Characteristics of the Postmodern Horror Film In our world today‚ box offices are flooded with giddy teenagers seeking a thrill from horror movies. Horror movies date back all the way to the 1890’s so what is it exactly that keeps viewers wanting more? According to Isabel Cristina Pinedo‚ there are four key elements to the success of the contemporary horror film. Today’s successful films constitute a violent disruption of the everyday world‚ transgress and violate boundaries‚ throw into question
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Introduction In his essay‚ Postmodern Virtualities‚ Mark Poster argues that modernity placed much value on rational‚ idealized and centred persons (he cites the ‘reasonable man of the law’ and the ‘educated citizen of democracy’ as examples). This however has evolved and with postmodernism comes a culture that nurtures individuality and forms of identity very different to those of modernist thought. ( Postmodern Virtualities‚ 1995. Online source) As communication technologies enhance and develop
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Cinderella Parody Once upon a time‚ there was a really lazy and mean little girl who lived in a house with her stepmother and two stepsisters. The little girl never did anything for herself. She bossed everyone in the house around and never did anything useful. All day‚ all she would ever do is sit on the couch and watch television or play cruel tricks on the animals around the house. And she was the worst sister EVER! Whenever her sisters would dress up for a dance or special occasion‚ she would
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Hongkongism in Stephen Chiau Sing-chi’s cinema‚ Pastiche and Localism This article aims to show the Hongkongism in Stephen Chiau Sing-chi’s cinema by analyzing how he creates his own sense of humour and whether it has any type. Above all‚ I would like to correct the ’Reductionistic Reading’ which confuses Hongkongese identities with the political insecurities caused by restitution of Hongkong to China in 1997. Of course‚ nostalgic images in some of his movies may recall pre-1997 Hong Kong
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Michael Cunningham ’s The Hours and Postmodern Artistic Re-Presentation MARY JOE HUGHES ow that Michael Cunningham ’s The Hours has been made into a film representing yet another echo of Woolf ’s Mrs. DaUo\va\\ it is worth investigating just how the later novel conceives its relation to its predecessor. Because The Hours directly lakes the role of literature as one of its subjects‚ it may provide a model for considering postmodern artistic representation more generally. Such re-telling or re-presentation
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“The Dark Knight of a Postmodern World” “The Dark Knight” is a film based on DC comic book character Batman and his fight to protect his home‚ Gotham City‚ from the antagonist‚ the Joker. Director Chris Nolan provides the viewer with not only an action film‚ but also a thought-provoking masterpiece. The film focuses on the thin line between sanity (Batman) and madness (Joker) and how anyone can easily turn from good to evil‚ the example being Harvey Dent becoming Two-Face in such a short
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Jesus and the Law: An Ancient Text in a Postmodern Context In looking at Jesus and the law we must acknowledge that Jesus is the fulfillment of the old covenant. Every theme in the Old Testament points forward towards Jesus. The law is the character of God written in a language which human beings can understand. The law was given to show us the holiness of God and to demonstrate man’s imperfection. The entire reason for the law was so that we would understand that through our own efforts and abilities
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social work draws on structural and postmodern approaches. Similarities and differences exist between these approaches in terms of purpose‚ principles of practice‚ underlying assumptions and values and the relationship between the social worker and service user. Both of these approaches possess strengths and limitations which will be discussed in this essay and have contributed to the development of critical practices in social work. Structural and postmodern theories differ in many respects.
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activity‚ for it made me use my imagination to create titles and come up with a poem that would go with it. I must say some of the poems were a lot easier to write than the others. The transformation‚ welcome‚ acrostic‚ bio‚ ode‚ change‚ list‚ concrete‚ parody‚ and my favorite place poem were the easiest while the rest‚ not so much. The narrative poem was one of the hardest to write because I had a hard time following a certain foot and meter. The hokku was difficult was difficult because a certain line
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The Simpsons: A Parody of the Working Class Culture D’oh Pronunciation: Brit. /dəʊ/ ‚ U.S. /doʊ/ Expressing frustration at the realization that things have turned out badly or not as planned‚ or that one has just said or done something foolish. Oxford English Dictionary The hit sit-com The Simpsons was first aired in 1989‚ and it revolved around the adventures of the Simpson family‚ and all the other characters who live in Springfield‚ an undetermined American town. The Simpsons‚ as a family
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