Word: shamed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...their pain and bitterness only at the prompting of their children, who were raised during the decades when the civil rights movements vastly enlarged our understanding of democracy. Poignantly, Dr. Oda explained why it had taken so long: "I did not want my children to feel the burden of shame and feelings of rejection by their fellow Americans. I wanted them to feel that in spite of what was done to us, this was still the best place in the world to live...
...limited laugh potential of a thick accent. He also plays a twin who is gay, reluctantly substituting for his more virile brother when the latter breaks an ankle. The gay twin redesigns Zorro's basic-black costume in more flamboyant shades and informs the peons it is no shame to be poor, only to be badly dressed. The movie's spirit is inoffensively amiable, and Hamilton works agreeably to compensate for the fact that he was born too late to play straight a part that helped make Douglas Fairbanks and Tyrone Power great stars. But Zorro lacks...
...shame that this movie is so bad, because, as remakes of old serials go, this one certainly has potential--certainly as much as Superman did. But because of director-cinematographer John Derek's egomaniacal insistance that his wife always remain on screen, the story of Tarzan is lost. We never see the legendary plane crash which brought the baby Tarzan to the jungle; we don't see him learning how to survive in the wilds or forging his bonds of friendship with the animals. In the old Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan movies, jungle adventure was the main feature. Jane was simply...
...many good liberals once assumed. "Any fool knows that if you are on your ass, what you need is lots of money and a way to make some money" one man tells Gwaltney. But instead, welfare created a dependence that couldn't be broken, that manufactured nothing but shame. "When they help their own, they give them money and say 'Here you are my man. Go for yourself.' But with us they just figured a way so their young boys could try for some black pussy and so their snotty bitches can look big in front of a whole line...
...that is a shame, because Carpenter is talented (Halloween, Assault on Precinct 13), and because the idea of New York as penal colony has so much potential. Carpenter, though, simply wastes the possibilities. Manhattan, with its mounumental architecture on every block, has an abundance of magnificent locations for titanic, evil struggles. Why then did Carpenter choose to set Escape mostly in the anonymous alleys and burntout storefronts of other cities? And why does he employ location shots for a meaningless wrestling match (featuring a performer who bears an admirable resemblance to that titan of professional wrestling. George "The Animal" Steele...