Maciunas smiles back at the viewer, holding up a pair of frilly panties.
The American teaser poster for Unforgiven (1992), "the last great studio released movie poster", according to Nourmand, shows Eastwood with his back to the viewer holding a gun.
The experiment in passivity turned sour when one viewer held a loaded gun to Abramović's head; another wrote "END" on her forehead with lipstick.
Grabbing at him by the obviousness of his mise en scène — typically, lone or paired figures transfixed by the moon, the sea, mountains, or plum-colored nothingness — leaves a viewer holding an empty garment, as the essential gist slips away.
They, not the viewer, hold the power.
Both male and female viewers held this view, one executive said, a finding that does not surprise some feminists.
The only man still standing was Lauer, but he was damaged, too: viewers held him responsible for the family's split.
Ms. Hunt, in a final scene where the old woman, now a widow, flirts with the Devil, inhabits a character no one could possibly believe or tolerate, and yet she has viewers holding their breaths till she takes her last one.
It attracts a relatively sophisticated audience: From 30% to 40% of viewers hold managerial jobs, versus an average of 25% for China's TV-viewing population.
In other words, we reject the alternative hypothesis that CNN viewers hold less liberal views on illegal immigration simply because they happen to be less liberal across the board.
