Censorship The media may have given you the impression that feminists support moves to censor sexual media, so you might be surprised to know just how many feminists out there have been actively opposing such censorship since long before there was an Internet. And we still do. Scare stories about the alleged new dangers of the Internet haven't changed our minds. We still see the same da

Chaplins “The ordinary practitioners of the city live “down below” the thresholds at which visibility begins…they are walkers “wandesrmaenner”, whose bodies follow the thicks and thins of an urban text.” In “Modern Times” Charlie Chaplins character is the quintessential “walker” .His home is the public places of the city .In this sense he could be easily compared to Walter Benjamins “

ER Most of us try to exist by burying our heads in the sand when a real issue faces us. We choose not to accept the fact that people die everyday because we think we can’t handle it. We ignore sickness, poverty, drug addiction, and violence because the thought of them frightens us. Unfortunately, ignoring those less fortune does not in turn save us from what we’re really scared of. T

Character Study of Andy For the Movie The Shawshank Redemption Andy was a great example of conversion. He really had goals and kept to them for years. He was a hard-determined person to achieve freedom. He was living a great life as a banker, and knew his profession well. He had everything going for him, except his true love. He had suspected his lover was cheating on him, and one d

Assassins Assassins (Hitmen & Snipers) In today’s world of entertainment media, most of the storylines for shows come from books, news, or an original screenplay. Of the three main sources mentioned, the topic of violence is one of the most widely used. It has the ability to keep an audiences attention, throughout the entire movie, because of all the nonstop action. Of all the

Coming To America In this 1988 film, John Landis directs one of the most hilarious and well reviewed romantic comedies of that year. His ability to direct lead actor Eddie Murphy and co-star Arsineo Hall throughout their many different character performances was brilliant. Each scene performance was consistent from start to finish. What director in their right mind could even consider no

A Dry White Season A Dry White Season According to the New Webster's Dictionary of the English Language, the word naïve means, having or displaying a simple or trusting nature; lacking experience; lacking careful judgement or analysis; unsophisticated; credulous. In modern times the word is stereotypically used to refer to adolescence who think and feel that they know everything the

Plagiarism In Entertaiment Industry Plagiarism in the Entertainment Industry The thesis of ¡§Don¡¦t stop me if you¡¦ve heard this¡¨ by Simon Houpt. . The author Simon Houpt clearly describes plagiarism with all its quirks in the Entertainment Industry. He illustrates the ridiculous reasons people come up with to charge another person with plagiarism, such as em

Misconception In American Media Many Asians have been misrepresented in American Media. There seems to be an obvious, yet subtly discriminatory, degrading portrayal of Asian men and women in the American media. Possible reasons for such portrayal include: the experience of war, Asian Economic success and trade relation, and even colonialism. These have contributed greatly to the stereot

Cheaters Cheater Essay #1 The movie Cheaters was based on a true story about seven high school students and their professor Dr. Gerard Plecki who was involved in a cheating scandal after surprisingly winning the state’s Academic Decathlon. After the final victory the truth leaks out because one of the students was upset for not getting the credits he deserved. People who are left out

Chicago Hope: A Study Of “Quality TV“ Chicago Hope A Quality Drama Chicago Hope, David E. Kelly’s infamous doctor-drama, premiered on September 18, 1994. Six years later, the show was canceled after its final season’s finale, which aired on May 4, 2000. Even though “Hope” couldn’t beat its direct competitor ER in the ratings race, the show still had a lot of good things going for it.

Fight Club In class are assignment was to Watch the movie Fight Club and analyze the importance of Marla Singer. Marla just makes the plot of Fight Club more difficult and twisted. She is more like the narrator than she thinks. They both are faking that they have an illness and attend group sessions just so they can feel more complete. Marla goes there because she likes to watch the

Cheer But I’m A Cheerleader Most movies about lesbians and gays show some kind of confusion in their characters, whether it be they themselves or their “straight” friends and/or family. +“But I’m A Cheerleader” was a corny comedy. *The main characters were confused and unsure about their sexuality; the plot was directly to the point; the humor was corny. I think that the homosexual ch

A Beautiful Mind Einstein, Hemmingway, Van Gough. These are some of the most gifted and talented minds ever to grace the earth. Were they normal' No, in fact they were far from. Each had weaknesses of his own. Einstein was known to be a little crazy. Hemmingway enjoyed throwing one back every now and again. And Van Gough was deeply depressed for years. So can these men still be geniuse

As Good As It Gets “As Good as it Gets” Some believe that diversity in our society is enriching. Exposure to different races, cultures, religious groups, and people can enrich our lives if we let it. These same people may have a problem dealing with people with mental illnesses, different economic status, or different sexual orientation. The movie, “As Good as it Gets” deals with al

