Jaws paired a summer release with heavy TV advertising and a bestselling book tie-in. Star Wars two years later confirmed the pattern, so the credit is shared.
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White gloves mainly solved a practical problem in black-and-white animation: dark hands vanished against dark bodies. They were also faster to draw. Their possible link to minstrel shows is debated.
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Composers treated each channel as an instrument, shared channels between parts, used rapid tricks to imply more sounds, and often entered music as numeric data.
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Mattel sued MGA, maker of Bratz, claiming a former Mattel designer created Bratz while employed there. A 2008 Mattel win was reversed, and MGA won in 2011.
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