All 12 Uses of
theme
in
Fast Food Nation
- A coffee shop chain with a Scottish theme also never found its niche.
p. 24..7 (definition 1) *theme = unifying idea
- The training school for Disney's theme-park employees was named Disneyland University.†
p. 33..5 (definition 1)
- Walt Disney sent Kroc a cordial reply and forwarded his proposal to an executive in charge of the theme park's concessions.
p. 35..8 (definition 1)theme park = an amusement park with one or more basic underlying ideas -- such as the "Magic Kingdom" of Disneyworld
- Disney's passion for science found expression in "Tomorrowland," the name given to a section of his theme park and to segments of his weekly television show.
p. 38..6 (definition 1)
- His first television series, Disneyland (1954), provided weekly updates on the construction work at his theme park.
p. 40..6 (definition 1)
- The park, tentatively called Western World, would have a cowboy theme.†
p. 42..1 (definition 1)
- Instead of investing in a large theme park, the company pursued a more decentralized approach.
p. 42..2 (definition 1)theme park = an amusement park with one or more basic underlying ideas -- such as the "Magic Kingdom" of Disneyworld
- It's about their theme parks, their next movie, their characters, their videos ….
p. 49..5 (definition 1)theme parks = amusement parks each of which have one or more basic underlying ideas -- such as the "Magic Kingdom" of Disneyworld
- McDonald's began to sell its hamburgers and french fries at Disney's theme parks.
p. 49..6 (definition 1)
- AT THE THIRTY-EIGHTH Annual Multi-Unit Foodserver Operators Conference held a few years ago in Los Angeles, the theme was "People: The Single Point of Difference."†
p. 87..5 (definition 1)
- As the loudspeakers play the theme song from Chariots of Fire, Lowe wheels Christopher Reeve onstage.
p. 106..9 (definition 2) *theme = music associated with a film
- It was decorated in a Wild West theme, with paper place mats featuring a wanted poster of "Butch Essidie."†
p. 233..9 (definition 1)
Definitions:
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(1) (theme as in: theme of the novel) a basic idea that underlies what is being said or done -- especially in a literary or artistic work
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(2) (theme as in: musical theme) the initial or primary melody of a musical composition
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(as in "theme song") music that is most repeated in a film, television series, or other theatrical production