Word: revolt
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...creators failed to notice that they themselves had crossed a line--the one that separates shrewd commentary from polemic."Photos courtesy of Warner Bros,TWO RING CIRCUS: DUSTIN HOFFMAN (left), shines as a hard-boiled reporter who exploits the story of a simple-minded janitor's (JOHN TRAVOLTA, below) revolt against society...
...result, black filmmakers say, Hollywood is often cool to film concepts that don't include pimps, drive-bys, sexual antics or, preferably, all three. Debbie Allen, producer of Amistad, a film about a real-life 19th century slave revolt, spent several years looking for backers before Spielberg signed on to direct it (the film will be out in December). Kasi Lemmons, writer-director of Eve's Bayou--which deals with family secrets, sisterly friendship and voodoo--had a similar experience. "We were turned down by everyone," says Lemmons. "They all said they loved the script, and then they...
...relief agencies headquartered in Nairobi began to rethink their role in Sudan, favoring a hands-off approach aimed at getting the Sudanese to develop their own medical capabilities. Seaman was criticized in some quarters for being too hands-on, for doing too much. Hesselink says Seaman faced a mini-revolt in 1995-96 when some colleagues insisted that she see patients only during normal working hours or risk being sent home on the next plane. An MSF bureaucrat who replaced Hesselink as MSF's country director briefly banished Seaman to languish in Nairobi, before the bureaucrat was herself recalled...
...idea of putting up something that is "tasteful, historically appropriate and...television-friendly" will give way to things that are gold plated and unnecessary. The cost will easily hit $20 million because when Senators are doing for themselves, they just can't stop. I would much rather the public revolt and rip out the seats and air conditioning from both chambers. Uncomfortable legislators just might get the people's business done more quickly. GARY A. BEATTY Fort Wayne...
Journalists are paid to have opinions, and so they have tried in the past week to make this demonstration articulate. They have tried to say the crowds that have gathered in London to mourn the Queen of Hearts arrived there, like the followers of Wat Tyler in the Peasants' Revolt, with a list of articulate demands...