“Avatar’’ introduces a new element: a hard-edged political message aimed at US foreign policy under George Bush.
(20th Century Fox via Associated Press)
Martha Bayles
The marketing of a global blockbuster
“Avatar’’ introduces a new element: a hard-edged political message aimed at US foreign policy under George Bush.
(20th Century Fox via Associated Press)
"Avatar" introduces a new element to movie-making: a hard-edged political message that, unlike the indirect and largely symbolic messages of previous blockbusters, is aimed at a specific target -- namely, American foreign policy under the Bush administration. (Full article: 890 words)
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