Bob Fosse is a choreographer‚ dancer and director best known for Tony Award-winning musicals including Chicago and Cabaret. Bob Fosse was born in Chicago‚ Illinois‚ on June 23‚ 1927. A trained dancer‚ Fosse achieved success as a choreographer and director of stage and screen musicals. Fosse took an early interest in dance‚ displaying unusual skill. His parents supported his interest‚ enrolling him in formal dance training. By his early teens‚ Fosse was dancing professionally in local nightclubs.
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Robert “Bob” (1858-1905) second child of Easter and Delaney. Robert went to school (mostly in secret) he would sneak away from the farm to join any class in session. He learned to read and write and continued his education until he could attend Shaw College in Holly Springs. Delaney’s opinion about education for a farm boy‚ it was unnecessary. Men who were raised on a plantation and worked as a farm laborer should be farmer’s. Determined to become a minister‚ he left home and worked his way
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Raven Davis Professor M. Intro to Theatre June 25‚ 2014 Chicago Response The film Chicago is largely based on the Broadway musical of 1975. The said theatrical show ran for approximately 936 performances. It was the best project of Bob Fosse who had actually choreographed and directed the original Broadway production of 1975 plus had won an Oscar in a successful manner for his excellent direction in 1972 of the film version of famous Cabaret. It is to be highly noted that he died much before
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In the poem `Prodigal‚` Bob Hicok suggests that through great internal power and self-assurance‚ one may have the ability to overcome one’s past and effectively redefy one’s own identity‚ while also holding onto one’s past values and history. As a result of the poem being written in first person point of view‚ there is a clear intimacy between the audience and the character‚ having full access to all of the characters true unfiltered thoughts and emotions. In the beginning of the poem‚ the tone is
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One of my favorite quotes of all time was said by the Jamaican artist Bob Marley. The quote is‚ “If the people that try to make the world worse never take a day off‚ why should I?” One of the biggest reasons that I like this quote is because of the story behind it. Marley was attacked two days before a music festival that Marley was going to perform at. Marley was hospitalized for his injuries. Marley‚ who was known for his personality‚ his fight for peace‚ and of course‚ his music. Marley was
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lived a couple whose names were Bob and Rebecca Jogger. They both were very avaricious and stole money from each other all the time. The relationship they had was very corrupt in many ways. One day while when Bob was driving past a car dealership‚ he felt the impulse to look around in their parking lot. He parked in a spot and walked around for a few minutes. As he walked around a car caught his complete attention. It was sleek‚ fast‚ and just what he wanted. Bob day dreamed of what it would be
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kill our prophets While we stand aside and look Some say it ’s just a part of We ’ve got to fulfill the book Won ’t you help to sing‚ these songs of freedom Cause all I ever had‚ redemption songs‚ redemption songs‚ Bob Marley Legendary musician Bob Marley diverged from his characteristic reggae style music in the above song to record this mournful spiritual‚ "Redemption Song." Recorded in 1980‚ this reflective piece was on the last album recorded by Marley before his death in
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intriguing opening Make your opinion/judgement of the film clear. Reference the title of the film and director Ever felt caught between a rock and a hard place? Two Bob Mermaid (1996) is a short film that was written and directed by Darlene Johnson and will have you wondering how the lead character‚ Koorine‚ will ever squirm her way free. This headline film of the 2013 Tropfest short film festival strongly explores its theme of identity and belonging through its setting of a hard and racist Australian
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easy to see that life isn’t always as it seems in Maycomb County Alabama. In To Kill a Mockingbird there is Scout; Scout is the protagonist or the “good” guy because although her home is placed in a racially tensed Southern town she over sees this aspect and learns from it she also is the lead character who narrates the novel. Bob Ewell is a perfect example of the antagonist or villain in the novel the way he has such utter disregard for other human beings. We see the disregard when the Tom Robinson
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color. Lee portrays Bob Ewell as an embodiment of racial hatred and lack of moral integrity. The story takes place in a small southern town where prejudice is a way of life. When faced with the possibility of his daughter wanting a black man‚ Ewell beats her out of enmity towards the black race and blames the man for Ewell’s own actions. Bob Ewell suffers no guilt for the lies he spreads due to his abusive behavior‚ unprincipled mindset and prejudiced outlook. Bob Ewell’s behavior is
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