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    Family: Kenn Cook: (1969) father‚ Air Force Pilot Lindy Cook: (1969) mother‚ stay at home mother Kenzie Tiffany: (1994) college student Nick Tiffany: (1996) high school student Shelby Tiffany: (1997) high school student SCENE 1 (The COOK Family dinner table. Soup has been served. At one end of the table‚ LYELL and GOULD begin to argue) LYELL: So‚ Mr. Gould‚ have you been able to find any support for your new theory? GOULD: Oh‚ yes. Punctuated equilibrium has much more support than gradualism

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    Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? While natural talent is a desired trait‚ it is only through dedication and hard work that we can achieve our full potential--talent or no talent. Prince Nelson‚ Stevie Wonder and Michaela DePrince are invitees that embody these virtues precisely. Though all my guest can be viewed as prodigal figures‚ it is their work ethic that makes them legendary and inspirational figures to me. They persevered through unfavorable circumstances and achieved every goal they set forth

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    conflict and resolution. Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner was truly a unique film for its time in that Sidney Poitier’s character breaks all the stereotypical views of blacks in American Cinema. In the early 1930’s blacks were portrayed as lower class‚ slow-witted figures of entertainment‚ often showed in menstrual shows. Poitier’s character broke all these

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    Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner is an excellent film that portrays life as an African American in the 1960s and different parts of society. It shows the differences between the lifestyles of whites and African Americans. By putting in a conflict like the relationship between the white woman (Katharine Houghton) and an African American man (Sidney Poitier) it made the film interesting and also it made you want to watch more to find out what eventually happens at the end of the film. In my paper‚ I will

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    Othello and Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner Comparative The transformation between Othello‚ a 16th century Shakespearean tragedy and Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner‚ a 1960’s Romantic Comedy‚ can be compared by addressing themes that are present in each text. The theme of race can be used to compare the different attitudes of each context‚ surrounding the significant black characters of Othello in Othello and John in Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner‚ and there interaction with white females that belong

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    In many older pieces of media‚ there tends to be a theme related to the issue of racial divide. This is true within the novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird‚ written by Harper Lee and the movie‚ Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner‚ produced by Stanley Kramer and written by William Rose. Both titles touch upon the idea of interracial relationships in a time when the idea of “race-mixing” was highly frowned upon by the general public‚ although the novel presumably takes place three decades before the movie’s setting

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    relationship between the values and context within a society. This concept is shown through the comparative study of the 1600’s play “Othello”‚ by William Shakespeare‚ and the 1967 feature film “Guess who’s coming to dinner”‚ by Stanley Kramer. Both these texts have similar issues of difference in the form of race and character trait. Comparing the two texts it can be seen that the presents and or elimination of evil and the values of trust‚ honesty‚ protection and suspicion all impact upon the characters

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    a Comeback. Could you ever imagine falling in love with some who is different from you? However‚ your parents will not allow you to marry him/her. How would you feel? Nowadays many old time movies are coming back‚ in newer versions. For example‚ movies that were popular back in the 70’s and 80’s are now being redone with better special effects‚ and even sometimes the movies change their plot. In the movie Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner‚ the plot sets us in a relationship where there is a couple that

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    paper: “Guess Who is Coming for Dinner” Interpersonal communication is very fundamental in good communication. Communication is about sending and receiving messages in a specific sense. In a broader sense‚ it could be defined as the process of acting on information. (S. A. Beebe; S. J. Beebe; and Diana K. Ivy; 2013). This is a simplified definition and for this paper my focus will be on Listening and Responding skills. In the case of my selected movie‚ “Guess Who is Coming for Dinner” I will

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    Who’s coming to Dinner Good‚ better‚ best. Never let it rest. ‘Til your good is better and better isbest. -St. Jerome. I almost finished the table for my dinner party‚ and heard three knocks on the door. The people that I’m bringing to dinner are Lauren Daigle‚ Carrie Underwood‚ and Olaf. They are the nicest people I’ve ever met. My first person I’m inviting is Lauren Daigle. Why I had chosen her was because she has such great faith for God and Jesus. Also my favorite thing to do in free

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