Word: socio
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Somewhere in there, too, is a substantial amount of socio-political subtext, but it’s dropped in such a half-hearted, haphazard manner that any commentary ultimately gets lost among all the flashy explosions. Sure, such lines as “No one pays attention to Africa” pop up now and then, but they appear jarring amidst gunfire battles and elaborate speed-boat chases...
...don’t expect something big, huge, and exciting / usually uh, I don’t know, it’s just not as, yeah.” On this note, the Book’s newest album succeeds on their terms, in making a uniquely melodic socio-culturally synthesized soundscape—but don’t expect anything big, huge, and exciting...
Going to day-care did not increase infection among children of socio-economically depressed neighborhoods but day-care attendance did increase infection among children in socio-economically advantaged areas...
...history, Inside Deep Throat begins to lose steam about two-thirds of the way through. It loses sight of its principal and most compelling storyline—the rise and fall of its stars Linda Lovelace and Harry Reems and director Gerard Damiano—and begins grabbing at socio-historical miscellany to spice things up. The resulting mishmash of music, fashion, and other cultural trivia resembles a bad VH1 “I Love the (insert date here)” special, when the demigods of yesterday’s pop culture are dragged out and rehashed for those...
Recall Bring it On: rival cheerleaders, lots of energy, not much of a plot. Now, replace the cheerleading competition with céilí, a form of traditional Irish music. And instead of the squad leaders’ rivalry resulting from some quasi-racial socio-economic tensions, imagine the competitors are brothers, reunited after a thirty-year estrangement because they disapprove of each others’ life choices...