Tanner Townsend Intro to Fine Arts 18 September 2012 Critique 1 Visual Arts: The Lead Steer This week I decided to go to an art museum for the first time in my life. I went to the Blanton Museum of Art on the University of Texas at Austin campus. The museum is very beautiful inside and what I liked the most is how the rooms for different art work set the moods of the paintings that were inside. It had a great flow from room to room as well. All of the lighting in each room was different as
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The commercial could have used someone well known with credibility. The commercial is entertaining‚ but does not display anything about the truck other than the bed and the tailgate. This commercial is mainly targeting more country styled men like cowboys. This is because of not only the setting and activities‚ but also the tone and mood of this commercial. I think the commercial reached the intended audience because of Chevy’s credibility‚ they already trust the manufacturer. They used an ethos of
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The human condition is defined by passage. Ceaseless and all-embracing‚ it is at the heart of Walt Whitman’s celebrated poem “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry.” As Whitman’s speaker observes the ferry cross from Manhattan to Brooklyn‚ he reflects upon the crowds of men and women making the familiar passage and‚ more expansively‚ all people making similar passages – past‚ present‚ and future. He knows well what they experience and feel‚ for the same experiences and feelings make up his own life. In this shared
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1st Pinoy figure skater to compete in 2014 Winter Olympics Michael Christian Martinez‚ the first Filipino figure skater to qualify in the Olympics ‚The 16-year-old Martinez qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics to be held in Russia . Even though that the Philippines didn’t have the winter season‚ it didn’t stop Martinez to pursue his dream to compete globally in figure skating. Martinez is currently in the United States to train for the biggest sport event of the world in 2014. Martinez
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reference to Wyatt Earp and Billy the Kid who are considered American legends‚ as well as outlaws. Wyatt rides a chopper with the stars and stripes on the gas tank and on his helmet while sporting the now cliché leather jacket. Billy is dressed up like a cowboy; he is wearing all tan leather with a wide brim hat. Also throughout the movie Billy refers to Wyatt as Captain America. All of these things serve to ingrain the belief that they embody the American dream which is to earn enough money to pursue your
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Hidden Figures a box office success exemplifying the socio-political climate of modern cinematic developments in the West. With the Hollywood stamp of approval‚ “so to speak” this unprecedented portrayal of a not so long ago time is gaining momentum to these current matters‚ non-discriminatory ideas‚ the enduring black history month‚ and a social media boom of enthusiasm for LGBTQ and female empowerment. Any‚ who are susceptible to an enticing film predicated on social and civil movements‚ along
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weaker half of the film‚ and is why most people dislike the movie. Being the actual battle of the movie‚ the men move through Vietnam encountering a sniper who changes everything. At this point in the film Joker has met up with Cowboy and they get themselves in a bad position. Cowboy is killed by the sniper‚ enraging Joker and the rest of the squad. The squad finds the sniper and wounds her. They all stand around the young‚ suffering Vietnamese girl in silence. Joker has no choice but to put the girl out
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The Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy The fallacy “Texas Sharpshooter” gets its name from imagining a cowboy shooting at a barn. Over time‚ one side of the barn that the cowboy continuously shoots at‚ becomes shattered with holes. In some places‚ there are many holes‚ in other places‚ there are few to none. If the cowboy later paints a bulls eye over a spot where his bullet holes clustered together‚ it would look like he’s pretty good with the gun. “The Texas sharpshooter fallacy is an informal fallacy
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society since Johnny‚ the Eastern‚ the Cowboy‚ and Scully portray a unique group that could define as a culture. For instance‚ when Swede tells Johnny that he is cheating in the card game. The dishonest behavior from Johnny disgust Swede to a point that he decides to quit. Swede’s remarks regarding the dishonesty of Johnny clearly creates a conflict between the people in the Blue Hotel since no one thinks that Johnny is cheating. Perhaps for the Eastern‚ the Cowboy‚ and Scully‚ Johnny’s behavior is a
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Brianna Churchill Mr. Lee English 104 11 October 2012 George Strait George Strait is one of country’s living legends‚ but to me he is much more. He’s my hero and my idle when it comes to not giving up. George grew up with his brother and dad after his mother left them. He enlisted in the army after high school and married his high school sweetheart‚ Norma. George started singing while in the army. After he got out of the army he started trying to build a successful career in country music
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