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. It was here that he was first exposed to the themes of vaudeville and burlesque performance‚ where at the age of 15 he choreographed his first number in a night club. Fosse died of a heart attack in Washington‚ D.C.‚ on September 23‚ 1987. Early in
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Gwen Verdon was an American actress and a dancer. Gwen won four Tony awards for the musical comedy performances that she has done. She was well known on Broadway in the 1950’s through the 1970’s. Gwen was born in “Culver City‚ California”. She was the second child of Gertrude Lilian and Joseph William Verdon. They were “British immigrants to the United States”. When she was at the age of 11 years old she appeared as a “solo ballerina” in the musical romance film “The King Steps
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Early rock and roll music absorbed a lot of elements of African-American music‚ such as blues and jazz. These black popular music elements appeared frequently in early rock and roll songs‚ and were favored by white youth during 1950s. It is no doubt that Elvis Presley‚ who is often referred to as “the King of Rock and Roll”‚ is one of the most celebrated and influential musicians of the 20th century. Although Presley was a white man‚ he did not sing like other white singers before his time; Otherwise
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Stephen Colbert on American Jobs In Stephen Colbert’s book‚ America Again‚ Re-Becoming the Greatness We Never Weren’t‚ he talks about a wide range of problems in American society. They range from jobs to energy to healthcare‚ and of course‚ they are all written in a satirical sense. In the second chapter‚ Colbert and his writers talk about jobs in America. They discuss the problem of jobs being shipped overseas to countries like India and China and Colbert puts forth his “solutions” to the problems
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Gripe: it is both a noun and a verb‚ refers to a minor complaint. 13. Nonchalant: marked by blithe concern‚ if your friend is acting cool or in an indifferent matter. 14. Stance: a rationalized mental attitude‚ it is the way you stand. 15. Burlesque: a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of cosmic skits and short turns. 16. Suave: is to be smooth‚ polite‚ a little bit cool with a splash of lime. 17. Chisel: an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge.
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Farce:a comic dramatic work using horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations. A form of farce is slapstick. Slapstick is a form of physical humor that involves clumsy movements‚ falling‚ and hitting Burlesque Satire Domestic Comedy Comedy of Manners Comedy of Ideas Tragedy is a serious drama involving important personages caught in calamitous circumstances. As a result‚ the audience experiences distress and anxiety for the characters who
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pushing the boundaries as nudging them with a hyper-curled eyelash wink. But you can’t knock it‚ it’s a niche that was vacant and with such an enthusiastic reaction to her girl kissing breakthrough she can hardly be blamed for diving in outrageous burlesque meets panto costumes and all. Any suggestion that she’s just a jokey gal with a decent set of lungs and an over-sexed celebrity husband is wide of the mark though. She might revel in the whole Mae West for
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work of literature focusing on human or individual vices‚ follies‚ abuses‚ or shortcomings. They use satire as a literary technique to combat these vices and shortcomings‚ and "to censure by means of ridicule‚ derision‚ burlesque‚ irony or other methods" (New Encyclopedia Britannica‚ 1993‚ 10‚ 467). Satirical works are commonly critical. Hawthorn (2005:197) states‚ "Satire attacks alleged vices and stupidities either of individuals or of whole
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against General Motors‚ with immense aid from the Women’s Auxiliary. The Women’s Auxiliary supported their fellow brothers‚ and husbands‚ by forming picket lines and helping with provisions‚ while also being a source of entertainment in the form of Burlesque girls. The laborers locked themselves inside General Motors plants such as Fisher One‚ and a Buick plant
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comfortably woven into the plot. Hence‚ Michael Henchard and Donald Farfrae are as integral to the plot as the Furmity-Woman or the rowdy crowd of Peter’s Finger. The title‚ “The Mayor of Casterbridge” itself serves as the greatest example of ‘burlesque’ and ‘mock-heroic’ at the same time. The reader is never given a moment to condense his thoughts into a lofty treatment of the protagonist suiting the title or a prosaic one condemning the Mayor. Hence‚ it’s Michael Henchard himself who makes and
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