American actors

Benjamin writes that the question of whether photography is an art is “misguided and confused.” He states that asking whether photography is art or not is the wrong question to ask because it is not whether photography is art or not, the question that should be asked is “what does photography do to/for art?”. I will discuss the concepts and ideas Benjamin uses to portray his point of what is at stake and significant regarding photography, focusing on technological reproducibility, aura, and…

Learning about the organizational development and culture of an organization has been very interesting. Before coming to college, I decided that I wanted to become and I/O Psychologist, but never knew where I would start. I never knew that Organizational Development was offered as a course here at the University. Once I found out, I had to enroll. Enrolling in this course has taught me a lot and made all the difference. Learning about the organizational structure and culture of an organization…

What is acting? What does it mean to be an actor? As Sanford Meisner stated, “acting is behaving truthfully under imaginary circumstances.” Luckily for actors, theatre is something that can be enjoyed by just about everyone, just about everywhere. According to the Occupation Outlook Handbook between 2014 and 2024 the projected percent change in employment of actors is 10%. Which is faster than the average for all other professions which sits at 7%. Numerically this means that approximately…

“What career to choose when there are so many things that interest me?” I would always ask myself this since I wanted to do and be everything. I became very indecisive because of all the potential there was. I figured I had to be a little more realistic, so I decided to choose my top three careers and then go from there. My top three career choices are to be a teacher, an actress, and a cinematographer. Becoming a teacher has always been something I’ve kept in mind for a career choice because…

order, respectively. There was also a blind musician—the sole witness to everyone’s circumstances, ironic as it may sound, seated at the bench of the waiting shed. He had a guitar by his lap, and was silently strumming it; though, at times when the actors would signal for a key or a note, he was more than willing to play. Beauty Regina is beautiful, and she knows it. Unapologetically proud of her assets and talents, this girl was not afraid to show-off what she has got. Calling her an airhead…

and the public persona of the actor, especially since these distinct and overlapping identities are both exposed and concealed at different moments throughout the film (Shingler, 121). For Edgar Morin (27), “The star is incarnated in the characters of his or her films but also transcends them. Moreover, these characters transcend the star” (Shingler, 124). With that being said, Morin believes that “the star cannot appear when this reciprocal interpretation of actor and hero fails to occur, for…

Halloween is a great opportunity to make anything believable, because the world becomes a stage, and everyone has a chance to become their favorite superhero or character. Halloween is awesome because it's a time of year when people can drop their judgmental attitudes and accept one another as they are. A case in point is a Halloween dance party just like the famous Star Wars "scene in a bar" where Chewy and Han Solo find creatures and aliens of all different species laughing and drinking and…

Another key difference between Chekhov and Brecht is evident in the techniques implemented in their work. As previously stated, Brecht’s work features the use of Verfremdungseffekt or the V-effect in order to distance the audience so that ‘every spectator is enabled to become a participant’ (Benjamin, 1996, 68) as they take an active role in critically analysing the onstage action. Chekhov, however, adopts a different approach, as his plays immerse the audience in that particular world and…

to see how intercultural concepts represented in the world, and among people. My big fat wedding also is a popular Hollywood film which is relevant and valuable to the course of intercultural communication. My big fat Greek wedding is a Canadian-American romantic comedy film directed by Joel Zwick, released in 2002. The film tells a story about Toula Portokalos, a 30-yeard-old Greek girl, who live in the traditional values of the Greeks, spend youth working in the family’s store. Her life goes…

At the beginning of the play, Sheila Birling is shown to be very energetic and enthusiastic about life. The opening stage directions play an important role in presenting the character before she changes dramatically. She is described as "a pretty girl in her early twenties, very pleased with life and rather excited." Priestley has decided to describe her as a ‘girl’ because it represents the immaturity of her character as seen through Act 1. Immaturity is a key theme at the start of the play;…