Charles Crispin on “Pulp Fiction”: Reeling in the glory of ‘90s pop culture

Charles Crispin has an overt preference for the works of director Quentin Tarantino, and undeniably so. Whenever someone asks him to list down his favorite films, these two top the list: Inglourious Basterds (2009) and Pulp Fiction (1994). While both are critically acclaimed, Pulp Fiction remains to be Tarantino’s best reviewed and most popular among his masterpieces.

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Considered as one of the most influential films of the ‘90s, Pulp Fiction is famous for its stylized direction, unconventional plot structure, and recurrent cultural references, albeit it is the latter element that has elevated it to its current cult status. The film is a veritable hodge-podge of classic cinematic references that is hewn in seven sections, chronologically disarranged.

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It is this never-before-seen cinematic oddity that manages to hook long-time fans like Charles Crispin into faithful followership.

The most famous example is the dance competition scene featuring lead stars John Travolta and Uma Thurman. It is purportedly a homage to Jean-Luc Goddard’s film, Bande à part, which incidentally is also the namesake of Tarantino’s production company.

Several other film bits have been found to be homage to directors such as Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock, Francois Truffaut, and Robert Aldrich—all of whom have influenced Tarantino in one way or another.

Although it primarily capitalized on the prevalent pop culture of previous generations, the movie eventually went on to become a distinct pop culture phenomenon altogether. As Ken Dancyger put it, its imitative yet innovative style represents “a new phenomenon, the movie whose style is created from the context of movie life rather than real life.”

It’s no wonder that even after 18 years, it still continues to captivate generations upon generations of movie geeks the world over.

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Charles Crispin: Delving in the intricacies of managed care reinsurance

Charles Crispin’s name has almost become synonymous to “managed care.” With over a decade of experience in the healthcare industry, it’s hard to see why not. From 1997 to 2010, Mr. Crispin was affiliated with Evergreen Re, one of the largest and most comprehensive brokers of managed care reinsurance.

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Managed care reinsurers use dynamic, actuarially tested risk analyses to provide health plans, physician groups, and health management organizations (HMOs) essential information and premium services and solutions to serve as protection from ruinous claims and financial downturn. Reinsurers also align nicely with a health plan’s interest in minimizing its reinsurance premium increases through effective medical management, always striving to achieve best patient outcomes.

Managed care reinsurers, like Charles Crispin, have also taken healthcare farther by including services that help small and medium health plans control the cost of the most expensive cases.

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One way to have this done is by helping HMO clients manage potentially costly cases so that reinsurers can help reduce their own risk. HMO reinsurers try to lower the risk by offering medical management expertise, usually at little or no extra cost.

But more than the amount of reduced risk is the high quality of outcome that results from the recommended options. Reinsurers, as a rule, would not suggest anything that does not promote a favorable outcome. Since solutions, no matter how short-term, are always seen in the context of long-term results, then much deliberation is being conducted prior to effecting any action. As a result, incentives are very much aligned to the healthcare goals for the patient.

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