in which gay and straight sexuality are viewed on campus...
...poignancy. Take Twin Peaks, for instance: While the producers at ABC, as well as a nation of television viewers, were obsessed with "Who Killed Laura Palmer?", Lynch affirmed that the focus of the project was never the identification of the killer, but rather the depiction of one town's reaction to the loss of innocence. Twin Peaks was unsuccessful because it was marketed like a "Dallas" episode. Forced to finger a killer, Lynch was adrift...
Until recently, such analysis has been extremely difficult, due to the inability of scientists to identify which portions of a cell change in reaction to such pressures...
...longer communicate with his daughter or wife. Burnham eventually snaps this spell by developing a strong sexual fantasy for his daughter's 17-year-old friend, triggering an entirely hedonistic lifestyle in which he buys whatever he wants and smokes pot all day. This is a direct reaction to his prior condition of too much independence. It is no coincidence that he chooses to work at "Mr. Smiley's" and asks for the job that will require the least amount of responsibility...
...have worked. After all, we don't feel anything for Tyler Durden and we care far too much about Norton's narrator. But here's the only recourse. I hope David Fincher sits in a crowded movie theater a few times over the next couple weeks to watch audience reaction to his film. Maybe he'll realize that Fight Club isn't as "funny" as he thinks it is. Maybe he'll realize that biting satire often blurs into the irresponsible. Maybe he'll realize he took the "traumatized male" theme one step too far. Or maybe he's still...