Word: nintendos
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...stars," says Columbus. "Mack was very real and very honest. He seemed to be a real kid, one that you wouldn't be annoyed with if you had to spend two hours with." To induce Culkin to learn his lines, Columbus rewarded him with a game of Nintendo after each day of rehearsal in the Chicago studio where the picture was shot. Culkin was also entranced by Columbus' working habit of moving around the huge sound stage on roller skates...
...opted for roller coaster, reasoning that I could reasonably justify eating some cotton candy later. With all of the flashing lights and beeps, I thought it could be like a Nintendo for pre-professionals--pop a cartridge in and step all over the little stock market analysts...
...child is passed from one paid caretaker to another? What are the risks of growing up without a stable nuclear family or any real community support? How do values get passed from one generation to the next when the dominant cultural influences on children are television, pop music and Nintendo...
...front of the set as soon as he gets home in the afternoon and gets another dose to calm down before he goes to bed at night. He wears Bart Simpson T shirts, nags Mom to buy him Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles toys and spends hours glued to his Nintendo. His teacher says he is restless and combative in class. What's more, he's having trouble reading...
...also profound and insidious. Parents who do not spend time with their children often spend money instead. "We supply kids with things in the absence of family," says Barbara MacPhee, a school administrator in New Orleans. "We used to build dreams for them, but now we buy them Nintendo toys and Reebok sneakers." In the absence of parental guidance and affirmation, children are left to soak in whatever example their environment sets. A childhood spent in a shopping mall raises consumerism to a varsity sport; time spent in front of a television requires no more imagination than it takes...