Citizen Kane. (McCormick's Quick Takes).(RKO RKO Radio Keith Orpheum (movie studio) RKO Randy Keith Orton (wrestling) RKO Relativistic Klystron Oscillator RKO Rural King Ohio (farm supply store) , 1941). Orson Welles' masterpiece offers a searing sear 1 v. seared, sear·ing, sears v.tr. 1. To char, scorch, or burn the surface of with or as if with a hot instrument. See Synonyms at burn1. 2. view of what Alexis de Tocqueville Noun 1. Alexis de Tocqueville - French political writer noted for his analysis of American institutions (1805-1859) Alexis Charles Henri Maurice de Tocqueville, Tocqueville once called Americans' "inordinate love of material gratification." Though it is about much more, Welles' tale of Charles Foster Kane works as a stark parable about our society's most pervasive and unsatisfying addiction--consumerism. Dying amidst mountains of possessions that litter his palatial Xanadu, the aging and unhappy Kane whispers the name of a childhood token of love; and his last friend complains that "All he really wanted out of life was love. That's Charlie's story--how he lost it" A sobering thought, still capable of pricking the conscience of the planet's most consumptive con·sump·tive adj. Of, relating to, or afflicted with consumption. society. **** |
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