Word: sell-out
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...made it past tonsillectomies--his major contribution to the inaugural issue is a light pan of soft-core pornographic advertising. No tough social criticism here: his oh-so-cynical ending is a quote from some Madison Avenue flunky, "It's that honest and sincere." No, Rosenbaum is a hard sell...
...which is Los Olvidados, dealing with street gangs and the culture of poverty in the slums of Mexico City. So, when in 1963 Bunuel announced that he was returning to Spain to make Virdiana, the Fascist government claimed a major propaganda triumph and leftists every where deplored Bunuel's sell-out. But Bunuel had the last laugh: although the government censors didn't realize it when they saw the film, Viridiana is a sardonic and ruthless attack on the role of the church, sexual morality, property, and social class in Spanish society, as became apparent to the world when...
...that not six, but hundreds of people were executed under its jurisdiction. Worse, no action was taken against those judges after the war. Perhaps this would have been more worth filming--to show how the collapse of Vichy brought no punishment of its injustices, but simply condoned its colossal sell...
...commercial tone of your holiday supplement. The focus on expensive gifts, expensive ski vacations, and expensive resorts was not only vulgar but also out of keeping with your usually astute social perspectives. I was quite disappointed to see the bylines of some of your better writers attached to such "sell-out" articles...
...Kubek's not only in its vituperative writing style, but more importantly, in the questions it chooses to ask and the way it chooses to remain within the intellectual context of the fifties. Was Owen Lattimore the number-one Soviet espionage agent in America? Did Hiss maneuver the Yalta sell-out? Did the denial of a passport to W.E.B. DuBois uphold the principles or security of this nation? No. Granted. But...so what...