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    James Whale once said‚ “I’ve spent much of my life outrunning the past‚ and now it floods all over me”. This quote resembles the character Victor in the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Victor Frankenstein runs from all of his problems until he ends up with terrible consequences. James Whale‚ the film director for the movie phenomenon Frankenstein was not only an artist‚ but also a man who had a vision. The movie Frankenstein is based off Mary Shelley’s work of art‚ Frankenstein. After 85 years

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    Texts for Belonging

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    Hollywood in the 20's

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    HOLLYWOOD IN THE TWENTIES (CONTD...) *HOLLYWOOD SCANDALS AND THE CREATION OF MPPDA *CECILE B. DEMILLE *”THE CONTINETAL TOUCH” LUBITSCH AND OTHERS *IN THE AMERICAN GRAIN *ERICH VON STROHEIM HOLLYWOOD SCANDALS AND THE CREATION OF MPPDA Since the earliest days of the Nickelodeon‚ moralists and reformers were very much disturbed by the corrupting nature of the movies and their effects upon the American youth. Powerful pressure groups were created to protect the American audiences from the

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    The Life of Louis Armstrong

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    released from reform school‚ he worked and struggled to establish himself as a musician. Armstrong listened and learned from older musicians such as‚ Bunk Johnson and Buddy Petit. The person who had the greatest influence on him however‚ was Joe "King" Oliver. He was served as a mentor and great father figure for Armstrong. Armstrong caught his attention by for playing funerals and parades around town‚ while also performing with pick-up bands in small clubs. Louis later began to play in the brass bands

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    What Is Drama?

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    By Anthony Pagano 7Blue2 By Anthony Pagano 7Blue2 What is Drama Used For? * What is Drama? The word drama is derived from the ancient Greek word meaning action. If something is full of action it’s exciting‚ emotional‚ it’s unpredictable; it’s dramatic. Drama is a way of expressing or showing a story. Drama can make us feel happy‚ sad‚ afraid‚ superior‚ and inferior and so on. Drama is the essence of human existence; it’s what makes life worth living for. In modern times we

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    Using the work of EITHER Wordsworth or Coleridge‚ show how Romanticism constituted a radical break with the techniques and subject matter of what had gone before. Wordsworth was the beginning of a new genre of writing. In the late18th century a lot of society and writing focussed around order and reason‚ however Wordsworth romantic and naturalistic writing created a tremendous break through. With the joint efforts and collaboration with Samuel Coleridge he published ‘Lyrical Ballads’ which helped

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    HOLLYWOOD

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    Hollywood has developed the most entertainment movies and television shows. The production of entertainment has made Hollywood number one worldwide across the globe. The entire world watches television on a daily basis‚ it keeps us entertained. Most television programs have a purpose in our life we watch it for our own enlightenment everybody has their own story‚ so why not share it on television? We can relate to some issues so we keep on watching these shows. Is Hollywood enlightening us or misleading

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    Ira Fredrick Aldridge

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    professional stage debut as the first black actor at Royal Coburg Theatre‚ London on 10th October 1825 playing role of Prince Oroonoko of Africa sold into slavery in melodrama The Revolt of Surinam‚ or A Slave’s Revenge. Toured established theatre circuits in provinces of British Isles for 27 years as star of about 60 roles in melodrama‚ romantic drama‚ operetta‚ comedy and Shakespeare. Appeared at Theatre Royal Covent Garden in 1833 as Othello. First white role Dirk Hatteraick in Guy Mannering. First

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    Far from the Madding Crowd

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    far from the madding crowd FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD – Themes and Messages Fate as a Theme Fate and coincidence are frequently used in the plot. • Bathsheba arrives just in time to save Gabriel suffocating in his lambing hut‚ and he in turn happens to arrive in Weatherbury in time to save Bathsheba’s crops and becomes her new shepherd. • Bathsheba’s Valentine sent as a joke has a fatal effect on Boldwood‚ who falls desperately in love with her. It is fate that

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    Garden State

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    Garden State by ’Pipsorcle’ Andrew Largeman’s (Zack Braff) journey throughout "Garden State" seems to be a testament on the meaning of liberation. Going from his struggling acting life in Los Angeles to his hometown in New Jersey‚ where he witnesses his mother’s funeral‚ Andrew is in the mist of confronting difficult issues. One of the biggest issues is coming to terms with his psychologist father (Ian Holm)‚ whom he has distanced himself from for many years because he has put him on powerful

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