Why are the Oscars so white? Marialuisa Rincon After noticing that none of the 20 actors nominated for Oscars last year were of color‚ Maryland activist April Reign tweeted‚ “#oscarssowhite they asked to touch my hair.” The hashtag went viral within days and the memes and jokes that stemmed from it served to highlight the lack of diversity that has become a hallmark of academy nominations. It opened up a conversation—first‚ between Reign and her followers—and later‚ among the public‚ celebrities
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Movies like My Neighbour Totoro have been translated into multiple languages and watched by many people around the world. Even if these myths are not believed‚ they can still be spoken about with others as a form of connection that can create an understanding
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Why Is Childhood Important? Written by Evan Bailyn on 06/20 at 11:43 AM “Our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness.” We know nothing of what happened before our birth‚ and we certainly know nothing of what will happen after we die. Movies‚ slide shows‚ and accounts of what life was like in other times are all fascinating to contemplate‚ but we cannot ever truly know what it is like to exist outside of our lifespan. The only period of time over which we have
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into the movies? There is a problem where people think that it’s unfair to bring food into the movies. Although‚ I don’t agree with that notion. You save so much extra money when you buy your own food‚ and you already payed for a ticket. Some also say that banning outside food violates price gouging laws. According to Justin O’Neil‚ “ Why do you pay 5$ for M&Ms at the movies‚ when you can buy them for several dollars cheaper at any other store.” Most theaters mark up prices by 900%‚ so I can understand
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Fallacies in “Why We Crave Horror Movies” By Stephan King Last‚ night I was alone by myself‚ with no one to talk to or cook dinner for. I was alone and bored at the same time. Well‚ I decided to watch a horror film on Netflix. I try not to go to sleep during a movie but this time I did. In the essay “Why We Crave Horror Movies” author Stephen King tells us about why we love violence
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will choose one of the following options for your essay: OPTION 1 Explore “irrational” fears – spiders‚ the dark‚ boogeymen – and why we have them and how they impact our lives. Use your own story and ask Steven King to enter the conversation (source: “Why We Crave Horror Movies”). OPTION 2 Explore educational fears – lack of ability‚ not belonging‚ failure – and why we have them and how they impact our lives. Use your own story and ask any ONE of the following to enter the conversation: Kozol (“Still
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Why Vintage Fashion Will Always Be Popular by STEVE on MAY 25‚ 2013 Old style fashions have observed a robust resurrection in the previous pair decades‚ starting with the grunge design in the early on 90′s. Functioning class rock rings out there of towns like Dallas aided release thrift-store throwback items into the national limelight. The fashion started as a direct end result of economic challenges and mellow attitudes in the pop culture movement. By the past due 1990s‚ thrift-store trends
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on sets of movies? Not only does the crew harm the animals‚ but they lie about it and then put “No animals were harmed” at the end credits. Don’t you think that’s the wrong thing to do? Three reasons include‚ the crew lies about not harming the animals when they actually do‚ it’s the crew’s fault that they are harmed‚ and a lot of animals are killed/ injured on sets of movies. Well‚ animals are definitely NOT safe in the movie business. A lot of animals are killed on the sets of movies. For example
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now taken on a majority of that role. This position was secured through the migration of US corporations to Latin American countries where both the labor and the resources were cheap. Though it is true that they provided jobs for the masses‚ they did so at the expense of their workers. Latin America‚ without any refinement infrastructure to produce finished goods‚ continues to export mass amounts of raw materials and ship them off to developed nations (Bodenheimer). Eventually through trade‚ Latin
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