Samantha Zalaznick: Mad Men Recap: The Shame Game

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

The Chrysanthemum and the Sword is an influential 1946 study of Japanese culture. The book, according to Wikipedia, “popularized the distinction between guilt cultures and shame cultures.” Whereas Western society imposes social control through reinforcing the feeling of guilt, Japan does it through shame. Guilt is an internal fear of punishment, while shame is a [...]

Scott Mendelson: Weekend box office: Expendables explodes, Eat Pray Love is bountiful, while Scott Pilgrim vs. the World lacks Game Genie.

Sunday, August 15th, 2010

Proving once again that films aimed at older audiences have theoretically stronger legs than those aimed at teens, The Expendables and Eat Pray Love both had strong weekend multipliers and both performed at or above realistic expectations. With all the hub-bub regarding ‘the guy movie vs. the chick flick’, both films posted exceptional opening weekends [...]

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