OBJECTIVE Smoking in movies is associated with adolescent and young adult smoking initiation. Public health efforts to eliminate smoking from films accessible to youth have been countered by defenders of the status quo, who associate tobacco imagery in "classic" movies with artistry and nostalgia. The present work explores the mutually beneficial commercial collaborations between the tobacco co...

Rachel Gunn explores the indigenization of Hollywood genres, specifically the adaptation of the horror genre in a Canadian contest. Conflicts of nation intersect with those of gender as Gunn discusses the ways in which both John Fawcett’s Ginger Snaps (2000) and David Cronenberg’s film Dead Ringers (1988) invert the traditionally masculine horror genre by interrogating the concept of the monstr...

Adults with intellectual/developmental disability (IDD), and their occupational participation, are vastly under-represented in Hollywood films. Because films often provide individuals’ only experience of people with IDD, cinematic representations can influence audience perceptions. Thus, films can help inform public perceptions about desired and appropriate occupational participation for people...

We examine the assertion that the two-parameter lognormal distribution is an appropriate parametric model for the shot length distributions of Hollywood films. A review of the claims made in favour of assuming lognormality for shot length distributions finds them to be lacking in methodological detail and statistical rigour. We find there is no supporting evidence to justify the assumption of l...

prior to the 1980s, numerous charges of discrimination were noteworthy among women in hollywood. in those years, women were in uncertain situations, so they seemed aimless and vulnerable. in the period that this article focuses on, the female characters are or have become intelligent and therefore open-minded and potentially independent. although, they are still vulnerable and unsure of themsel...