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  The Cat = the Cat in The Godfather, like the Komodo Dragon in The Freshman. It's hard to think of Brando without thinking of this famous image of him holding a cat in the first scene of The Godfat...

• 5 Reasons Why "Twilight" is So Popular | Movies, Sports, Rituals

  Reasons for the Popularity of the Twilight Saga that You Might Not Have Heard Before: 1) Ambivalence about Red Meat In recent years there’s been growing discomfort in the Western world about eating ...

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  Why Do Good People Resent Science? (What's Wonder, Not Politics, Got To Do With It?) Most Americans really appreciate science, yet many also have reservations about it, complex feelings that go well ...

• Interpreting Culture Shock in "Elf": Spaghetti, Syrup, and Escalators | Movies, Sports, Rituals

  When I first watched the movie  Elf,  I laughed like everyone else when Buddy the Elf poured maple syrup on his spaghetti, but later I thought, Wait, why is that so outrageous? After all, North Ameri...