their ownership in movie theaters in a decision now known as the Paramount decision. Hollywood’s reaction to the financial consequences of this decision along with a heavily reinforced postwar pro-American sentiment led to what is now known as the Hollywood blacklist. I believe the impact of these two courtroom decisions was a mass restructuring of how films are made in order to maximize distribution‚ rebrand the types of films being produced and to cull existing talent‚ all to turn a larger profit
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Luc Brubaker November 4‚ 2014 The golden age of Hollywood may have ended in the 1960s‚ but it seems Hollywood’s not-so golden attitudes about gender and races are still stuck in that era. The 2014 Hollywood Diversity Report presented by Dr. Darnell Hunt examines the gender and race of actors‚ directors and writers of film and television. It reveals an industry that is still dominated by white men‚ with women and minorities dramatically underrepresented both on and off screen. Through the five theories
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Hollywood dominates the world’s motion-picture industry‚ it has always been known to be the most powerful and influential. It exerts moral‚ cultural and political influences on our society. However‚ there is a dark side to Hollywood that lays beneath the glossy surface. It is a medium that provides entertainment and distraction for the people which all societies need. Teenagers and young adults crave the entertainment provided by movies‚ at the same time‚ they become deeply influenced by the
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stereotype Arabs The documentary of Jack Shaheen “Reel bad Arabs” discussed how American movies portraits Arabs as terrorist. It did not discuss only one movie. It discussed many of them‚ which will help me‚ support my topic by referring to the movies included in the documentary and also by his criticism and explanation. The Media critic used many films in him documentary to proof that this was done by purpose and to convince the audience that the American movies are stereotyping Arabs. Jack
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Arab nationalism was a movement striving for Arab political unity in the Middle East. There was undoubtedly a huge increase in an Arab sense of nationalism between the years 1948 and 1973. One major reason for this was the creation of the State of Israel in 1948‚ which gave the Arab powers something to unite against‚ because not a single Arab nation recognised Israel as a legitimate state. There were other reasons‚ however‚ most notably the continuing struggle of the Palestinian people and the Palestinian
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The film “The Crusades: An Arab Perspective” is a TV series that was produced by Al Jazeera English which emphasizes the history of the holy war between crusaders and Islam. In the first place‚ the western European we know today was not the same in the 11th century. Europeans had no title of land and they were serfs who worked in agricultural lands. Most knights would rob people just to accumulate income. The church who had the power to govern wanted to conquer the Islam region. It was their calling
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“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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Actress and singer‚ Lena Horne was born June 30‚ 1917‚ in Brooklyn‚ New York. Her parents were Edna Scottron Horne and Edwin "Teddy" Horne. Since her mother traveled as part of various theater troupes‚ Horne alternately accompanied her on the road and stayed with family and friends around the country. Lena Horne was the youngest member of the NAACP. Lena’s photo appeared in the October 1919 issue of the NAACP Branch Bulletin. Lena’s parents divorced‚ when she was three. Due to her mother traveling
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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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and accuse others. The second option was to be hanged for those who would not admit. Many were hanged in Salem. The “Red Scare” was similar to the events in Salem. Those accused during the 1950’s did nothing wrong. A group of people‚ known as the “Hollywood Ten‚” was accused of wrongdoing and there were no real reasons for the accusations. Many others were blacklisted because they would not give up names of people they believed were guilty of communistic acts. Those who were blacklisted could not find
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