Word: shadowed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Located in the basement of the Carpenter Center HFA is a resource for films students, a mecca for cinemagroupies, and, in the eyes of many ordinary movie-goers, an outright peculiarity. Films screened at HFA this month include "Sensations: A Holy Orgasm of Shadow-Play," "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer," Sex and Zen," and "Backyard Movie," the later juxtaposing "old home movies" with "cheeky footage of naked men on trampolines and frolicking dogs," according to HFA's monthly bulletin...
That aside, we grimace at the thought of another women's club being formed on other grounds as well. By engaging in the same sort of exclusivity as the male clubs, the "President and Members" of this double X-chromosome shadow government are sinking to the level of their male counterparts...
...seemed like they thought they were better than others," she recalls. "And I'd say, like why? We're good people. We're good skaters." A gutsy response, but Nancy hardly understood that some of the snobbery was a cover for envy -- which was to cast a deeper shadow later in life...
...came gradually to the conviction that the feminist take on men left out an important part of the story: the real powerlessness of most men. In any case: "Feminism suggested that God might be a 'she,' but not that the devil might also be a 'she.' Feminism articulated the shadow side of men and the light side of women. It neglected the shadow side of women and the light side...
Lurking behind this is the shadow festival. Here the conversation only rarely strays to the films that the movie folk have ostensibly come to see; instead, it's the same talk that goes on year-round in Hollywood, transplanted and intensified and extended into the wee hours. The shadow festival is a curious mix of collegiate revelry and Sammy Glick desperation. For participants, it's a chance to make a year's worth of contacts in a few sleep- deprived nights. For outsiders, it's a zoological treasure trove, a place where all the major species of Hollywood schmoozemeister...