Word: vierra
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Code" era of 1930-34 is getting its due in two excellent books and a film retrospective. Mark A. Vierra's Sin in Soft Focus: Pre-Code Hollywood (Abrams; 240 pages; $39.95) mixes gorgeous photos with tart memos and anecdotes from the period. Thomas Doherty's Pre-Code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema 1930-1934 (Columbia University Press; 430 pages; $19.50) cogently examines the pictures and their political impact. Those in New York City can see the fabulous evidence firsthand. Film Forum, the town's invaluable rep house, is mounting a series of 44 key films, unspooling...
...Butler) his rights and the rapper sourly answering, "Oh, like I ever had rights." But unlike cop-hating gangsta rappers, Digable Planets has a constructive rebelliousness. "There are messages in our music for people who are oppressed in America to recognize their oppression," says trio member Ladybug (Mary Ann Vierra). "So this is one little way to help...