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    For starters‚ Silver Linings Playbook has a complex plotline that breaks the original formula of boy-meets-girl in order to create a twist in your usual romantic comedy. The scene begins with a face to face confrontation between Pat and Tiffany whose met for the first time. The scene consists of alternating cuts between Pat and Tiffany‚ whose met for the first time. The scene consists of alternating cuts between a close-up of Pat and a close-up of Tiffany‚ as they exchange their first dialogue with

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    demonstration of the technological advances of the time. The Dawn of the Dead was the second film in director George A Romero’s Living Dead series. In the post-apocalyptic world the dead are reanimated and are driven to feast on human flesh‚ much to the distress of those humans who trying to survive in this hostile world. This horror film follows a helicopter flying traffic reporter Stephan‚ his girlfriend‚ Francine (who is very early in a pregnancy of their love child.)‚ and two gun touting S.W.A.T team

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    MISSING WHITE WOMAN SYNDROME Missing white woman syndrome‚ also known as missing pretty girl syndrome‚ is a tongue-in-cheek term coined by some media critics to reference a form of media hype in which excessive news coverage is devoted to a specific missing or murdered white women and girls‚ while virtually ignoring missing men‚ non-white women‚ or other news stories. According to these critics‚ reporting of these stories often lasts for several days or weeks‚ sometimes even months‚ and

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    The Vanishing When a foreign film is remade the director tends to change things like the characters‚ relationships between the characters‚ organization of the plot‚ symbols‚ and the theme to appeal to American audiences. Why is that? Maybe it’s because “[Americans] just haven’t overcome the language barrier” or that “[foreign] films move at a much slower pace than [American movies]” like Fred Hift states in his article “Film – European movies: Looking for an American audience.” Often time’s American

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    personally like the Irish myths‚ not only because my family is part Irish but because of my idea of the Irish and myths. I look at things in a very romantic idealist’s way‚ and I imagine the shores of Ireland are covered with white knights and damsels in distress looking for their rescuer. Someone that is going to save them from the clutches of a terrible and evil step mother‚ you get the idea of what I am trying to say I am sure. Below are just a few that I identify with and that is only in the telling

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    Literature Review Definition of Prostitution The UN AIDS Inter-Agency Task Team on Gender and HIV/AIDS‚ in its fact sheet "HIV/AIDS‚ Gender and Sex Work‚" published in its 2005 Resource Pack on Gender and HIV/AIDS‚ stated as follows with their own way of understanding by presenting a broad definition "A broad definition of sex work would be: ‘the exchange of money or goods for sexual services‚ either regularly or occasionally‚ involving female‚ male‚ and transgender adults‚ young people and children

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    sister who is 12yrs old wanted her movie to be the Disney film “Frozen”. As usual for Disney this film was about two princesses. But to my surprise this film was different‚ these princesses were not being saved by some prince charming like a ‘damsel in distress’‚ nor did it end in a happily ever after marriage. The two main characters Elsa and Anna start off the film talking and playing with one another and too young to even be talking about a man. An easy automatic pass of the Bechdel test‚ I find

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    Whilst furiously searching high and low for my true love‚ I stumbled upon a rat. Better known as Demetrius. Knowing how he loves me so‚ I assumed that he must have killed Lysander in his sleep in an attempt to remove Lysander from the equation. Having possibly already taken Lysander’s life‚ I insisted that Demetrius should just take the plunge and take mine as well. I shall be with my lover in life and in death after all. Then a possibility‚ one that I had not even considered‚ crept into the back

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    The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins has presented a fascinating view on literature that hasn’t been limited to just one demographic. The gothic elements in the novel make it an enjoyable read for people of any age‚ as the elements provide another layer of intricacy. The dark atmosphere‚ endangerment of women‚ and intense emotions in the characters are all gothic elements that lead the reader on a thrilling joyride while reading The Hunger Games. The premise of watching children kill off other children

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    the power and beauty of the Brides of Dracula‚ like‚ stereotypically‚ a women would release all power to a handsome‚ well-established‚ potential husband. Other than the fact that he is paralyzed by the beauty of three women‚ he is also the “damsel in distress.” Jonathon is being controlled and taken

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