Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times is a satire of the modernization and industrialization of society during the great depression. It is a tragic socio-political comedy that reveals the harsh living conditions of the time. The movie represents Chaplin’s critique of the period’s industrialization. To Chaplin‚ modernization reduced the workers to mere extensions of the machinery they worked with. Modern Times’ use of sound enhanced this critique against the dehumanizing qualities of industrialization
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Name: Toh Lai Hee Class: IA04B (Interactive Art) Lecturer: Lydia Subject: Art History The most apparent similarity between these two films is that both films revolve around the daily lives of the main characters. The main characters‚ Charlie and Mr. bean‚ in The Kid and Mr. Bean - The Ultimate Disaster Movie respectively‚ both have child-like qualities‚ and the tendency to be rather mischievous. Mr. Bean is naive and self-centered‚ sometimes to the extent of becoming somewhat mean. Despite his
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preparing elements of the production before a run occurred using (and testing) the headphones for the first time. Two hours later‚ the run begins and as Carlos puts on his pair of headphones‚ he jokes about silent discos‚ and Gail responds‚ ‘You never know Carlos‚ we may be the proud owners of a silent disco set.’ As the fieldnote extract above suggests‚ modern technology has altered the process in which theatre is devised‚ executed‚ understood and documented (cite McAuley). Theatre Kantanka utilise
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He describes his underwater world research in a series of books‚ the most successful being his first book‚ The Silent World: A Story of Undersea Discovery and Adventure‚ published in 1953‚ Cousteau also directed films‚ most notably the documentary of the book‚ The Silent World‚ which won an award at the 1956 Cannes festival. He remained the only person to win that specific award for a documentary film until 2004. Following the success of
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STRESS: THE SILENT KILLER LEKHA NAGAR JARAL* “No one dies from working hard. But when people don’t get any recognition in their work‚ the stress of that lack of control can kill them” We all have heard about the term stress but what is the real meaning of stress. Stress is a strain‚ force‚ tension‚ difficulty and breakdown‚ anxiety or depression. During the course of our life‚ we encounter
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agriculture in the United States. DDT‚ in the form of “sprays‚ dusts‚ and aerosols‚” was “applied almost universally to farms‚ gardens‚ forests‚ and . . . [had] the power to kill every insect‚ the ‘good’ and the ‘bad.’” In 1962‚ Rachael Carson published Silent Spring in which she discusses the impact DDT usage had on the environment and public health. Even though “the intended target may be only a few weeds or insects‚” it killed everything and left behind “a deadly film.” She insisted that DDT “not be
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Book Title: Silent Spring Author: Rachael Carson Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company in 1962 Background Information: Silent Spring is a book that explains the environmental and human dangers of uncritical use of pesticides‚ leading to new changes in the laws affecting our air‚ land‚ and water. It also looks at the effects of insecticides and pesticides on songbird populations throughout the United States‚ whose declining numbers generated the silence to which her title refers. I began this
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time‚ scientists discovered pesticides that would kill the insects and end the war between farmers and insects that attacked their crops. Rachel Carson introduced her point of view from her scientific research to the public through her book titled Silent Spring‚ which is about humans destroying the entire earth and all the living things including humans themselves instead of supporting life. As Rachel Carson was a little girl‚ she already knew that she wanted to be a recognized writer when she grows
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the spirit. If we do not have a good motivation‚ our life will be useless. Thus‚ sometimes we feel desperate if we cannot reach our goals. Being desperate makes us frustated. One example of this phenomenon is Charlie Chaplin‚ a famous comedian in silent movie era. Some people thought that he was crazy‚ but I think that his strange and funny performance affected us in life. Many of his jokes was related to our life and he used jokes as another way to communicate his opinion to the public. To sum
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Clog dancing is an American dancing style that began in the Appalachian Mountains and is enjoyed throughout the world. It originated in the 1700’s when the Appalachians were being settled by the Scottish‚ Irish‚ Dutch Germans‚ and English. The dancing began as a basic foot tapping style and has become known as what we call clog dancing today. The Clogging dance style has been influenced over the years by many different types of people. One of the main groups that had a big influence on clogging was
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