Is Sex Comedy or Tragedy? Directing Desire and Female Auteurship in the Cinema of Catherine Breillat Author(s): Katherine Ince Source: The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism‚ Vol. 64‚ No. 1‚ Special Issue: Thinking through Cinema: Film as Philosophy (Winter‚ 2006)‚ pp. 157-164 Published by: Wiley on behalf of The American Society for Aesthetics Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3700500 . Accessed: 01/11/2013 13:03 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms
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‘Manhattan’ Essay. ‘Manhattan’ is a 1970 American romantic-comedy drama film directed‚ written and starring Woody Allen. Allen plays a twice-divorced 42 year old comedy writer who is dating a young 17 year old girl (Mariel Hemingway). Isaac (Allen) then falls in love with his best friend’s mistress (Diane Keaton). Allan discusses the morality of infidelity and whether age is of importance in a romantic relationship. Along with these ideas‚ Allan tries to convey New York as a ‘character’ in herself
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Comedy is performance which aims to entertain through humour. Throughout the ages there have been many type of comedy. These have included the genres of stand up comedy‚ situation‚ comedies‚ forms of anime‚ radio‚ slapstick mime as well as cinematic comedy amongst others. Some of these have been more successful than others. Whether funniness has been the sole determinant of success in terms of popularity is debatable. It is commonly believed that the funny factor is indispensable. However‚ this essay
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The Merchants of Cool is a movie that gimmicks the life of youngsters from an efficient‚ social‚ cultural‚ political‚ and environmental perspective. Essentially this feature depicts the individuals who configuration marketing fights equipped towards American teenagers. The purchasers of cool are teenagers in America. In a given year‚ teenagers burn through 100 billion dollars they could call their own cash and impact their parents to spend an extra 50 billion dollars. The film contemplates this relationship
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Write a text about the theme ”love” William Shakespeare wrote “The Merchant of Venice” between 1596 and 1598‚ and it was first performed in 1605. Charles Dickens wrote “Oliver Twist” in 1838‚ and is one of Dickens most famous stories. Brief summary: The Merchant of Venice opens on a street in Venice‚ where Antonio‚ a Venetian merchant‚ complains of a sadness he can’t quite explain. His friends suggest they’d be sad too if they had as much merchandise to worry about as Antonio. Apparently all
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What is comedy? What determines what is funny to a particular society? Comedy is hard to define and differs from culture to culture. Through out time societies have developed many different forms of comedy ranging from theater and poetry to cartoons and sitcoms. This paper will compare and contrast classical Greek comedy to that of medieval times particularly Aristophanes’s The Clouds and Ysengrimus respectively. These two comedies were composed in completely different time periods (about 500
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Conflict is a primary theme within Romeo and Juliet and merchant of Venice‚ Shakespeare conveys this theme through the characters to reinforce and emphasis the conflict between the father and daughter. Linking this to the historical/ social context‚ there is a fear of non-acceptance within the community‚ and due to the hierarchy of the Capulet family‚ there is more of a requirement for Juliet to be more dominated from her father than the average Elizabethan family. As the extent of dominance towards
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Robert Sheehan Professor Fell English 100 November 25‚ 2012 Media Manipulation of Teenage Culture In the PBS program The Merchants of Cool ‚ Douglas Rushkoff explores "the giant feedback loop" which shows how the big media corporations use teenagers as resources to discover what will make teenagers watch their shows. He also investigates the tactics and techniques used by the major corporations to stay just ahead of the cool curve and the cultural ramifications that their shows have on teenagers
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The goldmine of comedy‚ created by Greg Daniel and Michael Schur‚ Parks and Recreation‚ is a seven season long mockumentary. This show stars comedians such as Amy Poehler‚ Aziz Ansari‚ Rashida Jones‚ and Chris Pratt. Amy Poehler plays Leslie Knope‚ the Deputy Director of Parks and Recreation in Pawnee‚ Indiana. Her assistant‚ Tom‚ is played by Aziz Ansari. Together‚ they solve many of Pawnee’s problems‚ gathering more members for their team along the way. Through seven seasons‚ many heartbreaks‚
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Critical Evaluation of Merchants of Doubt Merchants of Doubt‚ is a documentary directed by Robert Kenner‚ that is inspired by the book of the same name by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway . It The documentary uses a professional magician comparing the illusions done by the magicians to the public relations tactics used by industries. The documentary discusses about how industries have been using a myriad of public relations tactics to protect from government regulations in order to ensure their
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