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Dates: during 1990-1999
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What they have is the purest breed of prejudice. They hate all blacks for the sins of some blacks; they resent the black male for his perceived genital superiority. The film's title announces as much. This is a story, Lee says, "about two people who came together because of sexual mythology." The legend on a jacket worn by one of Lee's colleagues at last month's Cannes Film Festival put the matter bluntly: JUNGLE FEVER, OR FEAR OF THE BIG BLACK DICK...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Boyz Of New Black City | 6/17/1991 | See Source »

...rights to irrigate his new popcorn farm, his neighbors were enraged. "We were the Ugly Americans," he recalls with a smile. When the newcomers themselves join the slow-growth movement -- as they increasingly tend to do -- they wind up getting rapped by both sides in disputes. Long-term residents resent them for coming in the first place, and the pro-growth camp, made up largely of local businessmen and tourism promoters, castigates them for wanting to shut the gate behind them after they get there. Complains Edward Biaggini, a hotelier and pro-growth advocate in nearby Morro Bay: "The people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Urban Crisis: Everybody's Fall Guy | 6/10/1991 | See Source »

This story, while unfinished, already has a moral: the Japanese need gai- atsu, or outside pressure, almost as much as they resent it. By leaning hard on its friends in Tokyo, the U.S. is doing a favor for Japan as well as Israel. But, then, what else are special relationships...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America Abroad | 6/3/1991 | See Source »

...Blacks resent Hispanics, says Edwin Lopez, a career counselor, "because we are potential competition." Some blacks, meanwhile, are struggling with the notion that a minority suffering from racism is capable of discriminating against another ethnic group...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WASHINGTON, D.C. Culture Clash | 5/20/1991 | See Source »

...trick is to convince the people who liked what they read that they like what they see. Readers are a possessive lot; they have, in effect, already made their own imaginary film version of the book -- cast it, dressed the sets, directed the camera. They resent cuts and changes. The Bonfire of the Vanities would probably have flopped even if it weren't a lame movie, because Tom Wolfe had already created a great movie in the minds of his readers. Most of the popular novels that have become popular films (Red October, Presumed, Misery, Silence) are thrillers with strong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hollywood Dances with Words | 4/1/1991 | See Source »

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