Stevie Dees C. Potter ENG 111 – 125B 24 October 2017 Jennifer’s Body What is the greatest movie ever made? According to The Hollywood Reporter‚ who polled almost everyone in the entertainment industry‚ the answer is The Godfather; according to the American Film Institute (AFI)‚ who have worked some fifty years to preserve and honor motion pictures and its performers‚ Citizen Kane is the greatest movie of all time; and according to the Internet Movie Database (IMDB)‚ one of the most reliable databases
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function and the fundamental elements of masterpieces are quite different from just any other published book. What reasons for which do we write great stories? To entertain‚ is one. Shakespeare’s works‚ for example‚ were almost all written for entertainment - to be performed for an audience. As over four centuries later these works are still being analyzed and produced‚ it is obvious the purpose was achieved. A second reason is impact. Some stories are written to change lives‚ to engender a change
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international event — the coronation of Britain’s Queen — Elizabeth II. By the end of the decade TV culture was rapidly becoming a fact of life on both sides of the Atlantic. In 60’s and 70’s TV started to satisfy the public’s desire‚ not just for entertainment‚ but also for rapid accurate information. We can hardly imagine our life without television. It offers the viewers several programmes on different channels to satisfy all tastes. It’s a convenient source of information as it informs us about current
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in our days. When television was first brought to the public‚ it had an idea of entertaining education. However‚ throughout the decades TV has transformed from entertaining education to just entertainment. Today‚ TV has very few educational programs in comparison to the number of purely inane entertainment programs on the majority of channels. I’ve done own my research and found out that TV has several negative impacts on the development of young children. There are three major negative impacts:
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Nowadays‚ many people all over the world spend most of their free time watching television. No one can deny the fact that‚ there is a television in almost every home. It is one of the most common entertainments for people all over the world. However‚ since its arrival‚ television has brought to man‚ many advantages. First and foremost‚ television plays an important role in our daily activities. It keeps us informed of all current affairs in the world. Events through television are more vivid than
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Negative Effects of Television Television is the most famous media communication in the world. Almost all people use television with many kinds of purposes such as entertainment. In addition‚ television brings a good side for children to gain various knowledge outside of school. However‚ some parents claim that television brings many negative effects toward their children. Based on my experience‚ I agree with that statement. First of all‚ television can make a big wall among family
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society today‚ people are looking for more and more ways to be entertained‚ and all it is doing is causing problems. People are doing less and less thinking and more and more watching‚ listening‚ and playing‚ all because of technology. Forms of entertainment like the Internet‚ television and even video games seem harmless to people‚ but they are really not. When the Internet was first introduced‚ people never thought it would be as big as it is today. The Internet is an easy to use technology that
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will be hard for the parents and to them to end what has been started. Computer games are slowly arousing and it is one of the things that bring the negative effect. Many people are playing and having so much fun with this that can be a form of entertainment. One of those addicting games is Defense of the Ancients (commonly known as DOTA) is a real-time online or LAN strategy computer game composing of two to ten or twelve players where you can choose from over ninety unique characters you can play
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Qualls Professor Phillips WRIT 101 September 3‚ 2013 Television as Teacher Television is the main source of entertainment in America and across the world. Television is how we get our information about such things as: weather‚ breaking news‚ politics‚ and even just the latest celebrity gossip. Adults and children alike‚ watch TV to relax and learn about the world around them; but how much of that information is being retained is the question Neil Postman longs to answer. Based upon his essay
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and as such their bottom line is profit‚ and aim to satisfy their target audience as greatly as possible. However‚ in too many films supposedly based on fact‚ reality and truth has been sacrificed all together‚ in the pursuit of pure‚ generic entertainment. The phrase‚ “don’t let truth get in the way of a good story” is worryingly‚ far too applicable to modern Hollywood. With regard to films that claim to be based on a TRUE story‚ there is a line that should be drawn when Hollywood creates its version
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