subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rlae20 Hollywood in Uganda: local appropriation of trans-national Englishlanguage movies Stella Achen & George Ladaah Openjuru a a a Department of Adult and Community Education‚ College of Education and External Studies‚ Makerere University‚ Kampala‚ Uganda Version of record first published: 25 Jun 2012 To cite this article: Stella Achen & George Ladaah Openjuru (2012): Hollywood in Uganda: local appropriation of trans-national English-language
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Edward Jay Epstein The Hollywood Economist TEENS AND CAR CRASHES GO TOGETHER After Hollywood lost its audience to television in the 1950s‚ it had to reinvent itself. If it could no longer count on habitual moviegoers to fill theaters routinely‚ it would go into the business of audience-creation. The means studios found to recruit audiences for each and every movie they released was national TV advertising. The tactic that evolved by the 1990s was bombarding a target audience with very expensive
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rich people‚ movies‚ bright lights‚ and glamour when hollywood is mentioned. Some of these stereotypes are very accurate when taking into account that the median property value for Hollywood‚ California is up at about $642‚000‚ and considering that it is known as the movie or television series capital of the world. Among these stereotypes‚ Hollywood itself and its sign are a classic‚ rightful icon that represents american ideologies. Hollywood and its well-known sign actively represent dreams‚ evolution
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Heather Dickinson Mr. Calvird English II‚ 1st Hour Research Paper First Draft 15 November 2013 Saved By a Playboy Everyone has seen the Hollywood Sign‚ whether in movies‚ or in person. For years the Hollywood Sign has been a symbol of success and glamour in the movie industry‚ but I bet you do not know that it was almost destroyed. If it weren’t for Hugh Hefner and a few celebrities‚ a movie industry icon may have disappeared. According to Abigail Kelly‚ the Sign originally reading “HOLLYWOODLAND”
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An Analysis of Asian American Representation in Modern Hollywood Film Gia H. Ha George Mason University An Analysis of Asian American Representation in Modern Hollywood Film While Hollywood has come a long way from blatantly portraying racism as it did in the past‚ it is still prevalent in modern day film and media. For instance‚ yellowface‚ which was portrayed in classic films of the mid-90’s‚ is still an issue in Hollywood today. With the recent controversy following the filmmakers of “Ghost in
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particular images of gender‚ ethnicity‚ class romance‚ and violence; and as visual texts that offer complex levels of meaning and seeing. Hollywood is a district in Los Angeles‚ California‚ United States situated west-northwest of downtown Los Angeles.Due to its fame and cultural identity as the historical center of movie studios and movie stars‚ the word Hollywood is often used as a metonym of American cinema. Even though much of the movie industry has dispersed into surrounding areas such as West
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Hollywood has always had a controversial issue involving the ethnicity of minorities. In the movie industry‚ it has lack of diversity that Hollywood doesn’t want to accept. Melena Ryzi shows the truth behind movie industries in‚ “What It’s Really like to Work in Hollywood” with real life experiences from Hollywood actors. Many women and minorities are underrepresented and discriminated when trying to get into Hollywood. Some Actors fail to meet the directors expectations because they do not behave
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May 2010 [pic] [pic] Foreword 1. The beginning of Hollywood 2. The name ”Hollywood” 3. The movie of S. Porter - “the father of the Story Film” 4. The Hollywood sign 5. The growing film industry 6. The new Hollywood 7. The beginning of the Academy Awards 8. The Golden Age of Hollywood 9. Hollywood during the War Years 10. Stars Conclusion Bibliography Foreword I have always been fascinated by the Hollywood’s world‚ a world of mixture between reality
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story. Coming straight out of Hollywood is their own version of Beowulf‚ their own description of his legacy. This begs the question‚ why did Hollywood alter their story to the extent that they did? The preliminary reason Hollywood would change the story is that it simply needed a face-lift. Provided that fact‚ we must acknowledge that it would very difficult or even impossible to appeal to 21st-century adults simply based off of scripts from the 11th-century. Hollywood had to add in more modern elements
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and include more minorities in Hollywood and TV admittedly have been made‚ in terms of race as well as sexuality‚ gender and disabilities. Nonetheless‚ Hollywood’s ingrained practice of whitewashing‚ or casting of white actors to play historically non-white characters‚ continues. Whitewashing‚ as well as erasure of LGBT and disabled characters‚ indicates Hollywood’s lack of acceptance for minorities. When whitewashing first originated during the beginnings of Hollywood‚ it was a direct insult to people
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