over. The dramatic scenes were weaker in contrast to the comedy but still worked. The three main actresses were good although Joan Chen was the star. If you liked What’s Cooking or Mambo Italiano or My Big Fat Greek Wedding‚ then I think you will like this movie. I am Asian but not Chinese so I do have my biases. Having said that‚ I think that this film will help break the typical Asian stereotype and will be a mainstream success. Apparently Sony pictures has bought the distribution rights so I expect
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Name: Ellaine G. De Jesus Section: IV-Sun Elements of Drama Most successful playwrights follow the theories of playwriting and drama that were established over two thousand years ago by a man named Aristotle. In his works the Poetics Aristotle outlined the six elements of drama in his critical analysis of the classical Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex written by the Greek playwright‚ Sophocles‚ in the fifth century B.C. The six elements as they are outlined
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nostalgia‚ great pride in my heritage (not many people I know are Greek). It prompts great curiosity; how could such a simple meal have this profound effect on me? Dinners that include Spanakopita are always special. Whenever anyone smells it from across the room (or from across the house)‚ he or she must beware of the herds of people who are about to stampede to the overflowing plate (which will be gone faster than one can say “opa”). --- Every Sunday night‚ my dad’s side of the family gets
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Devin Porter Journal #2 January 14‚ 2012 Describe a Perfect Day A perfect day can consist of things you like to do for fun or it can just be a day when you relax and sleep for many hours. My perfect day use to be just staying home from school and eating snacks or going out with my friends and hanging out but now a perfect day to me is spending the day with my girlfriend. Since school started we haven’t really had any time to spend together. When we are together we do a lot of couple things
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customs is wedding. Every country has its own classic way of wedding but in some countries the traditional wedding is usually the same. America and Saudi Arabia are big countries with unique customs and traditions. The difference between a Saudi wedding and an American wedding is like the difference between moonlight and sunlight. The wedding is an important event for all cultures. American culture and Saudi culture are different in preparation for the wedding‚ ceremony‚ and after the wedding.
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Collectivism in my big fat greek wedding: • All the Greek families from the neighbourhood are very together‚ as they all join up together at the Greek restaurant. • When the main character asks her father if she can go to University he gets very upset and says no‚ as he doesn’t want her to leave the family and get on with her life. • The father offers money to Thia Voula for her travel agents business; this shows how they help each other within the community. • Tula asks to her boyfriend‚
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When we first were aware that our theme would be “That One Thing” It struck a chord in my heart‚ because‚ I love that song‚ and I almost immediately chose music to be my “One Thing”. Though now I was faced with a tougher challenge‚ writing a speech about all of us. It would have to somehow relate to music. It finally struck me again‚ almost everyone in our confirmation class can play an instrument or has a deep love with music. I know I have a deep rooted love with music. I’ve been writing heavy
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ENGL 100.58 9/11/13 THE PERFECT DATE What exactly is a perfect date? It can be as simple as a candlelight dinner or as outgoing as a trip to an amusement park. Some dates last a few hours while some are all day long. My perfect date would last all day with my significant other of 10 months! As we drive along I-73 to Myrtle Beach in his sleek black Nissan Altima‚ we blast our favorite rap and R&B songs with the windows down. We approach the beach about 2 hours later and park at the first spot
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theme of the present paper is “The Present Perfect”. The main goal of the work is to identify the main features of the Present Perfect and to present the cases of its use‚ basing on the theoretical and scientific works of Russian‚ English linguists. The objectives of the work‚ in their turn‚ represent ascending steps to the main goal of the project: 1. to give the definition to the present perfect; 2. to present the ways of formation of the present perfect tense; 3. to investigate cases of its
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blogger‚ and author of "Be real not perfect" Miriam Albero The athlete and blogger Miriam Albero shares in her first book her training‚ her healthy recipes and her way of facing life‚ always with a positive attitude. "The best way to be real is to find perfection in ourselves‚ not try to find it in others‚ but to discover the qualities that we all have inside of us" Sportswoman and blogger Miriam Albero has just published her first book Be real not perfect (Planet‚ 2015)‚ in which she reveals
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