Directors have the important job of communicating the ideas and themes of their films. Their power comes from the choices they make‚ aside from the script. Directors are artists‚ they make intentional choices to give the film a specific meaning and help communicate the ideas in it. The Benchwarmers is a great example of intentional choices made by the director. The Benchwarmers is about a group of three young adults‚ Gus‚ Clark and Richie. They have been treated like losers all of their lives and
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trauma of femicide by showing graphic scenes of sexual violence. In the beginning of the film‚ Cutberto’s innocence is ascribed by his initial unwillingness to have sex with Juana and his subsequent heartbreak when she leaves him. The audience sympathizes with Cutberto until he resorts to violence.
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nature of resilience embedded in the existence of the black woman. This natural mental and moral quality is inherited from generations of matriarchal structure. The powerful female construct give rise to a woman whose progress is the most rewarding. Resilience is a strong point of character that resides in the identity of the African-American woman—and it is undisputable. History assembled a timeline relating to the community of the black woman. The endurance of harsh subjective authoritative treatment
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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman In A Vindication of the Rights of Woman‚ Mary Wollstonecraft argues that women need to have strength both mentally and physically. Wollstonecraft says‚ “I wish to persuade women to endeavour to acquire strength‚ both of mind and body‚ and to convince them that the soft phrases‚ susceptibility of heart‚ delicacy of sentiment‚ and refinement of taste‚ are almost synonymous with epithets of weakness” (pg. 593‚ paragraph 2). This shows that Wollstonecraft wanted
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The Castle is an Australian film based on the Kerrigan Family‚ who live at 3 Highview Crescent‚ Coolaroo. Dale narrates the film‚ first stating‚ “I’m Dale Kerrigan‚ and this is my story.” Darryl is an upbeat working class Australian. He is a tow truck driver and is the proud husband and father of four children. The eldest son‚ Wayne is in prison for 8 years for armed robbery. He is a good guy‚ but got in with a bad crowd. Middle son Steve is constantly reading The Trading Post hunting for good
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I believe film is called Ethos because it challenges the government’s credibility‚ and ethics because‚ it shows unethical behavior in government‚ the media‚ and corporations. The film reveals that politicians will say and do anything to be elected. This shows that we cannot trust the power that we elect into power because they are not looking for what is best for society. In addition‚ this proves that the people will be dishonest in gaining political power. It also reveals that the United States
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As you read The Myth of the Latin Woman and Finishing School racial stereotypes is the background to these two stories. While The Myth of the Latin Woman was set in a different time period than Finishing School it shows the discrimination minorities have gone through and have risen above these stereotypes. The Myth of the Latin Woman is different in a few ways than Finishing School because it is based on how a young woman despite of her success and accomplishments is still oppressed by those around
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The film Bamboozled by Spike Lee explores a world where a television show which involves pure racism is accepted by the majority of viewers. The movie depicts a television show which uses blackface and depicts African Americans as lesser humans. Even though this movie is a satire and is supposed to be extreme‚ how extreme is it when compared to todays world? Could a television show like the one seen in Bamboozled actually be accepted by the audience of today? Many people of today are blind to the
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I chose to read and write about this book out of curiosity‚ how did Woman Wang die? How can this "novel" be a historical work? I opened the book expecting to see the whole life of Woman Wang‚ and I was wrong. As Spence has commented " she has been to me like one of those stones that one sees shimmering through the water at low tide and picks up from the waves almost with regret‚ knowing that in a few moments the colors suffusing the stone will fade and disappear as the stone dries in the sun
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and director Liz W Garcia‚ premiered at Sundance Film Festival 2013 where it competed for Best Dramatic Film and had limited release. Garcia was “inspired” by Andrea Arnold’s film ‘Fish Tank’ “where the performances are so naturalistic…she’s able to be gritty and lyrical” (Garcia‚ 2013). ‘Cinema screen is interested in representation’ (McClements‚ 2016)‚ and the drama genre adheres to this idea as Jule Selbo (a professor in the Radio Television and Film)‚ says is a ‘very real world and emotional development
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