Our Day out by Willie Russell is an energetic and humorous play‚ about a school trip to Conwy castle. The ’progress class’‚ a class for illiterate children‚ are on a trip to Wales where the liberal Mrs Kay and the strict Mr Briggs have completely different ideas about the day should be organised. Mrs Kay and Mr Briggs have two distinct personalities that clash frequently throughout the play and Willie Russell presents both in an interesting and comical way in his drama. Mrs Kay is a benevolent
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Blood Brothers is a play written by Willy Russell about twin brothers whose mother was tricked into giving one twin to Mrs Lyons‚ a rich woman who can’t have children. Mrs Johnston keeps a child and raises him on a council estate with 7 siblings. The twins become best friends but their mothers push them apart. However they continue to be friends up until adulthood. This is a classic tale of nature versus nurture and it examines the debates surrounding fate‚ family and motherly love. The two women
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“Copyright law protects foxes better than hedgehogs”. Per Lord Hoffmann in Designer Guild v Russell Williams [2000] 1 WLR 2416. Discuss.” Index I. Introduction 3 i) Intellectual property 3 ii) Copy right 3 II. Case study 6 i) Facts of the case 6 ii) Decision of the chancery division and court of appeal 7 iii) Judgement of the House of Lords 9 iv) Lord Hoffman’s view on the case 9 III. Comparison of copyright to foxes and hedgehogs
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Educating Rita by Willy Russell explores the relationship between the two characters involved in the play‚ Frank and Rita over a time span‚ of several months. A variety of themes are explored as Rita‚ a working class Liverpudlian‚ aspires to a higher social and academic level so that she may have choices‚ with Frank‚ a disillusioned and failed poet as her teacher. As Rita progresses‚ Russell uses a range of dramatic techniques and tensions between the two characters to explore themes of the personal
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A major theme in ‘Our Day Out’ is the lack of education and opportunity for young people in the inner city. Using scenes from the play‚ show how Willy Russell makes the audience aware of this theme The lack of education and opportunity affects young people in inner cities like Liverpool‚ these young people have never been given the chance to have a good education‚ and therefore they were just stuck in a states school‚ where there aren’t many people who care what grades they get and what they
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have family lives that are rarely talked about. They are more prone to stereotypes of gangsters and murders‚ but the article discusses 2 of them that are trying to make a difference by allowing society to view their family on reality television. Russell Simmons was compared to Bill Cosby on The Cosby Show versus Calvin Broadus who shows true reality of the Black working class. Russell’s lifestyle is stable and educational. Calvin’s lifestyle is more hectic‚ but represents real life to the fullest. Both
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begot cultural factions between those who saw themselves as lubricant partygoers (the Sugar Hill Gang and Joe and Sylvia Robinson) and others who saw themselves as serious artists (Kool Herc hiphop’s sole originator and rising phenom Joey “Run DMC” Simmons). • Rock & Roll proved that the music‚ the fashion‚ and the energy could be
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been on the charts for months at a time‚ such as Kanye West‚ Ludacris‚ Iggy Azalea‚ Jeremih‚ Justin Bieber‚ and a lot more. The founders of this powerhouse are Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons. The idea commenced when Rubin‚ a college student at New York University‚ was sitting in his dorm room in Weinstein Hall. Russell Simmons joined Rubin shortly after they were introduced by Vincent Gallo. Finding this label was never about the money for these two‚ Rubin once said “I’m surprised it ended up being
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LECTURE 9 – First house hold name in rap is RUN DMC – Significant because they changed it for a lot of artists – RUN DMC picture on the far right is Jam master Jay (belated DJ for run DMC)‚ person on the far left is Joseph Simmons aka RUN of RUN DMC‚ MIDDLE is Darryl mcdaniels aka DMC – 1ST few songs were 12 inch singles before they were on albums – Sometimes 2 singles on 1 album – Later on you put it on the LP – Greatest group in the history of hip hop based
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cultural movement‚ hip-hop figures out how to get charged as both a constructive and adverse impact on youngsters‚ particularly on Black and Latino youth. On one hand‚ there are African American activists‚ craftsmen and business people‚ for example‚ Russell Simmons‚ who try to manufacture a dynamic political development among youthful hip-hop fans and who have had humble accomplishment with voter enrollment endeavors. Then again‚ there’s no lack of pundits who criticize the antagonistic depictions of Black
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