Word: sinning
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...reality; they're severing it almost completely. It's a technique loosely known as "digital back lot." George Lucas was a pioneer, as was Kerry Conran, the lonely genius responsible for the much praised, little-seen Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. In Robert Rodriguez's cult hit Sin City (also based on a Miller graphic novel), practically nothing is real but the people. It's not so much cinema as synema. And it's creeping into more mainstream movies: in Blood Diamond, a tear was digitally added to Jennifer Connelly's flawless cheek, after the fact...
...arguments to justify oppression. Shi'ites, they said, were not genuine Muslims but heretics. Devised for political convenience, this view of Shi'ites solidified into institutionalized prejudice. Sunnis likened reverence for the Prophet's bloodline and the Shi'ites' fondness for portraits of some of the Imams to the sin of idolatry. Shi'ite rituals, especially the self-flagellation during Ashura, were derided as pagan. Many rulers forbade such ceremonies, fearing that large gatherings would quickly turn into political uprisings. (Ashura was banned during most of Saddam Hussein's rule and resumed only after his downfall...
...HARVARD: A HOUSE OF IMPIETY & SIN George Whitefield, a revivalist preacher, called it one in the 1740s
...HOUSE OF IMPIETY AND SIN...
...Sadly, comic book artists have long regarded themselves as second-class citizens in the world of storytelling," wrote Frank Miller, who did the Sin City graphic novels (and co-directed the film version), in his intro to the fourth volume of The Spirit Archives. He says the result has been "a field that is constantly looking to other media for validation. ?See? We use REAL PAINTING, just like FINE ARTISTS...