Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that kind of dirt were dollars, Henley would be flush enough. These days he lives in Los Angeles and travels to his small spread outside Aspen, Colo. ("my ranchette"). He also devotes time to social issues like the Southern Poverty Law Center, as well as a variety of environmental groups. But what he can always take to the bank is his gift for songwriting, which keeps growing. Talking about the legacy of the Eagles, he says, "The Eagles were another link in the chain, a logical extension of what came before. But I don't think the '70s will ever...
...interesting movement to limit speech is directed at defamatory utterances against blacks, homosexuals, Jews, women or other stigmatizable groups. It took no Terry Rakolta of the left to bring about the instant firing of Jimmy the Greek and Al Campanis from sports jobs when they made racially denigrating comments. Social pressure worked far more quickly on them than on Married . . . With Children, which is still...
...rules being considered on college campuses to punish students for making racist and other defamatory remarks go beyond social and commercial pressure to actual legal muzzling. The right-wing Dartmouth Review and its imitators have understandably infuriated liberals, who are beginning to take action against them and the racist expressions they have encouraged. The American Civil Liberties Union considered this movement important enough to make it the principal topic at its biennial meeting last month in Madison, Wis. Ironically, the regents of the University of Wisconsin had passed their own rules against defamation just before the ACLU members convened...
...memorable scene is a series of clips as members from each social group dump on somebody else. Mookie (Lee) hurls derogatory anti-Italian comments on the boss' son Pino (John Turturro), who insults him back with just as many racist stereotypes. Then the film cuts then to the policeman, who insults a Hispanic youth, who insults the Korean family who has recently opened up a vegetable stand on the block. The Korean man follows with his own insults about Jews. The circle of hatred, it seems, would go on endlessly, if there were any Jewish characters in the film...
...film is far more than entertainment; it is social commentary...