Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Somewhere Between (Western Culture and Orientalism)
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As children, we don't think about how much film and television have impacts on our lives. I might even argue that they play as important...
Mulan: Orientalism for Children
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Growing up, Mulan was one of my favorite Disney movies. I loved seeing a female as the heroine, proving herself to be strong enough and sma...
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No More Hakuna Matata
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Even though The Lion King was released in 1994, it remains a classic children's movie that all little kids can sing along to. For many k...
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Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Free the Eyebrows (or Eyebrow?)
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As wavy blonde hair comfortably sits atop my head, my European origins appear obvious. Though the one characteristic that contrasts my Germa...
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Suffering
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When you google suffer they tell you that it is the state of undergoing pain, distress, or hardship. No human wants to experience suffering...
Orientalism Dictates
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In 2012, Paramount released The Dictator, a movie about a dictator from the Northern African Republic of Wadiya (fictional). The main charac...
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The Dictator
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The Dictator is a 2012 political satire and comedy co-written by and starring Sacha Baron Cohen. The movie takes place in New York during a...
Indian Jones & the Doom of Orientalism
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Indiana Jones is the epitome of an American adventure movie series. The majority of people have seen some, if not all, of the movies. In ad...
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Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Legally Blonde
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When we theoretically think about dramatic comedy one would say that it is about how something is so over exaggerated it funny. Though the a...
Monday, March 12, 2018
Fast, Unique, Brilliant- Accepted Student Post
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Congratulations, you’ve been accepted to a college! Your hard work paid off, the stress has past, and now you can sit back and relax. Right...
LadyBird
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I'm a "dramedy" person - I'm drawn to works that have a nicely crafted flow of comedic moments and dramatic moments, becau...
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
The Myth of Global Warming
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by Nass T. Woman Global warming is defined as a gradual increase in the temperature of the Earth as a result of the Greenhouse Effect. We ...
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
The Death of Stalin
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I recently watched a movie called The Death of Stalin , a British satirical black comedy about the power struggle among Soviet higher-ups af...
Get Out
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The movie Get out is a horror-satire film about racism that shocks and entertains the audience. This is a film of metaphorical tale of rac...
White Chicks
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White Chicks is a comedy movie produced by the Wayans brothers, who have produced and starred in many popular comedy films. This movie follo...
Monday, March 5, 2018
Classic
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One of the funniest movies I have ever seen, and one that famously spotlights the many positives of the great city of Chicago, Ferris Buelle...
Supergood
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The movie Superbad follows three misfits that attempt to fit in with the popular crowd, nearing the end of their senior years of high school...
Things I should hate about "10 Things I Hate About You"
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10 Things I Hate About You is a classic 90s romantic comedy starring Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger. It is a modern take on William Shakespea...
Comedy in Bridesmaids
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Bridesmaids was somewhat of a quintessential movie for me when I was younger. The first time I saw it was during my 11th birthday party. I ...
Get Out
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Although this now Oscar winning movie was in the category of horror it can also be scene as satire depending on how you look at it. This mov...
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