Word: skin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Indians, they are in a unique position. Blacks don't have a heritage except an American one. They are a people who have to make it because there's no place for them to run to, nothing to hide behind. It's more a question of class than of skin color...
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...fundamental artistic problem with skin flicks is that every situation has to offer an excuse for sex. The whole purpose of the film is to titillate, and everything is distorted and stylized with that goal in mind. The dialogue, the action, the settings--bedrooms, forests, deserts, in short anyplace a secluded camera can be set up--all lead to the inevitable loveless consummation. The camera is incessantly at low-angles to catch the flash of panties or the roundness of a buttock. One soon learns to expect gratuitous shower scenes and absurd double-entendre conversations. The best films are usually...
...finally, skin flicks are simply a poor investment. At three to five bucks a head, only the wealthy can afford a steady diet of this kind of voyeurism. If you have a few dollars to spare, stick with the legitimate stuff. If you must get your jollies, trek over to Nini's and buy a book. It's cheaper; you won't even have to take the subway...
Salisbury, an associate editor of The New York Times and an expert on China and the Soviet Union, said antagonism between the two nations in the past was only "skin deep," and there has always been a two-sided interest for the other country...