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This 7 page paper compares Alexie's 1993 book with the Chris Eyre 1998 book that was inspired by the film and its representation o...
The writer discusses the efforts made by the U.S. during the Cold War to win other nations to its view. The methods discussed incl...
counterculture. Thus, by setting his film there (he filmed most of it on location), Lester was tapping into the one spot in the co...
enjoy his vacation but pushes aside that vacation to help his friend find retribution for the murder of his father. There are mome...
was developing. But, when her husband was taken it was very hard for her to do nothing. She constantly ended up battling with the ...
above racism as he deals with his fathers death. White supremacy groups are, like many hateful groups, designed to control their...
clearly an attempt to redefine the modern cowboy for modern audiences by penetrating the invincible stereotype and revealing vulne...
as arrogant as they play up the fact they are noble and helping. In "The Ugly American" the authors note, "Hordes of United States...
The ways in which the style and storyline of this film can be regarded as critiquing the superficiality of American culture and so...
and well-thought out film. This film makes us ask the question, however, about whether our United States Presidents truly have pe...
This paper discusses typology of individual adaptations as is evidenced in the 1999 film American Beauty. There are two sources i...
In eight pages the effects of alcoholism on Native Americans and the therapeutic impact of the film Smoke Signals are examined in ...
In five pages this paper presents the argument that American independent or artistic films are not supported by Hollywood's studio...
In six pages this essay examines Hollywood Shuffle, Glory, and Gone with the Wind in order to analyze how African Americans have b...
is particularly evident in the spread of American culture seemingly to the far corners of the globe (Eslake 61). On practically e...
In a paper consisting of eight pages the African American gangster and gangs depicted in Boyz 'N the Hood and Hoodlum are contrast...
This paper takes an Afro-Centric perspective in discussing the film, Sankosa, and its impact on modern-day African-Americans. Thi...
This paper examines the relevance of the film, Sankosa, and others like it that focus on African-Americans holding onto their heri...
In eight pages this paper discusses films Evita and Selena in a consideration of the depiction of Hispanic women in U.S. cinema. ...
This paper examines the problems involved in transferring novels from print to the big screen in twenty seven pages and includes s...
Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon - worked to make the institutions of a "free society" available to that half of the nation to which ci...
American values were the primary motivation of the U.S. participation in the southeast Asia conflict. Author Richard Slotkin expl...
In five pages this paper examines how the 1950s are represented in the drive-in, 'hot rods,' and early rock and roll music feature...
a jury in the wake of racial stereotypes and roles. The defendant is an uneducated, teenaged Puerto Rican slum dweller. The "peer...
In twelve pages the communication patterns exhibited in the French film Cousin, Cousine and its American counterpart Cousins are c...
of his life. He realizes that he has been living in an emotional vacuum, operating more as a robot than a human being, and he subs...
just not appeal to me....Yes, the movie does have that somewhat annoying trait of finding gut-wrenching humor in the very existenc...
(Benshoff and Griffin 132). A voiceover at the beginning of the film explains that because of this law, 1940s Chinatown was exclus...
Fitts (Chris Cooper) and his wife Barbara (Allison Janney). Fitts is even more emotional remote from his teenage son than Lester i...
1998). Derek is induced into joining a neo-Nazi movement by a older hate-monger played by Stacy Keach, who uses him as a neighbo...