The film’s soundtrack features popular musical favourites and sounds of dread and discordancy, and some of these depictions reflect racist ideas about “proper” musical, social and community norms.
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Frank Capra’s dark vision of corruption and greed highlights both the dangers of concentrated power and the quiet effectiveness of collective action.
A Savage Christmas would give Crackers a run for its money as the worst Australian Christmas film to date.
Annual holiday specials aren’t all fluffy nostalgia. While families enjoy these together, part of the attraction is how these shows’ soundtracks and plots acknowledge life’s compromised conclusions.
Holiday movies have been an essential part of the American winter celebrations. They offer a glimpse into how the world is could be, often in sharp contrast to reality.
Holiday movies offer us a glimpse into how the world is could be, often in sharp contrast to our lives as they are. In that way, the annual act of viewing them is like a religious ritual.
Just as facts are stubborn, myths in the era of social media are also
proving to be as well. And, that can be harmful, particularly when it
comes to the media reporting on holiday suicides. Here’s why.
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Professor of Music, Carleton University
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Professor of Religious Studies and Cinema and Media Studies, by special appointment, Hamilton College
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Research Director, Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania
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University of Pennsylvania
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Professor of Literary and Film Studies, University of North Texas
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Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia