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Is The Shopping Mall Dead? & When Less Is Really More

Something You Should Know

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The All American Shopping Maul

Alexandra lang is author of the book meet me by the fountain and inside history of the mall. The all american shopping maul shows up in a lot of movies and t v shows, she says. Lang: I think part of that is because setting a movie mostly in ten age bedrooms just doesn't make for good cinema. But i also think that the prominence of malls and movies reflects the childhood experience of those film directors and represents real experience.

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