Ugly Americans in togas: Imperial anxiety in the cold war Hollywood epic

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Toga films express the American anxiety of empire, narrating the cold war and also registering tensions within the Western bloc between the old imperial powers, particularly Great Britain and the American superpower. The toga films, which are mostly religious epics that retell Old and New Testament stories or intersect with them in some way, include Ben-Hur and Spartacus.

War films, War movies, War in motion pictures, Ben-Hur (Motion picture), Spartacus (Motion picture)

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A big fat indie success story? Press discourses surrounding the making and marketing of a "Hollywood" movie

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An alternative perspective on the production and distribution of 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding' is provided. It is argued that the standard accounts provided by most media outlets have not only constructed partial stories about the film, but they have reinforced a number of inaccuracies and misperceptions about the operations of the contemporary media industries.

Marketing procedures, Motion picture & video production, Marketing, Motion picture industry, Company marketing practices, Motion pictures, Movies, Video production companies, Film and video production companies, My Big Fat Greek Wedding (Motion picture)

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From Hollywood to Hester Street: ghetto film, melodrama, and the image of the assimilated Jew in 'Hungry Hearts'

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The 1922 film adaptation of Anzia Yezierska's short story collection 'Hungry Hearts' used melodrama to show how the immigrant experience is central to producing the American Dream. Many Americans in the early 20th century saw immigration as the main threat to US prosperity, and many immigrants responded by assimilating as quickly as possible.

History, Behavior, Portrayals, Women writers, Women authors, Jews, American, American Jews, Assimilation (Sociology), Jewish ghettos, Yezierska, Anzia

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