Pop Culture and the Arts ARTS/125 June 25‚ 2013 Pop Culture and the Arts Art is everywhere. It is a creation of human imagination and artistic creativity. Art evokes emotion and recreate emotional state. Art is an interpretative leap not bound by the constraints of another person’s logic. Art can serve a variety of purposes in our society. The contribution of art to society can be evaluated through pragmatic philosophy. Art can bring awareness to people. It is a powerful means of presenting
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Pop Culture in the Global Context "A long time ago in a galaxy far‚ far away" is a phrase that has been translated into hundreds of languages all over the world. Star Wars is an influential science fantasy saga and fictional universe created by writer‚ producer‚ and director George Lucas in the early 1970s. In 2005‚ Forbes Magazine estimated the overall revenue generated by the entire Star Wars franchise‚ over the course of its 28-year history‚ at nearly $20 billion‚ easily making it one of the
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The culture of the United States has been going from bad to worse in recent years. Things like good manners and kindness have been weeded out. The youth of America look to the media for guidance on what is "cool" and acceptable and pop culture is filling their minds with bad thoughts. TV‚ movies‚ and radio are the avenues for this corruption. On average‚ in a two-hour period‚ a child will see a maximum of one hundred people die on TV. Music is destroying the tentative footing that women have in the
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Church 1 McAlister asks‚ "How does pop culture help people survive?"(McAlister‚ p162). Throughout the last few readings and films that have been shown and talked about they have touched upon the topic of what pop culture does for nations like Haiti. Pop culture is a way for the Caribbean to express the politics‚ emotions‚ and the social conflicts the natives of the Caribbean face every day being in the Caribbean or in America. Rara is something that is used to express thoughts through music
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such as music‚ movies and art have a major impact on the daily lives of every individual and due to its extensive reach‚ everyone is seen to be well-versed with what entertainment has to provide. This essay shall exhort discussions based on the pros and cons of entertainment in terms of its contribution to its recipients‚ various represented ideas and its influential impacts on the society. First and foremost‚ entertainment in its many forms has proven to provide its recipients with various recompenses
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area in the culture of Americans. The television‚ movies‚ radio‚ and music are all allocating many aspects of our culture. The radio was one of the first forms of electronic media. If someone could not afford to go to a sporting event or wanted to know what was going on in the world simply tune the radio in to the program of choice. Intersession between programs where and are used for advertising purposes. When listening in to a radio commercial visualizing is key. The television came along
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For the last 20 or so years‚ rap has been the most dominate influence in music and culture. Rappers like Eminem and P. Diddy have made millions and millions of dollars off their music; Kanye West‚ Macklemore‚ and countless other rappers have won Grammys every year; Dr. Dre recently sold his brand Beats to Apple for one billion dollars; Rap motifs and quotes appear in pop culture every day. Needless to say‚ hip hop is one of the most successful and popular genres in all of music. So‚ what makes
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suffered from gender stereotypes imposed upon them by popular culture. Famous figures including the dainty sex-icon Marilyn Monroe or the imposing paragon of masculinity‚ Arnold Schwarzenegger have long been the epitomes of the ideal woman or man. In the age of Spotify and Youtube where popular music is widely accessible‚ music icons such as pop queen Beyonce and “rap god” Eminem have a large influence on American culture. American music culture negatively affects adolescents by perpetuating gender stereotypes
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The 1960s was the most influential era in the American history. POP HISTORY Pop music‚ music of populace‚ originated in the UK and USA. Pop music is not a genre in itself‚ but merely the music targeting mass audiences. The History of popular music was not about social phenomenon‚ music was all that mattered and being least resistant (Gray‚ : 104). There were two types of American pop music. The first one being the angle of concentration‚ focusing on artistic and historical themes. The second
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Media envelops our homes‚ our culture and our world. Books‚ newspaper‚ magazines‚ radios‚ television‚ movies and computers are examples of media‚ which have encompassed us throughout the ages. Whether being bombarded by these facets of media is good for us or not‚ we must face the reality if its presence in our lives. However‚ how should we allow it to affect us? Some of us allow media to affect our lives in a very positive manner. For example‚ all forms of media provide information to the viewer
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