capitulate

June 16, 2005 | 0 Comments
1. to surrender under specified conditions; come to terms. 2 to give up all resistance; acquiesce
From the New Yorker: "it looks as if Nolan and Liman have capitulated to the marketing demands of a system that is squeezing the art out of large-scale moviemaking."

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