Hollywood provides ready-made fantasies or daydreams; the problem is whether these are productive or nonproductive, whether the audience is psychologically enriched or impoverished.
In Hollywood, the ... basic freedom of being able to choose between alternatives is absent. The gifted people who have the capacity for choice cannot… - Hortense Powdermaker
In Hollywood, the ... basic freedom of being able to choose between alternatives is absent. The gifted people who have the capacity for choice cannot…
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The Hollywood atmosphere of crises and continuous anxiety is a kind of hysteria which prevents people from thinking, and is not too different from th… - Hortense Powdermaker
The Hollywood atmosphere of crises and continuous anxiety is a kind of hysteria which prevents people from thinking, and is not too different from th…
In Hollywood, primitive magical thinking exists side by side with the most advanced technology. - Hortense Powdermaker
In Hollywood, primitive magical thinking exists side by side with the most advanced technology.
All entertainment is education in some way, many times more effective than schools because of the appeal to the emotions rather than to the intellect. - Hortense Powdermaker
All entertainment is education in some way, many times more effective than schools because of the appeal to the emotions rather than to the intellect.
Hollywood provides ready-made fantasies or daydreams; the problem is whether these are productive or nonproductive, whether the audience is psycholog… - Hortense Powdermaker
Hollywood provides ready-made fantasies or daydreams; the problem is whether these are productive or nonproductive, whether the audience is psycholog…
Only a small percentage of novelists, painters, musicians, scientists, anywhere in the world, are talented. But there are many more in Hollywood than… - Hortense Powdermaker
Only a small percentage of novelists, painters, musicians, scientists, anywhere in the world, are talented. But there are many more in Hollywood than…
South Sea natives who have been exposed to American movies classify them into two types, 'kiss-kiss' and 'bang-bang. - Hortense Powdermaker
South Sea natives who have been exposed to American movies classify them into two types, 'kiss-kiss' and 'bang-bang.
The artist in all societies has traditionally been a kind of barometer, more sensitive to nuances and changes than others, because he is more deeply … - Hortense Powdermaker
The artist in all societies has traditionally been a kind of barometer, more sensitive to nuances and changes than others, because he is more deeply …
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