‘A critical reading and contextualisation of West Side Story written by Arthur Laurents‚ music by Leonard Bernstein‚ lyrics by Stephan Sondheim and choreographed by Jerome Robbins.’ West Side Story is a 1961 film set in the mid-1950s in the upper west side of New York. West Side Story is based and inspired by Williams Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The film is an adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical West Side Story. In West Side Story the protagonist is the former leader of the Jets‚ Tony‚ who
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Huntington West Virginia Demographic Paper HCS 490 University of Phoenix Huntington West Virginia Demographic Paper The United States is facing a growing epidemic of obesity. Obesity affects individuals of any age‚ gender‚ or nationality. Diseases increased by obesity are increasing at alarming rates in children and adults. It is thought that children suffering from obesity will not live as long as their parents. Along with health risks in children
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of homosexuality in ‘’Go West’’ “In Bosnia‚ when you buy land and start to dig the foundation for a house‚ you can never be sure you won’t find a mass grave; there’s been so much bloodshed‚” said Ahmed Imamovic when asked about his latest film ‘’Belvedere’’‚ the Bosnian nomination for the Oscars of 2012. (Hampton 2011) Although the movie is considered his greatest accomplishment so far by both critics and audience‚ he first became known to the wide audience with ‘’Go West’’ (2005) – a controversial
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political effects of the slave trade on West Africa The trans- Atlantic slave trade was a system developed in the late 15th century which exploited and brought the African people into enslavement by transporting them to the colonies of the new world where they served their purpose as a ‘’cheap’’ labour force . As a result of this‚ the slave trade brought about many social‚ economic and political effects on West Africa. Firstly‚ the population in West Africa decreased significantly in order to
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Are there too many musicals in the West End? (I am writing in support of Michael Billington’s article‚ ‘ This West End Theatre boom is not all good news’ However throughout my article I will analyze the benefits and draw back for the current state of the west end and where it could go in the future.) Throughout this year 2012 the West End has comprised of 42 commercial theatres 32 of these have put on musical productions as opposed to traditional plays (1). Compared to a year ago when the
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BOLLYWOOD Selling Indian Movies in the West INTRODUCTION India’s most prominent movie industry is known by the name of Bollywood. It recently became the largest movie industry in the world (Jones‚ Arora‚ Mishra and Lefort‚ 2005; Srinivas‚ 2002). The name Bollywood is a reference to Hollywood‚ in which the “B” stands for Bombai‚ the city in which Bollywood originated. Bollywood is making thousands of movies every year with one of the world’s largest audiences. Bollywood has always exported their
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November 18‚ 2010 Memorandum From: Principles of Management Team 1 To: Mountain West Health Plans‚ Inc RE: Customer Service Department We’d like to go over some key leadership issues that lie within Mountain West Health Plans‚ Inc’s Customer Service Department. We’d to review the overall performance of Mountain West Health Plans‚ Inc’s new hire Erik Rasmussen. We will also compare the leadership style of your current hire with that of recent retiree Evelyn Gustafson identifying strengths
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College‚ is a total reflection of the West Coast Customs‚ Inc. Since it was founded‚ West Coast Customs has been credited with designing and building some of the most amazing vehicles in the world. The company has a team of 30 who build custom cars. The company offers extraordinary automotive designs with an impressive array of services ranging from fabrication‚ paint‚ interiors‚ electronics and performance upgrades. After watching an episode of Inside West Coast Customs and done researches about
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destroyed in the West Indies. The cause of this was not natural‚ or preferred‚ but rather coerced by other humans. What are the differences between “discovering” and “invading”? Discovering is defined as determining the existence or presence of something‚ whereas‚ invading means marching aggressively into another’s territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation. In this essay‚ I will be extending very acutely into this issue‚ identifying the reasoning behind this case‚ so that I
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Both stories are alike because the two characters are at war. The stories “Cranes” and “The Sniper” both are similar to each other. Then the main characters changed there ways by not killing people. They are both alike by having to kill people that are precious to them. In both stories find out war is very tragic because you can kill people that are close without knowing. Normally‚ soldiers fight against strangers. But In both stories these main character fought against one of their family
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