“Footloose” Calvinist Elements The movie “Footloose” is about a town that has laws that do not allow music and dancing. This law was made in the town with the help of Reverend Shaw Moore. He is the minister of the small town community and also the father of a young High School girl. These laws were made due to the death of his son. His son died and he had blamed it on the music and dancing. So‚ Reverend Moore‚ thinking he is above everyone else‚ showed his Calvinist beliefs and turned a once
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McKinsey Williams Ms. B Vasquez English 1301 March 5‚ 2013 Out with the Old in with the New The Movie Footloose tells a story about a young untamed teenage boy named Ren McCormick who moves from the windy city of Chicago to the small town of Bomont. The first time the character of Ren was introduced he was played by the eighties heartthrob Kevin Bacon‚ in the most recent version of the film the good-looking Kenny Wormald played Footloose’s character of Ren. The original film starring Bacon
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Footloose shows that the only way for young people to become trustworthy is for adults to trust them. The movie is set during the 80’s in a small town called Beaumont‚ where dancing is outlawed. Beaumont is under the tight grasp of the Reverend Moore‚ who is the loudest advocate against dancing. This does not sit well with Ren McCormac. Just moved from Chicago‚ Ren finds himself clashing with the conservative culture of Beaumont‚ and seems to make a stir wherever he goes. While this doesn’t endear
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Cedrick Conley Footloose is a movie based out of 1984; the setting is in Beaumont‚ Texas with 5 high school students who were all involved in a car wreck‚ which where they all died. The teens were all coming from a party which had alcohol and a lot of dancing. Beaumont is a conservative town so if the parents of the teenagers knew what they were doing they wouldn’t be too fond of it. One of the teens involved in the car wreck was Bobby Moore and his father‚ Shaw Moore was the local town preacher;
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There are many controversies on which Footloose was better. In all reality‚ both movies have their strong and weak points. Many of the older generations that have seen both movies prefer the older when because they can relate to it. However‚ the younger generations can relate to the newer Footloose. There are many differences in both movies like the story line‚ how it views Ren‚ and the camera angles they use. The story line within the older Footloose doesn’t give the viewers the how it all started
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Critique The play I am writing about is called Footloose. It was preformed at the Country Day School Pavillion. I saw this play on Saturday‚ April 14‚ 2012. Footloose is about a teenaged boy and his single mother moving to a small town in which the law states that there can be no singing or dancing of any sort. There was a terrible accident that had happened five years ago which involved the priests son in a car crash. The priest blames song and dance‚ therefore banning it in that town. The teenaged
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TIME AFTER TIME – Cyndi Lauper Lying in my bed I hear the clock tick‚ And think of you Caught up in circles confusion-- Is nothing new Flashback--warm nights-- Almost left behind Suitcases of memories‚ Time after-- Sometimes you picture me-- I’m walking too far ahead You’re calling to me‚ I can’t hear What you’ve said-- Then you say--go slow-- I fall behind-- The second hand unwinds [Chorus:] If you’re lost you can look--and you will find me Time after time If you fall I
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"Dark Side" Oh oh oh‚ there’s a place that I know It’s not pretty there and few have ever gone If I show it to you now Will it make you run away? Or will you stay Even if it hurts Even if I try to push you out Will you return? And remind me who I really am Please remind me who I really am Everybody’s got a dark side Do you love me? Can you love mine? Nobody’s a picture perfect But we’re worth it You know that we’re worth it Will you love me? Even with my dark side? Like a
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Connection to Fahrenheit 451 and “Footloose” How would it feel like to be in a relationship or live in a town where no one knew the real truth about everything? Both the novel Fahrenheit 451 and the film “Footloose” reveal people in society are too focused on themselves causing them to be blinded from the truth such as relationships and the government. One of the ways both texts prove that people are blinded from the truth are ways people act in relationships
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Strictly Ballroom Essay Image enables us to perceive the nature of different worlds from various perspectives and angle view. The audience has the advantage of perceiving the nature of the world in each text‚ from his/her own perspective. Image formulates an understanding about worlds and the use of satire and other language techniques‚ which allow the audience to evaluate their own world while perceiving the nature of different worlds. “Strictly Ballroom” is a romantic comedy written by Baz
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