The USA learned from its predecessor’s mistakes and‚ as its first effort‚ established a public school system‚ based on English language. Consequently‚ the literacy rate rose rapidly‚ and first fictional texts written in the language of the new rulers were published shortly after the change. Already during the 1920s the former elite language was replaced by English‚ soon also practiced as a medium of fiction. In the 1940s‚ some authors writing in English‚ such like Jose Garcia Villa and Carlos Bulosan
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Strongly featured from introducing Jessica Rabbit to the stage to perform her burlesque show we hear complimentary music. Throughout the scenes featuring the femme fatale Jessica Rabbit‚ the songs “ I’m Not Bad‚ I’m Just Drawn That Way”‚ and “Caught With His Pants Down” encourage the ideas of influence the music has on interpretation
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“Springtime for Hitler” unveils unexpected masterpiece of irony Twenty years after his defeat‚ Hitler rises from the grave and conquers New York City. He does so with un-fascist means: by bringing on stage at the Playtime Theater an army of burlesque dancers‚ a bouquet of profane jokes and a vessel of German cliches. From his rising to the end of the war‚ the Führer portrayed in Bialystok and Bloom’s production goes beyond any recognized definition of eccentric. It is soon after the curtains
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Barlow explains that the ‘vaudeville-based novelty songs’‚ the folk-blues‚ are a product of commercialization and used to arouse an audience to buy the products. Barlow called this ‘a burlesque of African-American sexuality’ (Hamilton 2000‚ 134). The obscene sexual references that emerged within the blues echoed what Barbara Ehrenreich (as cited in Hamilton 2000‚ 158) called the “male ‘flight from commitment’” in the 1950s. This is around
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the concept of such performances‚ and paved the way for the modern musical. The modern american musical was heavily influenced by imported shows in the early 1900’s‚ such as Franz Lehar’s The Merry Widow‚ as well as other types of theatre such as burlesque‚ pantomime‚ musical farces‚ etc. In the 1920’s Broadway became globally known when composers such as Cole Porter (Anything Goes‚ Kiss Me Kate) and Rodgers and Hart (Carousel‚ The King and I‚ The Sound of Music) came into the spotlight. Musicals such
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Little Miss Sunshine – Essay Little Miss Sunshine directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris‚ is about a family whose cross country journey to the Little Miss Sunshine child beauty pageant teaches them‚ and the viewer‚ that real life is about relationships and that these are more important than simplistic notions of winning or losing. Richard Hoover is the character who most exemplifies this message as he eventually recognises that his family and life cannot be defined by his ‘Refuse to Lose’
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Belonging is a dynamic concept that is of inherent nature for all humans to make connections with people‚ places‚ groups and communities. The complexity of belonging is explored in Baz Lurhmann’s film Strictly Ballroom through the need to conform in order to belong and how an individual can affect ones sense of belonging. This is evident with the main characters of the film‚ Scott Hastings and Fran. The film is set in the arcane world of ballroom dancing‚ which only emphasizes the strain between
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Bob Fosse was born in Chicago‚ Illinois‚ United States on September 23‚ 1987. Fosse began his unusual career as a dancer in the late 1940s‚ touring with companies of Call Me Mister and Make Mine Manhattan. After playing the lead in a summer-stock production of Pal Joey‚ then choreographing a showcase called Talent 52‚ Fosse was given a screen test by M-G-M and went on to appear in the film Kiss Me Kate. This appearance‚ in a highly original dance number‚ led to Fosse’s first job as a choreographer
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mentioned before‚ the use of music and the use of silence were also important for the perception of the audience. Careful attention was definitely given to the actors’ costumes and makeup in Cabaret. Actresses in the Kit Kat Club were dressed in black burlesque attire or what seemed to be nude undergarments with heels‚ while other actresses were dressed in the typical 1920’s flapper costume. For the men‚ suits and top hats were worn. Makeup for both actors and actresses was done to be very dramatic and
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person against slavery 22. quicksilver mercury 23. speculate make a risky financial transaction 24. abreast side by side 25. solemn Test on 11-13 harsh or abusive language directed against a person or a cause. 6. burlesque verbal irony that pretends to praise‚ but intends to show bitter and personal disapproval-intending to hurt an insinuation or indirect suggestion with a harmful or sinister connotation 5. invective Test on 11-6 3
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