society‚ Chinese culture and values‚ such as Confucianism‚ Buddhism and Taoism‚ are deep-rooted in people’s daily lives. Celebration of Lunar New Year‚ popularity of Chinese opera‚ prevalence of Chinese cuisines are good examples. Meanwhile‚ Chinese “kung fu” movies once dominated the local market and eventually gained worldwide recognition. That explains the importance of Chinese culture in formation of Hong Kong’s unique culture. Apart from that‚ the British preservation of Chinese tradition accounted
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Confucius-Summary Master Kung‚ also known as Kung Fu-tzu is known to be the Confucius of the west. He is one of the most well known philosophers in Chinese history. Confucianism has evolved so much over the years that no one knows the original thoughts of the master. Master Kung established a tradition of cultural values. Confucius wanted to attain a position in government so he could influence the ruler‚ thus helping him make wiser decisions. He was appointed to a governmental position
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Koreans and African Americans do not get along at first. The Mayor calls the Korean shop owner Kung Fu. In the end the African Americans and Koreans part ways on good terms and the blacks decide not to loot their shop. The white police and African Americans do not seem to have a conflict at first. At the end of the movie Radio Raheem gets choked to
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Sociology was profoundly involved in the making of The Matrix. The Matrix is a movie in which a man‚ Neo or Mr. Anderson‚ believes he’s living a normal‚ but slightly troubled life in 1999. Neo is single‚ and suffers from a profound emptiness in his life. Neo is constantly working‚ by day he is computer programmer; by night‚ he’s a hacker‚ providing his labor to other troubled souls. All of sudden he life takes a life changing toll. Neo finds out that the slightly troubled part of his life is nothing
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its soaring and reverberated or echoed vocals. Donna Summer- “Queen of Disco.” Examples of disco music: 1. “I Fell Love” and “Last Dance” by Donna Summer 2. “Dancing Queen” by ABBA 3. “Staying Alive” by Bee Gees 4. “YMCA” by The Village People 5. “Kung Fu Fighting” by Carl Douglas Cumbia Courtship dance of the Colombian natives. Derived from the African word “cumbe” which means dance. Originally‚ Cumbia is performed only with drums and maracas‚ claves and flutes. In the modern cumbia‚ intrsuments
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women. Her exaggerated content about how bad it could get could all be true‚ but was she stretching the truth a little to make it worse than it seemed? Hasselstrom goes into detail about why she thinks conceal carry is more important than just kung fu lessons to point out just how much more control a gun would have than a woman’s own body (560-563). Since 1994‚ the total violent crime in the United States has decreased by a huge margin. Criminals realized people were starting to carry guns so
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Matrix- Movie Review The Matrix is the second film of the writer/director team Larry and Andy Wachowski‚ who have once again hit the mark with their science fiction thriller with the perfect balance of action‚ excitement and suspense. The Matrix didn’t follow the trend of many other sci-fi films of this era‚ which are becoming less and less reliant on plot and focusing their attention on special effects‚ which can often result in them becoming boring and predictable. Instead the Matrix achieved
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Three of the “Four Great Masters” The period of the Yuan Dynasty in China saw an explosion in landscape painting. The reign of Kublai Khan (1260-1294) caused a large amount of the scholar class to leave the imperial court‚ meaning “amateur” artists began to show the skills of artists of the court. At this point four artists became known as the “Four Great Masters of the Yuan Dynasty” or “Four Great Masters of Landscape Painting”. These men were Huang Gongwang‚ Wu Zhen‚ Ni Zan and Wang Meng
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From American Animated Film to See American Cultural Characteristics Introduction 1. Introduction to the background and significant of American animation We have already learned that the American continents were peopled as a result of migration. The United States of America is a young country in the world with a history of only more than two hundred years. But this very country forms its own culture system which has already affected almost every corner of the world. This culture system
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How has the role of technology affected independent films and their film-making process? The distribution of film has changed phenomenally during the last 10 years. Advances in technical equipment have benefitted the film-making process. Independent directors are now able to create high-quality films on a small budget. New technology‚ such as social media is one of a more prominent mediums used in modern filmmaking. In fact‚ many modern films choose to market and distribute themselves in this
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