Talk:B movies (exploitation boom)

Latest comment: 1 year ago by Fleshy8 in topic Existence?

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Does anyone else think this reads like a sensationalist essay? --Mûĸĸâĸûĸâĸû (blah?) 08:17, 10 December 2010 (UTC)Reply

Much of the material it surveys is sensationalist—that's what exploitation movies are—so that may be affecting your perception of the article's tone. But let's see. Would you please quote us a couple of passages that you find "sensationalist"?—DCGeist (talk) 09:20, 10 December 2010 (UTC)Reply
The tone isn't neutral or encyclopedic at all. It's informative, but it's essentially editorial. "Blaxploitation. Zombies. Mafiosi. A catchy theme song, "Supernatural Voodoo Woman." And Marki Bey as Sugar herself, hair "relaxed" by day, afroed by night. AIP's Sugar Hill (1974) is an exploitation era example of a Gesamtkunstwerk, a "complete artwork."" This isn't tone neutral or in the prescribed style at all and honestly I wouldn't be surprised if it was originally copy-pasted from another website. --Pathogen (talk) 16:34, 24 July 2011 (UTC)Reply
It wasn't. I wrote it. Before you accuse fellow Wikipedians of plagiarism, do some research.—DCGeist (talk) 23:26, 23 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

Wiki Education assignment: History and Theory of New Media

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  This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 6 September 2022 and 16 December 2022. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): John ricciardelli Jr. (article contribs).

— Assignment last updated by John ricciardelli Jr. (talk) 17:25, 4 October 2022 (UTC)Reply

Existence?

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I'm a bit confused about this entire article. As others have said, it does not read remotely as an encyclopedic text-- it's almost pure essay (and it seems like it's never been very thoroughly edited.) I'm not sure if there's a way to fix this, either-- the topic is essentially just a passion project from the original contributor. I feel like the majority of text here, if the article is kept, needs to fall within the scope of what would be appropriate on the B movie page itself. Fleshy8 (talk) 19:53, 31 October 2023 (UTC)Reply