that he bring to them. But following his parents little getaway‚ and following some of his friends advise Joel gets himself involved with a small time prostitute named Lana‚ played by Rebecca DeMornay. In class we touched upon the topic; does this movie glorify prostitution? There is no clean-cut answer to this question‚ because on one side Joel profited over eight thousand dollars from his little endeavor into essentially being a pimp for a night. And on the other hand you have the actual pimp of
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It was the year of 1992‚ in the city of Los Angeles‚ when large widespread riots were sparked. On April 29th‚ a jury acquitted four Los Angeles Police Department officers accused of the videotaped beating of African-American motorist Rodney King following a high-speed pursuit through the city. After that day‚ and the 6 that followed‚ thousands of people rioted through the city‚ angered by the verdict. Damages of around US$1 billion dollars were incurred‚ and 53 people died along with
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The movie “American Violet set in Hearne County Texas‚ depicts the victimization of innocent second class citizens who are subject to racial bias and police corruption. Hearne county‚ a small town run by a corrupt D.A. was conducting military type drug raids on low income housing units that targeted the African American population‚ and this was no coincidence. Shockingly‚ this all took place not many years ago‚ just in the year 2000. The culture in the south was still apparently highly prejudice
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classic. This is a set in Argos‚ a Greek city‚ where a war is about to explode among men and gods‚ starring Sam Worthington who plays the role of Perseus‚ a demigod and the mortal son of Zeus whose task is to defeat the Kraken. The movie started with a narration that introduces the three Olympians who battled the Titans long ago: the brothers Zeus (Liam Neeson)‚ Poseidon (Danny Huston)‚ and Hades (Ralph Fiennes). Hades provided the means of defeating the Titans with his creation‚ the
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The Beautiful Mind Director: Ron Howard Writer: Akiva Goldsman‚ Sylvia Nasar(author) Cast: Russell Crowe‚ Jennifer Connelly‚ Ed Harris‚ Paul Bettany… In ’’A Beautiful Mind‚’’ her biography of the mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr.‚ Sylvia Nasar quotes one of his colleagues: ’’All mathematicians live in two different worlds. They live in a crystalline world of perfect platonic forms- an ice palace. But they also live in the common world where things are transient‚ ambiguous‚ subject to vicissitudes
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Movie Review I. Introduction Les Miserables‚ as a theatrical enterprise‚ was always about sweeping sentimentality and the grandiose 1862 Victor Hugo novel‚ which translates to‚ “The Victims‚” was never short on ennui either. This film version is a particular tearjerker because of the much-discussed live action singing and some excellent casting. II. Characters Jean Valjean - Cosette’s adopted father. Valjean is an ex-convict who leaves behind a life of hatred and deceit and makes his fortune
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“The Diamond Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant is a story that tells of a woman named Mathilde Loisel and her dissatisfaction of being poor. She was not born to riches or to a high status family so she allowed herself to be married into a man of the working class. Her husband was a little clerk of the Ministry of Public Instruction. Mathilde felt that had she been born into a higher status family she would enjoy the delicacies and luxuries of a rich family. She suffered ceaselessly because she
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Blood Red Sunset By: Ma Bo This memoir of Ma Bo’s sent shock waves throughout China when it was published and was even first banned by the Communist Government. This passionate story paints a clear picture for what the Great Chinese Cultural Revolution was really like. Many Chinese living today can attest to similar if not identical ordeals as expressed in Ma Bo’s story. The toils of being a young Red Guard in inner China were experienced by many if not millions. The horrors and atrocities
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The Diamond Age “The Diamond Age or‚ A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer” is a masterful work of science fiction in which author Neal Stephenson finds new ways to express many of the classic science fiction themes we have learned about throughout our class. A few of the many themes covered in this novel include the responsibility a creator has to his or her creation‚ including a parent’s responsibility to properly raise and nurture their child to help them find their place in society‚ as
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Welcome to Diamond city. As your tour guide‚ I will be giving you the basic knowledge about diamonds; the process‚ careers‚ methods to promote the sales of diamonds and etc. at a diamond mine‚ you usually find small dirty gray stones that are so dense that they show the speed of light but you can also find rough diamonds that are cold to the touch but are drawing heat right from your fingers. Diamonds can be used as jewellery‚ as you may have known‚ but also for industrial purposes. The Diamond Industry
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