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A white teenager adopts African-American vernacular in Weird Science
A white teenager adopts African-American vernacular in Weird Science from Weird Science (1985)

The perfect woman created by two suburban white teenagers introduces them to urban life

A media mogul seeks absolute power in Tomorrow Never Dies
A media mogul seeks absolute power in Tomorrow Never Dies from Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

A broadcast media mogul echoes Citizen Kane echoing William Randolph Hearst when issuing a declaration of principles to report the news without fear or favor

British intelligence foils a nuclear terror plot via global video surveillance
British intelligence foils a nuclear terror plot via global video surveillance from Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

Video surveillance and face recognition technologies foil terrorists in Tomorrow Never Dies

Media mogul montage from Tomorrow Never Dies
Media mogul montage from Tomorrow Never Dies from Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

A montage of scenes featuring a Rupert Murdoch surrogate attempting to dominate broadcast journalism in post-reunification China by provoking war with the UK

Blackface montage from Tropic Thunder
Blackface montage from Tropic Thunder from Tropic Thunder (2008)

A contemporary example of blackface in Hollywood cinema makes a cynical attempt to disarm public objection

Raiperunanotte clip
Raiperunanotte clip from Raiunanotte (2010)

Burlusconi criticism

Adolescent fantasies produce the perfect computer generated woman in Weird Science
Adolescent fantasies produce the perfect computer generated woman in Weird Science from Weird Science (1985)

Adolescent male computer geeks create the perfect woman by hacking into a computer center via phone modem

Tomorrow Never Dies titles and cyborg chic
Tomorrow Never Dies titles and cyborg chic from Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

Sexy cyborg Bond girls, geek chic and digital morph effects adorn the title sequence of Tomorrow Never Dies

Extreme product placement in Tomorrow Never Dies
Extreme product placement in Tomorrow Never Dies from Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

A customized BMW 750 is equipped with everything a secret agent needs including GPS and rocket launchers

DNA information visualization in Jurassic Park
DNA information visualization in Jurassic Park from Jurassic Park (1993)

The animated information visualization sequence from Jurassic Park explaining how DNA was used to create dynosaurs

A white time traveller teaches Chuck Berry to play guitar
A white time traveller teaches Chuck Berry to play guitar from Back to the Future (1985)

Michael J. Fox offers a preview of rock and roll guitar styles from Chuck Berry and Jimi Hendrix to Pete Townshend at a 1955 sock hop

Uomini e donne clip
Uomini e donne clip from Uomini e donne (2001)

Italian talk/reality show