The movie Lincoln‚ was more accurate than previous portrayals of Abraham Lincoln. However‚ the movie did fail to include important facts‚ such as Lincoln’s belief that African Americans were unequal to whites and some details of the passing of the 13th Amendment. All in all though‚ the movie portrayed the Civil war and presidency with considerable accuracy. Lincoln focuses mainly on the passage of the 13th amendment and the trials Lincoln and his supporters went through. The film insinuates that
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"Charolette’s Web." I was entranced by what was happening in front of me. Real life people on a stage with a crowd people watching. The theatre I saw the production at was called Spotlight Theatre and every time Spotlight did a performance‚ they gave away a cookie cake to one of the audience members. As luck would have it‚ I was the winner that day. I was asked to come up to the stage and receive my cake from some of the cast members. As I received the cake and looked out upon the crowd filled with
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Julius Caesar was performed in a round theater‚ which allowed the audience to feel like a part of the commotion. The character’s attire‚ the setting‚ and the sound contributed to the modern and eerie feeling of the play. The more modern feeling of they play perhaps added to the relatability of the play and its messages. The actors wore neutral‚ grungy-looking clothes‚ which consisted of a lot of blacks‚ greys‚ forest greens‚ and browns. Seeing the attire in the opening of the play‚ set a dark and
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Creating Musical Theater is a collection of interviews that the author‚ Lyn Cramer- a professor of Musical Theater Dance at The University of Oklahoma‚ conducted with directors and choreographers that make up today’s Broadway elite. For a student who have not had much chance to get to know and understand musical theater‚ this book is a great exposure to both the Broadway stages and the behind-the-scene actions. In this short review‚ I would like to narrow my experience of this book into two directors/
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Meaning of Power on an Ante-Bellum Plantation‚” he explains how bondsman‚ on the Sliver Bluff Plantation‚ was able to preserve their autonomy and maintain a sense of communalism through enslavement that continued will after being emancipated . Faust argued that the delegation of power did not solely rest in the hands of the plantation’s owner‚ James Henry Hammond‚ but that enslaves determination to preserve their cultural independence and communalism provided them‚ to some degree‚ power and dominance
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INDIAN CINEMA... EDUCATES AND ENTERTAINS? Award winning film-maker and actress Nandita Das once said‚ “Without poets‚ artists‚ and film-makers‚ men would soon weary of nature’s monotony. The sublime idea that men have of the universe would collapse with dizzying speed. The order which we find in nature‚ and which is only an effect of art‚ would at once vanish. Everything would break up in chaos. There would be no seasons‚ no civilization‚ no thought‚ no humanity; even life would give away‚ and
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Pervez Punjani PD = 7 US HISTORY MOVIE CRITIQUE The Conspirator opens with a brutal night of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. In the aftermath‚ eight conspirators are charged with plotting to murder the President‚ Vice-President‚ and Secretary of State. The lone woman among them‚ Mary Surratt owns a boarding house where John Wilkes Booth and his accomplices met to plan the attacks. Her son‚ John Surratt‚ was also allegedly part of the conspiracy‚ though he vanished after the killings. A Union
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blockbuster movies based on bestselling novels‚ but often these movies differ greatly from the novel . The movie The Power of One based on a book of the same name follows this trend. The Power of One tells the story of Peekay‚ a boy living in South Africa who dreams of becoming the welterweight champion of the world‚ and who tries to correct the injustice that goes on around him. Although the movie does keep the main themes of the novel like racism and how one person can change the world. The film adds
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The Myth of Total Cinema Andre Bazin in his article‚ The Myth of Total Cinema‚ asserts that motivation behind cinema is realism. He explains his theory by examining the technology of cinema. He argues that cinema was not born from the technology advancement but rather from innate desire to reproduce the realism of our world. “The basic technical discoveries [are] fortunate accidents… essentially second in importance to the preconceived ideas of the inventors” (Bazin‚ 200). What Bazin means is
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V for Vandetta 2005 -V: Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea‚ Mr. Creedy‚ and ideas are bulletproof. -V: ...A building is a symbol‚ as is the act of destroying it. Symbols are given power by people. Alone‚ a symbol is meaningless‚ but with enough people‚ blowing up a building can change the world. - Evey Hammond: No one will ever forget that night and what it meant for this country. But I will never forget the man and what he meant to me. - Evey Hammond:
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