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    American Beauty American Beauty‚ directed by Sam Mendes‚ exploits the overwhelming misconception of beauty‚ and of how to achieve happiness. The tag line‚ “look closer”‚ prompts viewers to look deeper into the characters and thus into themselves; something that society should also be prompted to do. The characters in American Beauty are not what they appear‚ and throughout the course of the movie‚ reality hits and many realize the life they have been living is somewhat unsatisfactory. Through

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    Debra Nickles WGS 1000: Introduction to Women and Gender Studies December 9‚ 2013 American Notions of Beauty In the U.S. we are surrounded by the images of “beautiful” or what society and media considers “beautiful” to be. The media showcases a particular body type and expects everyone to strive to fulfill that body type but‚ the images of ultra-thin‚ young‚ large breasted‚ white women are far from true. These images we see are either airbrushed‚ computer enhanced or completely false (Shaw

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    THEMES IN MARTIN MCDONAGH’S PLAY : THE BEAUTY QUUEN OFLEENANE Isolation Maureen and Mag are isolated because of their physical location and their relationship with each other. Maureen dreams of being free of her mother’s house and small town life in Leenane. She blames her mother and her sisters for her circumstances; however‚ she is faced with the hard truth that men don’t come to call. Farming towns like Leenane were previously communities built on supporting each other‚ but over time families

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    an average american spend about 8 hours a day on digital devices like laptop and smartphone. We spend about 2 years of our life just watching advertisements(Epstein‚ 2014). Spending this much time online can drastically affect the way we think. It has the power to change our perception from reality to a false certainty.Society tends to put more stress on women especially these days for achieving this false standards of beauty for acceptance (Kilborne‚ 2010). The true perception of beauty is often taken

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    couples who love each other even when getting to middle age‚ have a less likelihood to go through midlife crisis or at least not as much as Lester and Carolyn‚ rather than couples who fall out of love before getting to middle age. In conclusion‚ “American Beauty” teaches the audience that it is important to pursue our happiness no matter our age‚ status‚ sexual orientation nor societal

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    While it has been some time since I have seen the movie "American Beauty"‚ as I remember it‚ Kevin Spacey portrays Lester as the films main character‚ a middle aged man experiencing a mid-life crisis. After being fired from his job‚ Lester decides to return to his high school career as a burger flipper‚ smoke marijuana‚ lift weights in the garage‚ and try to impress his daughter’s high school friend. During this series of events‚ the other characters in the film go through crises of their own‚ until

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    Stereotyping In Modern Film Stereotypes are extremely prominent in modern cinema‚ the first example that springs to mind is that of the film "American Beauty"‚ directed by Sam Mendes‚ in 1999. Here is a seriocomic look at suburban America‚ which utilizes various stereotypes in order to make a broader statement on the symptoms supposedly brought upon us by living boring suburban lives. While the stereotypes work to the filmmakers’ advantage in the film’s cutting comic stages‚ once the film devolves

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    better-looking the girl‚ the more interest he will have in her‚ even if she is dull-witted. If people could see inner beauty‚ they would not worry about outer beauty. Since humans live in a physical world‚ they go on appearance. Inner beauty is reflected on outer beauty‚ creating a person an all-around beautiful being. Also‚ sometimes‚ inner beauty is not reflected on outer beauty‚ making

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    Look closer. The chilling tag-line of multi award winning American Beauty has great relatability‚ from the lives of all of the characters to the hidden beauty on showcase throughout the film. It cannot simply be filed into one genre‚ instead being a drama‚ comedy‚ tragedy and more. Director Sam Mendes and screenwriter Alan Ball fine-tuned the film‚ resulting in a triumph of writing‚ acting and directing. The movie follows the last few months of everyman Lester Burnham’s (played by the seemingly ideal

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    The American Dream is not all as it seems. It is dark‚ it is fake and it is an allusion depicting family life in an unreal way. Good morning Ladies and Gents. As I just said‚ the American Dream is not all that as it seems and Sam Mendes’s “American Dream” and Derrick Borte’s “The Joneses” both demonstrate this idea. This is communicated through the dialogue of the main characters and their socio-economic and physical environments that they inhabit. By utilising the structure and themesAmerican Beauty

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