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When you talk to people about what bothers them in pop culture--if anything does--they tend not to talk about discrete, FCC-finable offenses. They talk about video games, ads, innuendos, magazine covers--things that the FCC doesn't police or that are so nebulous and environmental as to be unpoliceable in a free society. They don't want absolute rules. They want boundaries: they just want to know where the cultural deep end and the kiddie pool...
Granted, conservatives and liberals tend to be offended by different things. Conservatives tend to see a culture glorifying promiscuity and drug use. Liberals get more concerned about violence and degradation of women. The right sees the machinations of amoral Hollywood. The left sees soulless megabusinesses dropping their standards to court the coveted 18- to 34-year-old male demographic. "Obviously, you have an incentive to program material that will appeal directly to that market," says Michael Copps, a Democratic FCC commissioner, who argues that the rise of indecency and megamergers are related. "This whole issue of media consolidation goes...
Among the crucial bits of advice they get: "What works in China may not work in America, and vice versa," says Morton, 37. U.S. managers tend to air problems publicly and resolve them through collaboration, whereas Chinese managers--accustomed to hierarchical reporting structures--prefer to handle conflict privately, so that no one loses face. Crimson's companies tap ethnic-Chinese executives trained in international business practices to manage the work forces there. Along with financial payoffs, Ho gets the satisfaction of carrying on his father's legacy. "He always wanted to link the U.S. and China in a positive...
...down, these oddities are joined by more familiar forms. A ceramic camel carries an entire band of traveling minstrels, and a stylishly plump court lady wears an eclectic silk outfit, remarkably well preserved. The show comes at a fitting time. Today, inhabitants of the places that held these treasures tend to look back at the culture of their forbears as monolithic, and only now beset by tainting influences from abroad. But their ancestors knew differently. They managed their confusing times with grace and curiosity?and wandering among the pieces of what they left behind is a rare pleasure...
...known for operating on a shoestring, and it struggles to make its rent and bills with a policy director and co-founder Alan Nidle describes as “subliminal donation.” The suggested amount usually ranges from free to $10, but Nidle assures that they tend to be flexible unless a show is packed...