“Everybody wants to know: Is Hollywood racist? Is it burning-cross racist? No‚ it’s a different kind of racist. You’re damn right Hollywood’s racist‚ but not the racist we’ve grown accustomed to. Hollywood is sorority racist. It’s like ‘We like you Rhonda‚ but you’re not a kappa’. That’s how Hollywood is.” This quote‚ made by the comical and gifted Chris Rock‚ talks about the lack of diversity in Hollywood that has been existing for decades. Even though this quote refers to race‚ it still applies
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new neighborhood‚ but‚ I basically grew up on Hollywood Blvd‚ I still in a way consider this location my home and my neighborhood. Hollywood Blvd has certainly always been the de-territorialized and re-territorialized location for culture through the entertainment business‚ specifically cinema. Think of the Chinese Theater‚ the culture both in essence and in literal presence was uprooted from China and now is the mark of America‚ California‚ Hollywood and cinema in the cultural sense. The construction
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American Films Chinatown In this essay I will discuss technical‚ stylistic‚ and storytelling from one of the great American noir films of all time‚ Chinatown. The storyline is unparalleled and the portrayal of the characters by Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway are brilliant. Director Roman Polanski and writer Robert Towne created a masterpiece‚ and it doesn’t go unnoticed. The duo captures everything that is film noir from the World War II times while tweaking the rules along the way. Chinatown
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Technology created an era of prosperity Technology made the lives of the 1920’s much easier as it was a time of prosperity. Changes in technology in the 1920s influenced American life by creating more entertainment‚ and adding to the ease of life. This includes the automobile‚ entertainment‚ and radios. One of the first major inventions to become a national craze was the automobile. First developed with a combustion engine in 1896 by Henry Ford‚ he later started the Ford Motor Company
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‘Yasmin is remarkable as a film for its cinematic economy: not a scene‚ shot or speech is wasted.’ Explore some elements of the film in relation to this statement. The movie Yasmin‚ released in 2004 and written by the highly acclaimed writer of The Full Monty‚ Simon Beaufoy‚ is an impressive drama about what it means to be an Asian-looking Muslim in Britain of the 21st Century. The story is about the young and vivid Yasmin‚ a woman who tries to "succeed‚ by the skin of her teeth‚"[1] in the two
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Were the Conditions bad for all black Americans during the 1920s? Explain your answer fully. When Black Americans first came to the USA they were used as slaves in the 17th and 18th century; and so when slavery ended in 1860s‚ there were more black Americans than whites living in the Southern States. During this time white Americans controlled the state governments‚ fearing the power of blacks and introducing laws to control their freedoms. The USA constitution and federal law declared that everyone
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in Hollywood tales from the new abnormal in the movie business‚ she describes the problems associated with the modern movie business. According to Lynda‚ Hollywood is abnormal. The abnormal was undergoing a transformation from what it previously was to becoming a place where studios concentrate on foreign markets to make money. They forget to produce films that are not as entertaining as before. The studios are also producing fewer movies due to the concentration on the foreign markets. Movie production
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ONE PERSON IN EVERY TEN THOUSAND met a violent death in the 118 leading cities of the United States last year. To Chicago went the doubtful distinction of having the most homicides—510; New York City‚ with approximately twice the population of Chicago‚ had 340. In twenty-eight of the leading cities the rate was 9.9 per 100‚000‚ as against 11.0 in 1925. "Slight as it is‚ the reduction is encouraging‚" observes the collector of these statistics‚ Dr. Frederick L. Hoffman‚ writing in The Spectator‚
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dance has played an important part in cultures around the world its purpose ranging from rituals to entertainment. As cultures grow and mature dance often reflects the movements and mood of the era. So how does dancing of the 1920’s reflect the cultural movements of the 1920s? Such as the changes in both the Women’s right and African Americans movements. During the 20’s‚ a majority of the workforce was mostly strictly males professionals‚ although some women in previous years worked it never measured
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Based on the movie “Cinta”‚ write an essay entitled prominent characters in “Cinta” The movie “Cinta” is directed by a well-known director‚ Khabir Bhatia. The casts include many famous actors and actress. They can either kill or make the movie alive. They are many interesting characters in the movie such as Azlan‚ Cikgu Elyas‚ Haris‚ Taufik and Ariana. However‚ the prominent characters are Azlan‚ Cikgu Elyas‚ Haris‚ Taufik and Ariana. Azlan is potrayed as a successful but is afraid of commitment
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