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    NAME: Tomas Lebedevas TITLE: Social Darwinism vs Darwinism After Darwin made his theory of evolution the theory of Social Darwinism was created. Susan Jacoby in her book‚ “the Age of American Unreason”‚ was very critical of this theory and attributed its popularity it to the rise anti-intellectualism and anti-intellectualism in the United States culture. She describes how the pseudoscience was created from the actual scientific theory of evolution in order to push American elitist views on why

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    Cinema Only Entertains; But Does Not Educate the Masses Cinema is one of the major upcoming entertainments in this global village. There are prodigious numbers of films released worldwide every year. It was in those days that cinema both entertained and educated the masses; but in these days it is only just meant for entertainment and it does not teach moral values to the people. There is no doubt that cinema from Hollywood to Kollywood entertains the masses; but it does not educate them

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    all have something in common; they all had a science consultant to help filmmakers get the science part of their fictional world right. In this chapter of Kirby’s book Lab Coats in Hollywood: Science‚ Scientist‚ and Cinema he argues the strong connection that exist between the cinema/filmmakers and science institutions/communities. In a world where science meets fiction it is important that the science is accurate to the highest degree. Even animated movies need to the help of a science consultant

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    George Melies and his contributions to cinema history The film industry encompasses technological and commercial organizations of filmmaking. The story of the Kelly Gang was the first feature film to be produced and its production was done in Australia. This film was produced and directed by Charles Tait and Dan Barry in 1906. By 1911‚ other countries were also beginning to show some interest in feature films. The modern film industry has evolved over the years and it is still evolving. Famous

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    John Levine EDF 4050 Dr. Fer March 25‚ 2006 Summary: Century of the Self Documentary Before the beginning of the twentieth century‚ propaganda was used to promote political ideologies‚ national and international conflicts and mostly‚ the “call to war”. The BBC documentary on the birth of Public Relations‚ explores how many psychological theories developed by Sigmund Freud were used by his nephew‚ Edward Bernays‚ to manipulate the unconsciousness of the masses. By linking mass produced goods

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    In 21 century‚ we have different kinds of entertainment like watching films and television shows. The films and television shows are either made in Hong Kong or other countries. Those made in Hong Kong are closely related to our daily life and make us feel warm. On the other hand‚ those made in other countries obtain many special effects that make us feel exciting. Nevertheless‚ I prefer watching films and television shows that make in Hong Kong. In Hong Kong‚ TVB produce different types of television

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    Melissa Prather English 102 Research Paper May 8th‚ 2012 Understanding Feminism in Susan Glaspell’s Trifles Susan Glaspell lived during a time where women’s rights were not fully acknowledged. The oppression of women during this time stretched to the point that they were not truly acknowledged as their own person. They were to be seen and not heard so to speak. Their sole purpose was to take care of their families by keeping house and performing their caretaker duties. Glaspell even demonstrates

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    Susan Glaspell’s Trifles (1916) is about the fine line between moral beliefs and justice. Susan Glaspell was a pioneer for feminist drama. She was the daughter of a grain dealer and grew into one of America’s greatest play writers. She also attended college at Drake University and was a reporter for some time. Her inspiration for writing plays came later when she married a theatrical director named George Cook. It is because of him that she established Americas first influential noncommercial theater

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    the largest chain of cinemas in Malaysia‚ Golden Screen Cinemas (GSC). It was founded in 1981 as Golden Communications Circuit‚ while the Cathay is the one of the oldest cinemas in Malaysia until 1998. At the same time the website has been launch in 1981. Besides‚ GSC was founded in 1998 as a merger of Golden Communications (GC) Circuit and Cathay Cinemas. The merger has resulted in the biggest single entity in the Malaysian cinema entertainment business. The first GSC cinema to operate in Malaysia

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    Classical Hollywood Cinema era took place after the silent cinema era. This was roughly between the late 1920s and 1960s. The start of this “Golden Age of Hollywood‚” began with the film‚ The Jazz Singer‚ which was released in 1927. It was the first movie to have used synchronized voices as a vitaphone talkie. This was how they brought sound into the films. Unfortunately‚ the vitaphone ended up putting the silent film actors out of work‚ eventually putting an end to the silent cinema era. After The

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