Heart Stolen by Bonnie and Clyde the Musical On March 5th 2017‚ I attended the production of Bonnie and Clyde the Musical at the Albert L. Jeffers Theatre at the Univerisity of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Having been already familiar with the basic premise of the story of some of the two most notorious criminals in the history of the United States‚ I was curious to see how the lives of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrel were reimagined by this musical. In this production of the show‚ I was pleased to find
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Bonnie Parker grew up as a good girl with high hopes‚ but after getting involved with the ex-con‚ Clyde Barrow‚ that soon went downhill and she took on a hard‚ criminalized‚ murderous life. Bonnie Parker was born on October 1‚ 1910 in Rowena‚ Texas. Bonnie had to grow up without a dad because he died when Bonnie was 4. After he died her mother moved her and her siblings to Clement City‚ Texas. Bonnie was a very good student and loved to write poetry and romance stories. She even won a spelling championship
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Bonnie and Clyde Glamorizing characters such as Bonnie and Clyde can indeed send a very dangerous message to viewers. Sadly in today’s society‚ most role models for young children and even adults have become the characters that are being portrayed in popular movies and television shows. People look up to these individuals‚ admire them‚ and inspire to be like them. In instances where the actors on screen are playing the "cool" yet bad guy‚ it can give a very harsh and mixed signal to the audience
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Tori Jane Frescura B3 English Research Paper Bonnie and Clyde “You’ve read the story of Jesse James—Of how he lived and died; If your still in need Of something to read Here’s the story of Bonnie and Clyde.”(Bonnie Parker; cinetropic.com) After her father’s death‚ Bonnie Parker’s family packed up and headed off toward Cement City near Dallas. There she attended high school proving she wasn’t just another pretty face but someone with real intelligence. With
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The film creates sympathy for Bonnie & Clyde in many ways. We see them as real people like us who have fears and hurts. We see Clyde not as a maniacal robot‚ but as a real person who loves his brother and Bonnie deeply‚ as seen in the emotion he exudes when his brother dies and in his desperation when he thinks that Bonnie is going to leave him. Likewise‚ we are drawn to the compassion he shows when he allows the old farmer to keep his withdrawal money during the bank robbery. The film also stirs
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Bonnie and Clyde represented what a criminal was at their time‚ both being wanted all over the United States and going on a crime spree that extinguished many lives‚ while joined hand in hand as two of the most dangerous people of their time. With the death counts stacking up so did their infamy gaining them fame for what they’ve done wrong. People have always romanticized and exaggerated criminals since rebellion was first defined. However this was just the ruthlessness of a two criminal banded
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The 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde took many liberties with the infamous couple’s true story. It is to be expected coming from Hollywood but is nevertheless disappointing if you’re looking for accuracy and fact. From their meeting all the way to their death scene the film is riddled with inaccuracies and half-truths. In the life accounts of Bonnie and Clyde‚ the couple met at a friends house‚ becoming inseparable. In the film‚ a cocky and arrogant Clyde is creeping around outside of Bonnie’s house
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great story.(The Notebook) The story of Romeo and Juliet and Bonnie and Clyde Barrows have demonstrated this quite well. Romeo and Juliet‚ were two young kids in a forbidden love due to their parents hatred towards each other. Romeo from the house of Montague and Juliet from the house of Capulet should have never met and fallen so hard for one another but one nights fun brought them to a life that would end in a tragedy. While‚ Bonnie and Clyde were two young law breakers‚ that loved one another and the
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24‚ 1929. unstoppable‚ authorities could not apprehend them. Bonnie and Clyde killed anyone who challenged them even police officers. Citizens have become unemployed and two years later Bonnie and Clyde emerges in 1932 along with their gang. What would you do if you lived in fear of the most dangerous couple in America on the run from the law. The romantic lovers appeared to be unstoppable. According to “Gale Biography in Context” Clyde Barrow was born into a Poor Texas farmer family. In 1921 Barrow
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Astronomy Final Paper Clyde Tombaugh is not exactly a household name even though he discovered something that each and every one of us has learned about. He is accredited with the discovery of the now ex- planet Pluto. Clyde was born in Streator‚ Illinois February 4‚ 1907. At a young age his family moved to Kansas to start their own farm. Clyde had planned on going away to college the fall after moving to Kansas‚ but this was all put on hold when a hailstorm had ruined his families’ entire crop
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