Word: spans
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...want to do films? A: I have neither the talent nor the attention span. The reason I have so many friends among film people is that I've never asked them...
Like the Rubik’s cube and sea monkeys, Ginger commanded the nation’s short but intense attention span in the way only a fad could. Ginger was said to have the potential to transform the world. To date, Ginger has transformed very little. People never found out what Ginger was, and soon it disappeared from the radar screen...
...Trailing by 17 with under six minutes remaining, Big Red quarterback Ricky Rahne threw touchdown passes to receivers Chad Nice and John Kellner in a span of 1:24 to bring Cornell within three. However, Colgate recovered an onside kick to hold off the Big Red surge...
Which brings us to the question of tone. While Stiller is clearly trying to satirize the hyper-attenuated attention span of VH1 and MTV directors and audiences, his film is never believable enough to deliver any substantial punch to the objects of his satire. His performance is the same way—his acting is best when it’s grounded in some real world backdrop, like There’s Something About Mary or Mystery Men. You can’t help but feel that something is at stake in the limitations of Stiller’s characters...
...Most panelists agreed that, again, the media is in part to blame for a prejudiced view of Islam. Laila said she found the rhetoric spewed from CNN and Fox reporters to be very scary. She also noted that a C-SPAN reporter randomly accosted a man who appeared to be Muslim in order to question his patriotism. The idea behind the question, Laila said, is that it follows that if you dont respond, you support what happened...