Actors: Second Bananas–George Brent

A second banana is the second most important person in an organization or activity.

Oscars: Academy’s Early goals and Statue’s Look and Nickname

Neither Bette Davis nor the Academy’s Margaret Herrick came up with the nickname Oscar.

Film Theory: Feminism–Marjorie Rosen’s “Popcorn Venus: Women, Movies and the American Dream”

Marjorie Rosen is American author, journalist, screenwriter, and professor, known for her 1973 book Popcorn Venus: Women, Movies and the American Dream.

Film Theory: Sex, Sexuality–Biblio

Film Theory: Sex, Sexuality

Culture: Approach, Theory, Concept, Biblio

Books by Stewart Ewen Captains of Consciousness: Advertising and the Social Roots of the Consumer Culture. New York: McGraw-Hill (1976). ISBN 0070198454. Channels of Desire: Mass Images and the Shaping of American Consciousness (co-authored with Elizabeth Ewen). New York: McGraw-Hill (1982). ISBN 978-0816618903. All Consuming Images: The Politics of Style in Contemporary Culture. New York: […]