The King and the Clown (2005) had over 10 million viewers merely 46 days after its release. Joon-gi Lee‚ the actor cast for Gong-gil in the film became famous and sparked a ‘pretty man’ craze in South Korea. The popularity of the box-office hit The King and the Clown demonstrates that Korean people are fascinated by this film; Homosexuality and cross-dressing are key themes of the film and these concepts have been considered as out of social norms in Korea. However‚ the popularity of The King and
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Session 6 20th Century To be specific - focusing on five performances: First one comes before this period. Laying down framework that comes later: A concert at the Carnegie Hall‚ 1938‚ called Spirituals to Swing. Second one‚ in 1939 another concert-same title. Then we come to Post war period - A concert‚ in 1953 that became known as Jazz - Massey Hall‚ Canada. Referred to at times as the quintet of the year - the five musicians that played were some of the foremost Bebop musicians at the time
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History of American Jazz Appendix A: Understanding Jazz -Americas art form -European- African musical traditions -Hard to define Defining Jazz Improvisation- spontaneous and simultaneous composing and performing Rhythm- a unique interaction with time involving: -syncopation‚ -jazz swing rhythm Dissonance- extending common rules of music; “pushing the envelope” Jazz interpretation- a unique way of producing sound and phrasing melodies Interaction- listening to and reacting to musical
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B) whose family is extremely wealthy. C) who will attend a more expensive college. D) who started a successful business in high school. 3. Benny has one hour before bedtime and he can either watch TV or listen to his new Korn CD. He chooses to listen to the CD. The scarcity problem’s influence on Benny is seen in: A) a the decision to listen to music. B) the decision not to watch TV. C) the fixed amount of time before bed.
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Certain drugs such as psychomotor stimulant drugs include amphetamines (namely‚ amphetamine‚ dextroamphetamine‚ and methamphetamine) and methylpenidate hydrochloride (Ritalin). The most common name for these drugs is “speed”. Other used names include bennies‚ dexies‚ greenies‚ and pep pills. Amphetamines can be taken orally‚ but chronic users often inject the drug as it produces a more immediate and stronger effect. The effect of this drugs increase heart rate‚ respiration and blood pressure. It increases
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Genazzano FCJ College Year 12 Literature Text: Lysistrata Aristophanes The Play Lysistrata was produced early in 411 BC. It is the third and last of Aristophanes’ ‘peace plays’. It is a dream about peace‚ conceived at a time when Athens was going through the most desperate crisis she had known since the Persian War. All that most Athenians could see was that the war was going on as usual and there seemed to be no way out of it other than the unthinkable option of capitulation. But comedy specializes
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Walter Miller’s lower-class focal concerns focuses on the traits of the lower-class culture that connects deviance to a distinct normative structure that conflicts with norms of the dominant culture. Miller started a descriptive research strategy to observe lower-class male gang members in their natural habitat. It led Miller to conclude that people of the lower-class show a set of “focal concerns” that categorize them from the mainstream of American society. Miller concluded that people of the
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their dances (Living History Farm). Many popular songs of the ‘30s are still listened to by people today (Living History Farm). The WPA built several bandstands so the bands could perform live for an audience (Living History Farm). Duke Ellington‚ Benny Goodman‚ and Glenn Miller were all bandleaders until the early 1940’s when the bands broke up (Library Of Congress). In the beginning jazz was simple but later grew more complex form. It became more and more popular to people of the middle-class.
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Benny Woo 10/27/10 Religion and Morality in Hamlet In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ the Danish prince sets out to avenge his father’s assassination at the hands of his uncle Claudius‚ the new king. At first‚ Hamlet is fragile because of his father’s sudden death and the following marriage of his mother Gertrude and uncle Claudius. Originally contemplating suicide‚ Hamlet dissuades himself from doing so on the grounds of it being a sin. Shifting from an internal struggle to an external one
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Laura Schneider Sociology 1 The City of God After watching “The City of God”‚ I personally can see the correlation that crime plays in association with poverty‚ social influence‚ and lack of law and order. Though my perspective vastly varies from that of sociological theorists‚ I think we can both conclude that this movie is an extreme representation as to what can occur when society shuns away disadvantaged youths to a place that lacks justice as well as ethical and moral responsibilities.
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