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    Firstly‚ Hollywood has had major negative consequence on American crime. While several of people are correct in saying that crime has existed way before movies and television‚ many do not consider how Hollywood has provoked crime to higher levels. Numerous people incorrectly state that crime levels have gone down since the establishment of movies‚ but The Disaster Center records indicate the number of crimes has continued to grow steadily‚ reaching a peak in 1991 with a total of 14‚872‚900 crimes

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    Apollo 13: Flight vs. Hollywood On April 11‚ 1970‚ 1:13 p.m‚ Apollo 13 was launched at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Fred W. Haise‚ Jr. who would be the Lunar Module Pilot‚ James A. Lovell‚ Jr. who would be the Commander‚ and John L. Swigert‚ Jr. who would be the Command Module Pilot‚ and would replace Ken Mattingly‚ would be the crew for this operation. This would be the seventh manned mission in the American Apollo Space Program‚ and the third intended to land on the moon. When mission control

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    aiming higher in life. All the beautiful women discussed in this paper have experienced the same obstacles‚ accepting to play these stereotypical roles in hopes they can attain the fame required to gain power and respect in Hollywood. For Jennifer Lopez power and respect in Hollywood

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    If you want to talk about a film during the New Hollywood period that changed all of the rules in cinema‚ Bonnie & Clyde is one of the most famous films of that period. It’s revolutionary in the fact that it explores so many taboo subjects such as sex‚ violence‚ and crime‚ but the film makes you sympathize with these characters. The editing is also very instrumental in the making of this film. It’s innovative in the way that it gives the scenes more action and suspense. The two major scenes in which

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    minority. Of course‚ like the other racial areas we have observed throughout the semester‚ there has been improvement in Hollywood film when it comes to gender roles as time progresses‚ but there are still unnecessary stereotypes and challenges that women come

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    this red scare that draped over Hollywood like a dark cloud. In the fall of 1947‚ ten members of the Hollywood fil industry deprecated the campaigns commissioned by the House Un-American Activities Committees (HUAC)‚ part of the U.S. House of Representatives‚ and their investigation committee scrutinizing the motion picture business for alleged communist influences. After the Ten received jail sentences for their defiance‚ HUAC’s controversial crackdown in Hollywood led to more hearings of other members

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    Discrimination in Hollywood films is an ongoing problem that needs to be addressed. This year’s announcement of the 88th annual Academy Awards nominees has received an abundance of heated criticism from viewers. For a second year in a row‚ not one of the Award nominees in any category was an actor of color. Hollywood has a history of whitewashing roles and have gotten away scott free. This trend of influence in media contributes to stereotypes‚ creating negative and an inaccurate representation of

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    Portrayal of the Truth in Hollywood Films Most people are likely to relate Hollywood with money. If a person lives in the Hollywood area‚ people assume she or he is probably rich. If she or he is a Hollywood movie star‚ the person probably makes a lot of money. Therefore‚ to follow that line of thought‚ when Hollywood producers make a movie‚ they make it just for money. And some filmmakers do seem to make films only for the money the movies will earn. The action movie "Die Hard"‚ the

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    1. Hollywood movies affect national culture outside the United States because it leads people to stereo-type other cultures. Such as the stereo-type of Japanese people as robotic caricatures who mix there L’s and R’s and Bill Murry who played a character was taking a shower in a Five-star hotel and has to bend down to wash his hair in the shower but in reality their isn’t a five star hotel in Tokyo that hasn’t accounted for the varying heights of its guest. Some positive effects of Hollywood movies

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    Kingdom of Heaven: History vs. Hollywood The Crusades were a series of military campaigns encouraged by the church and pope to capture the Holy Land (Jerusalem) from Muslim hold. They were carried out during the 11th through the 13th centuries. There were a series of at least 6 crusades‚ some of which were directed at other European countries rather than Muslim countries. Kingdom of Heaven is a movie that deals with the 12th century crusaders. The movie takes place between the 2nd and 3rd Crusades

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