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Cinematic Comedies and Sound's Role

theater, they rolled a cannon ball down a wooden trough that then fell onto a large drumhead (Brunelle, 1999). In films, sound eff...

Object v. Spectator Types of Cinematic Gaze

is completely unique and no two are alike. Therefore, what takes place is a kind of power struggle between the subject and the ob...

The Legal Defense for Battered Women

To support this assertion, we must first no little more about what BWS is. BWS as a defense was first introduced in court by attor...

'True' Womanhood Visions

who comes to love Mag and he persuades her to marry him. This step, of course, completes Mags ostracism from white society. "She w...

Two Views of Murder

because her mother ended up marrying Donnas former lover. In an ironic twist of fate, therefore, Donnas lover ended up becoming he...

Case of Texas Mother Andrea Yates Who Drowned Her Children

series of deaths, this murderer was not given the death penalty, even thought she was convicted of a capital crime (Bean, 2002). R...

Mississippi Masala and the Immigration Experience

this Southern town oppose the relationship between a woman of Indian extraction and an African American. In a climatic scene, De...

Errors Linked in the O.J. Simpson Murder Trial

emotion on their side. The O.J. Simpson case did indeed become a theatrical production but it was a production which served to ed...

Articles by Fox and Levin and Rosenhan Critiqued

means always present. In any event, it...

Daily Lives and the Intrusion of Violence and Murder

mean that parents no longer truly raise their children? In all honesty the parents do raise the children. In some ways by allowing...

Film Marketing by Genre

the whole trilogy and uses a heavily layered story that involves high action sequences that are purely designed to attract those w...

The Mirror by Andrei Tarkovsky

of human existence and the ways in which all human beings relate to stress, desire, and feelings of social and personal alienation...

The History of Cinematic Comedy

parodies American consumer culture as evidenced by the hilarious scene when grilled cheese sandwiches and coleslaw are ordered for...

Ottoman Empire, the Armenians, and Genocide

of them were generated by the descendents of the survivors (Erickson ,2001). Because of this, Erickson (2001) rightfully points ou...

Wang's The Joy Luck Club Film and the Mythological Approach

forced to make an inner journey that she was loathe to make. This is often a key component in the mythological heros quest. He or ...

Historical Accuracy of Brian De Palma's Film The Untouchables

also gave rise to greater criminal activity. Coupled with the decree of prohibition on alcohol, many took advantage of this easy m...

'The Angel of Death' Serial Killer Donald Harvey

an overly religious nature. And, yet, Harvey was not remarkably religious either. Once he was incarcerated, the length of his tal...

The Color Purple Film and Political Science

in. They were not offered many opportunities because of political practices and as such we are given such characters as Whoopi Gol...

1960s Music and Film Authenticity

truth and the search for meaning in life. It was no longer a time for people to sleep and hide in their supposedly perfect illusor...

How Will the Supreme Court Rule on the Allen Snyder Case?

race, Snyder refers to Batson v. Kentucky, a case in 1986 that would not allow the practice of eliminating jurors due to race ("Co...

The Role of Tommy Lynn Sells in the Julie Rae Harper Murder Trial

II. The Julie Rae Harper Trials The Julie Rae Harper case made headlines. A mother had seemingly concocted a story about an int...

The Breakfast Club/A View of Adolescence

"poor little rich girl or the princess," and is drive to school by her father in a BMW (The Breakfast Club, 1995). Allison is the ...

Rewriting Shakespeare

find a different word. The line "Tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear with" (III.iv.2)is difficult because "broad" does...

Henry Giroux/Dangerous Minds

academic as being relevant or meaningful to their lives (Giroux 46). The plot of this movie is obviously the story of a plucky, ca...

The Relationship of Men in Gangster Films

to each other only by code names ("Mr. Pink," "Mr. White", etc.). They relate to each other mainly by wisecracks ("Do I have to be...

The Consequences of Alcoholism

that drink. The fact that alcoholism is an illness like cancer of diabetes should serve as a warning that something ought to be d...

Police Work in the O.J. Simpson Murder Case

vehicle the night before, then reopened the wound after breaking a glass in reaction to his ex-wifes murder (Linder, 2000). Altho...

Cultural Scene Analysis of Paul Haggis’ 2005 Film Crash

on the marquee, the classic Frank Capra holiday film starring James Stewart. The night is clear as evidenced by the lack of umbre...

The Murder Problem in New Orleans

there is nothing to fall back on and their lives will never be the same. Everything changes and so people may break the rules of s...

Shawshank Redemption

money that he stole from Warden Nortons ill-gotten funds. Eventually Red is paroled and joins Andy in Mexico. Themes : One of the...