Burlesque

Polyphemus lived in a cave and had a trait of cruelty. He was a man-eating Cyclops. One of the well-known myths of the Greek is that of the Cyclops and the Odysseus. The narration was done by Homer. The myth about Odysseus and Cyclops is about a giant Cyclops who is one-eyed. The giant threatened and almost brought the era of Odysseus the hero to an end. In the Greek mythology, Cyclops is among the most memorable characters. This myth inspired a lot of artists due to its cunningness and…

Poverty in Homelife, Work, and Social life; the Effect it has on Women in Guilded Age New York City and it 's Correlation to Maggie by Stephen Crane The Guilded Age was the time period from around 1890 to 1920. It was a time period of massive immigration to American cities, urbanization, and industrialization. There were large changes to the economy around the country but the places affected the most were the larger cities, for example, New York City. With an influx of population in these…

film in the review in the New York Times movie review was that they were not sure how the title of the film really played in, but in the end they decided that the title did not matter because the film itself was the “level of first-class satiric burlesque.” Film critics and moviegoers enjoyed the lighthearted, fun and cheerful musical numbers of Singing in the Rain. Film critic, Roger Ebert, “Singin' in the Rain” is a transcendent…

Producers.? No more apparent is Mel Brook?s penchant for pushing the envelope then when he decides to turn Blazing Saddles into an insider?s look at the film industry. As mentioned by Beth E. Bonnstetter in ?Mel Brooks Meets Kenneth Burke: Comedy and Burlesque in Satiric Film? the townsfolk of Rock Ridge fight with the anachronistic enemy forces of Hedley Lamarr and end up bringing down the walls of the sets themselves (2011). In the spirit of ?A Night at the Opera,? entire sets are torn apart…

In The Great Gatsby carelessness pulls people in like gravity until they all collide and make a mess of those who were willing to care. Carelessness is central not only to the characters of the novel but also the time period. What could possible be the cause of this lack of caring? Money. Not only does it permeate the loose and easy times of the twenties but some of the most careless of all the characters are incredibly wealthy. The world is full of people; some of them are charitable, polite,…

Questioning Identity: Examining the Historiography of South Asian Immigrants The historiography on South Asian immigration to the United States needs to be further developed because it is extremely under-developed. While the story of their immigration to America does not follow the popular narrative of other American-bound immigrants, in which most came to straight to the United States and settled, there is no excuse for their historiography and all its unique facets remaining unexplored. The…

Baseball and Gambling have been corresponding with each other ever since the late 19th Century. For the most part, the relationship would be best described as a commensalism one where baseball was solely changed while gambling maintained its status. Eric Rolfe Greenburg, author of The Celebrant, does a great job in portraying this relationship early on. Analyzing the association of the two in the novel, it is clearly seen that gambling has helped raise the popularity of baseball, affect the…

A. Colin Wright stated that: “[t]he publication in May-June 1925 of the Diavoliada collection is significant in Bulgakov’s life […] it confirmed him as an established writer and a successful one.”(p49) however, some critics argue that it could be viewed as an artistic failure. This is the story of one person, Korotkov, whose life is changed by new bureaucratic foundations. It can be viewed both ways as a failure and as an excellent work. This essay looks at is as being an excellent work, the…

During the life of Cervantes, Spain was a place of confusion, disparity and change. On the one hand, it was at the height of its European domination due to the huge influx of wealth provided by its American colonies, but on the other, it was suffering some of it’s most crippling defeats in its history such as the annihilation of its seemingly invincible Spanish armada in 1588. Therefore, during this somewhat chaotic time, popular literature was usually fanciful and used as a form of escapism…

Indwelling Evil: The Manifestation of Evil in Early American Writers Sometimes evil is loud and obvious. Sometimes it is quiet and cunning. Throughout the various time periods and styles of American writing, the one idea that is a common theme is the overwhelming echo of evil. May it be a spiritual being or just someone who disagrees with the cultural standards; authors throughout time focused on it’s manifestation. Through analysis of Johnathan Edwards’ “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”,…