Word: objectionable
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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But the most reasonable objection to pornographic films is to their sordidly chauvinistic, exhibitionistic portrayal of women. Depiction of the female body as existing solely for male satisfaction makes much chewier grist for one's moralistic mill than mere nudity or sex. Unfortunately, many self-styled guardians of the public...
The Leverett House audience merely followed where Kael led. Remarks which were not only irrational, but implicitly racist were skimmed over. At one point, Kael claimed that the best films of the next two decades would come from blacks. When pressed to reconcile this with the mediocrity of previous black...
But the advocates raise a more basic objection to IRRC. By devoting study only to the merits of shareholder resolutions, they argue, IRRC focuses time and attention on a strategy which may miss the point of the advocates' campaigns.
The establishment of ground rules has also helped to ease strains. The major objection of the commercial theaters has been outside advertising, since terms of agreements with distributors generally limit attendance to University audiences. "The big issue to me," says Larry Jackson, director of the Orson Welles, "is that it...
A more serious objection to Western religious infatuation with the East, claim other critics, lies in what they see as an inherent opposition between Eastern and Western spirituality. Zen Master Philip Kapleau disdains Christian enthusiasm for Zen and other Buddhism. "There is no God concept in Buddhism," he says flatly...