: The Get Down focuses on 1970s New York City broken down and beaten up‚ violent‚ cash strapped dyin. It turned to rubble‚ a rag-tag crew of South Bronx teenagers are nothings and nobodies with no one to shelter them - except each other‚ armed only with verbal games‚ improvised dance steps‚ some magic markers and spray cans. From Bronx tenements‚ to the SoHo art scene; from CBGBs to Studio 54 and even the glass towers of the justbuilt World Trade Center‚ The Get Down is a mythic saga of how New York
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Top Ten Ways to Get Better Grades and to Get More Out of School Many of you would like to get better grades but aren’t sure exactly what will help raise your marks. You may have trouble focusing or you may get bored easily. You may think it takes too much effort to get better grades. That isn’t necessarily the case. There are some very simple techniques that can help you to focus so that you’ll remember things better‚ make your studying more efficient‚ get more studying done in less time‚ retain
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Racism in Disney Movies The arrival of the movie‚ The Princess and the Frog‚ Disney’s newest animated movie‚ had many people’s interest because it presented Disney’s first African American princess‚ Tiana. Although Disney has finally decided to bring a new‚ racially different princess into their Disney princesses’ collection‚ they have also received negative comments such as being “accused of racial insensitivity” (London Times). Critics have opposed the movie because for several reasons including
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during the teenage years (Edmonds). Scientist Molly Edmonds states that the nucleus accumbens in the area of the brain that seeks pleasure or reward (Edmonds). Both Romeo and Juliet knew that there would be horrific consequences due to their decision to get married‚ but their brain did not recognize the delayed satisfaction‚ and so Romeo and Juliet carried out their marriage even after knowing the consequences for that little moment of pleasure. Consequently‚... [continues] Read full essay Cite This
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majority of film these days are not to be viewed by young audience. From violence‚ gore ‚ to sexual content. it certainly has multiplied tremendously over the past 4 decades. Movies with unfiltered and uncensored contents will bring detrimental effects to young minds when they age. People are desensitize by the movies they are watching. Scenes such as kissing were not screened to young viewers 40 years ago. Today it will not be classified as a "teen flick" if it does not involve any scenes of
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The short video‚ “How Movies Teach Manhood”‚ by Colin Stokes explains the complications of showing certain movies to younger children. His perspective elucidates how men are frequently showcased as strong and mighty and expected to defeat the villain. Along with a predictable trophy at the end‚ usually a woman. Stokes blames the movie media for men’s behavior‚ he doesn’t take into account other aspects of the person. My point is there are many movies with negative ideals‚ yet parents should be teaching
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Why People Have Celebrity Worship Syndrome Cause/Effect Essay – Writing #1/2 Written Communication Skills IV Elva Ma July 16‚ 2013 Denise Redmond‚ Conestoga College Why People Have Celebrity Worship Syndrome Do you have your favorite star? How often do you focus on her? Is this kind of worship influence your daily life? If so‚ be careful‚ you may have celebrity worship syndrome. “Celebrity worship” is not uncommon these days. General speaking it is an obsessive and addictive
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Title: Boogie Nights: Music‚Youth‚ and Joy in Netflix’s The Get Down While The Get Down second season premieres this Friday via streaming service Netflix. I am ecstatic for it and it was one of my favorite shows of last year. I’m not a person to binge watch shows but The Get Down was one of those shows. A hero’s journey told through the eyes of a love sick boy in the Bronx‚ named Zeke. The Get Down is one part musical drama ‚comic narrative‚ and coming of
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This is my semiotics project. The character I used for this project was Charlie Chaplin I made two photoshopped images and one PAPERmache image. I made the paper mache image out of a balloon and newspaper and a few photoshopped pieces of paper that look like a dollar‚ this was the wealthy part of the project. My reason for this was so that my character was literally made of money‚ I even used the part of the dollar with his face on it for his eyes so it gave off the impression that he saw him self
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