Pocahontas According To Disney-Gender Roles Pocahontas According to Disney Pocahontas is an animated Disney motion picture that is mainly targeted to children. As a child, you can take the movie at face value as simply an enjoyable film. However, as an adult you can notice hidden messages and symbols about gender beneath the surface. You understand the meanings behind every event, a

Orpheus Negro In the film Orfeo Negro (Black Orpheus), a young Brazilian man named Orpheus falls deeply in love with a young woman named Eurydice. This tragic tale can be easily related to the Shakespearian tragedies which we are all familiar with. This movie tells a story but has many interesting and entertaining scenes that exemplify the culture of the country as well. This story se

Platoon 1. During the first few days in Vietnam, it was clear that Taylor was not a typical Vietnam “grunt”. As shots reached his platoon, Taylor froze and quickly forgot his instructions. Chris wanted to go home and get out of the jungle. As time passed and Taylor got more experience, he no longer froze up. Taylor was right in the middle of the gun battles and helping his fellow com

American History X This film is a very good film. It shows us what causes people to hate other races and ethnic groups. Normally we hear about people killing, robbing and abusing other persons but we only see it from the victims’ point of view. In this film we get to take part in the “bad guys” lives. Things that’s happened in their childhood, family life and the point being insecure of

Movies In 1931, in Chicago, Michael Sullivan (Tom Hanks), a hit man working for John Rooney (Paul Newman), and Irish mob boss, faces a dilemma when what he does his witnessed by his twelve-year-old son. A hit man from the same mob is sent to kill Sullivan and his family, but only kills his wife and son, Peter. Michael, Sr. and Michael, Jr. then set out to get revenge on the man who kille

A Perspective On Kill Bill After seeing several previews for new movies that were coming out one stood out as something worth seeing when it was released. On the Friday night when Kill Bill Volume One, directed by Quentin Terentino, was released I was going to go to the theatres and see it. My self and my two friends decided that Kill Bill Volume One was the movie we were going to watch

American Beauty American Beauty American Beauty is a film that delves into your typical, middle-class suburban home and slowly uncovers all of the abnormalities that lie within. The family is portrayed as normal, but as the films tag line suggests “look closer.” It is possible to fully understand the implications that take place in this seemingly happy home. The film is directed by

Pleasantville The Reality of the 1950s Pleasantville reminds us that the 1950s- a conservative Utopia- were, in reality, a time of sexism, intellectual repression, censorship, racial violence, and narrow-mindedness. When you first look at Pleasantville, it is a harmonious community where everything there is “pleasant”. But Bud and Mary Sue soon learn that everyone is pleasant because

Pocahontas This Land is My Land “They’re not like you and me, which means they must be evil, we must sound the drums of war!’(Pocahontas) . This quote resembles how one can judge a person(s) solely by what is on the outside. The Europeans viewed the Native Americans physically when they first came to the New World. The clashing of civilizations is prominent in the movie “Pocahontas”

Dragonfly: Reaching A Little Too Far Dragonfly: Reaching A Little Too Far Can the dead communicate with you after they have passed' Can the dead talk to you through children and other dead people' In the movie Dragonfly, these things happen quite frequently. This movie reaches a little to far too follow the plot that Joe Darrow (Kevin Costner) is trying to be reached by his decease

Dead Man Walking Who is Debra Milke' She is a woman convicted of conspiring to kill her four year old son with two other men. Based upon my research I find it hard to believe that she received the death penalty. According to one of the sites I visited she was coerced into a partial confession which was not witnessed or signed or recorded by anyone except for the one interrogating o

Dead Poets Society Life is like a movie if you stop to look at it long enough. Each person plays their individual role, has their own plot, and the setting is constantly changing. They each add their own layer to make it all work. However, it’s so much more than that; it’s this complicated being that seems hard to put down into words or sounds for that matter. It’s all the details

Goodfellas Explicit verses Implicit There is a surplus of ways one could analyze the hit gangsta flick Goodfellas. Two correlating approaches can be examined through the explicit and implicit meanings of the movie. Probing the general summary of the movie, people can produce deeper meanings that are implied in the film. After using these two forms of analysis one could come to the concl

Matrix It's 1999, and Thomas Anderson (Keanu Reeves) is living two lives, one working at a software company, the other as computer hacker alias Neo. When he sells a bootleg piece of software to an acquaintance, he is asked to come to a club. Hesitant at first, he goes to the club, and befriends a woman by the name of Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss). She speaks to him about the matrix, knowi

Pornography It started by way of messengers and scribes, evolved through the presentation of newspapers and radio, brought us together with television, and now serves us world-wide via the ever-popular Internet. It is the mass media, and even from the earliest days of its existence, it has contributed greatly in ways that both enlighten and enrich society, and ways that deteriorate and