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...Walt Disney Co. "He was the first man to create consumer products out of filmed entertainment." And so for decades Mickey Mouse and other Disney icons shuttled between love and neglect: they were purchased by doting parents, then cradled in children's arms, then placed on bedroom toy shelves, then exiled to attics, then discarded in sidewalk rummage sales, then discovered by antique dealers who sold them at premium prices. And every few years a new generation of child consumers repeated the process and replenished the Disney coffers...
...Conviction and acquittal are reached solely on the basis of personal testimony, character witness, and most importantly, the social climate which dictates the popular mood under which judgments are reached. Walling effectively draws Abigail as malicious and manipulative, playing with her power as she would a dumb boy-toy...
...simply are not led to believe that Charles is so enchanted by a woman who looks at him with expressions that alternate between bored and blase. When Carrie arrives at Wedding Number Two childishly brandishing her wealthy, doddering fiance, Hamish, like a new toy, we wonder why Charles doesn't simply ignore her. Instead we see a frazzled Hugh Grant whimpering like a wounded puppy. While Newell gets some laughs out of rather predictable run-ins with Charles' exgirlfriends, this whole interlude of petty jealousies, social faux pas, and missed connections again skirts the question of just why Charles...
...staunch meritocrats, no one can deny that race, once a question of principles, is now a numbers game. A recent Perspective article counted the representation of minorities among--MSA hyperactivists, hold your fire--not the Faculty (for the whole University has those figures memorized by now), but among toy dolls. Sleuthing in the aisles of Toys R-Us, Perspective found That only one of a dozen-or-so dolls was Black...
...perspicuous observation, indeed, but Dartboard decided to delve deeper. WE didn't limit our search to mere playthings at the toy store, but in fact randomly sampled actual Americans. The shocking result: only one in tenor-so was Black...