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    Q1. Many television genres like crime drama‚ the sitcom and reality shows presuppose tensions and fractions(部分) in ‘normal’(规范的,标准的) social relations. So to win support [i.e. become popular] programmes(节目介绍)are drawn to difficult ideological areas that will then have to be negotiated… Ideology works by masking‚ displacing(顶替,置换的)‚ and naturalizing(自然化) social problems and contradictions. Discuss a show or shows we encountered in class or one that you think are relevant and identify the ways they

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    culture and a perfect composition of music‚ art and drama‚ and the greatest and most elegant art that British people own(Jefferson‚ 1976). Because the status of opera is changing‚ opera is becoming a characteristic of cultural life that opens to public. In recent years‚ watching opera has become popular entertainment activity for the leisure time of people in the UK(Storey‚ 2000). According to Jefferson‚ one factor of opera which attracts british people is its ability to produce various sensations

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    How to Write Radio Drama

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    RADIO DRAMA by TIM CROOK Here are some horrible truths: Most radio drama is very badly written. Radio drama is an endangered species. It has never taken a hold of mainstream programming on commercial radio in the UK. It used to be the mainstream in the States and Australia but lost out to TV in the middle to late fifties. It is under threat within public radio services including the BBC because of the pressure of monetarist ideology and the fact that authors and radio drama directors have been

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    Outline of species along with related anatomy‚ handling considerations and rehabilitation‚ release requirements Skeletal system Although the deer’s skeletal system is very similar to a dog or cat’s in terms of its basic structure‚ although there are some adaptations that they require in order to survive the wild. Deer have long necks which enable them to crane it so they can feed off low lying grass and other vegetation. Stefoff‚ R. (2007) Deer are prey animals and so they require adaptations

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    12 Angry Men: Drama

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    before fancy forensics determined verdicts - they pore over the details of the case. If Rose’s dialogue makes one wish occasionally for the more clipped speed of cop-show patter on today’s TV‚ his story’s construction is impeccable. This is thrilling drama. Full Text (356 words) (Copyright Financial Times Ltd. 2004. All rights reserved.) Such is the intensity of America’s presidential campaign that almost any play can seem loaded with topical meaning. With Reginald Rose’s Twelve Angry Men‚ a

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    Lords and The House of Commons! British Parliament alone possesses legislative supremacy and thereby ultimate power over all other political bodies in the United Kingdom and its territories. ?The British Parliament‚ in its famed Longitude Act of 1714‚ set the highest bounty of all‚ naming a prize equal to a king?s ransom (several million dollars in today?s currency) for a ?Practicable and Useful? means of determining longitude‚? Davy Sobel. The history of British Parliament surpassed several milestones

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    An Inspector Calls Essay How does Priestley build the drama and tension in this extract? The extract is from page 47 starting ’MRS B: I’m sorry she should have come to such a horrible end. But I accept no blame for this at all’ In this extract‚ JB Priestley builds drama and tension through the use of dramatic irony. Mrs Birling does not realise until the very end of the scene that her own son is responsible for Eva Smith’s pregnancy. However‚ Sheila and the audience begin to realise this

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    Innes draws in his treatise on Modernism in Drama.1 Still‚ Innes attributes a `modernist vision` to both Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter with regard to their engagement as playwrights.2 Drawing on this emerging discrepancy the following analysis takes a closer look at Waiting for Godot as well as The Caretaker. Accordingly‚ both plays are analysed with regard to their modernist potential. Hence‚ in a first step potential common features of modern drama are highlighted. In a second step the respective

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    almost instantaneous‚ and we have the means to our money from almost anywhere in the world. With this increase ease of availability‚ crime coordination and implementation has also become easier. Logistics for criminal enterprises has streamlined. Our modern conveniences have made the ability to enact crimes remotely greater than it has ever been before. Every day there is an increase in [globalization]‚ meaning that interactions and integrations amongst people‚ corporations and political systems from

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    In Drama for the live performance we went to see Blood brothers on 6th February 2012. We went as a class to the evening performance which was at the Sunderland Empire. The play was written by Willy Russell‚ from Liverpool in 1981. The play is about the differences in social class between a pair of twins that were separated at birth. Mrs Johnstone gave up one of her twins to Mrs Lyons (who couldn’t have children) Mrs Johnstone is a suspicious woman so Mrs Lyons made her swear on the bible that

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