I watched “The Wiz” last week at school in my Theatre class. Dorothy was having some problems with her Aunt‚ and got whirled away in a tornado to a magical land called Oz. To get home‚ she had to go talk to the Wiz‚ but along the way she had some friends to help her get there. Before she gets to go home she has to fight the Wicked Witch of the West with the help of her friends. In my opinion the play was decent it wasn’t all that good‚ but it was okay. Was the actors’ acting extraordinary or was
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In this sequence the injured Jacob has been brought back to the Goldstein’s apartment. He is awestruck by the magical world around him‚ as he takes in his surroundings. Upon entering the apartment one of the first things Jacob sees are the clothes on a drying rack in front of the fireplace magically moving as they dry. Originally‚ a live action clothes airer was shot‚ suspended on wires. However‚ production later decided it didn’t have the fluidity of movement they wanted so they decided to
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“Hades Lord of the Dead” by George O’Connor Goodreads number 2 by Ziad. Love makes everyone happy and sociable. This fiction book is mainly about a lonely ruler called Hades who is the god of the underworld‚ death‚ and wealth. Hades had no one to spend time with‚ while the other gods celebrate joyously on Mount Olympus. One of the most admired is Demeter goddess of agriculture and her daughter Kore who is held away by her mother and can’t have her freedom. One day she says to her mother
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I am writing a critical analysis on Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker‚ a holiday classic. When thinking of The Nutcracker you cannot help‚ but get into the holiday spirit. Other than the holiday spirt it is a beautiful classical piece‚ full of highly theatrical scenes. The genre of The Nutcracker is of course ballet‚ which is considered a classical or formal dance. Ballet has gone through many changes since the 17th century‚ and continues to transform. But‚ one thing you cannot deny with ballet is the
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The story The Nutcracker has many different versions of the story. There are books‚ movies‚ and ballets. The original book was made in 1816 by ETA Hoffmann‚ and was called The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. There are many different rewrites of the book. The book is during Christmas‚ and Clara got a nutcracker‚ and it was magical Christmas. In brief‚ there are many different adaptations of the story The Nutcracker. Despite the various version of the story the plot stay the same. The plot has the
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• Cinderella wanted to go to the ball with her step mother and two step sisters but she had not finished her dress for that night because her step mother made her work all day while her step sisters worked on their own dresses. When it was time for the ball she noticed her two mouse friends had helped her finish her dress while she was cleaning all day. When her step sisters noticed their own material was used on Cinderella’s dress they tore it off and ruined the dress. Cinderella was left at home
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Reading Memoir “The more that you read‚ the more things you know. The more that you learn‚ the more places you will go‚” wrote Dr. Seuss. Reading has at all times and in all ages been a source of knowledge‚ of happiness‚ of pleasure‚ and even moral courage. My stories have provided a personal library for me to remember everything I learn‚ experience‚ and encounter in my life‚ and how to overcome some obstacles. Through the years I have found that no matter what I read‚ the act
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There are many reasons why Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is still popular and relevant today. Woman respect that Elizabeth was an independent and smart woman‚ social classes still get in the way of relationships‚ and everyone still loves a Cinderella story like the one in the book. These three reasons are why people still love the book even after 200 years. The book has a lot of things that people can relate to‚ respect‚ and enjoy at the same time. “A real woman makes her own decisions in
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stance against the princess movement‚ but then throughout the rest of his article he talks about how the movement is good for young girls by showing that they can control their own destiny. Unlike the "Princess Paradox"‚ Peggy Orenstein ’s article "Cinderella and Princess Culture" takes a stance against the princess movement by stating that the movement is ruining the minds of young girls. Although both authors have feminist points of view‚ they have opposite opinions on how the princess movement affect
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A CINDERELLA STORY Life wasn’t fair; it just wasn’t fair at all. Cindy’s parents had divorced two years ago and now her mother had fallen ill and was going into the hospital for some tests. Cindy was moving in with her father for a few months until the doctors could find out what was wrong with her mother. Cindy loved her father very much‚ but his new wife was just unbearable. And her two stepsisters were even worse. Cindy came often to visit her father. When her father left for work
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