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Bunny Briggs always said that he was born dancing and “When [he] finally faced the world [his] legs were kickin’. Bunny was a prodigy who performed all over Harlem then on Television and Broadway. He started dancing after seeing his aunt perform with Bill Robinson. He was able to reproduce the steps that Robinson had performed with ease. Bunny said he “couldn't believe how graceful [Robinson] was, and how calm. To move like that and smile. That's when [Bunny] decided.” He began performing with…

Short Paper #1 The existence of filmmaking have acquired an evolutionary genre of historical growth throughout history up until this day, and for many more years to come. Intrigued by the creativity of film making and the way it has expanded throughout time with capturing its audience attention and keeping up with its generation of fantastic films, as well as transitioning from black and white films to color. Even more amazed at the fact that the history of film began in the 1890s during the…

or to compete with other film makers, but to stand up and speak without fear to the cruel and inhumane actions that was going on at that time. The world was suffering changes and with this society and eventually film makers. People want to see Charlie Chaplin a good guy with his little mustache imitating and mocking the bad dictator with the same shape of mustache. During the Great Dictator, other films were made like Casa Blanca, Pinocchio, it’s a wonderful life and Fantasia. This film reached…

Comparison of Swing and Bop Jazz Jazz music is one of the youngest genres of music that is played in this day and age. This genre of jazz encompasses several different styles such as bebop and swing. Both styles are different but they are still classified as jazz. Swing music is the older of the two styles jazz. Swing became very popular in the 1930’s to the mid 1940’s. Ironically, bebop’s inception came out from creative spins on the already popular swing music. Swing usually consisted of…

Linen and Cotton Makes Luna Whole Inside of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, the machines were going faster and faster but also gradually slowing down. Sounds of the machines were getting softer and softer. A green-eyed, soft blond woman turned the machines off. The dollars were then were sent off to a bank. Every dollar in the truck was bellowing except for the dollars on the top. The truck went up and down. The wind went whoosh, whoosh. Then there was a loud creek from the back of…

towards an occupation or a specific task. That is exactly who Charlie Chaplin is, an artist. He has stated more quotes like the one above and each one has a meaning behind it. He is known for his mastery in the arts of performing, but he is also known for having a fiery passion raging in his heart for the love of acting even after becoming filthy rich. He is Charlie Chaplin. Charlie Chaplin had a true “rags-to-riches” story (Charlie Chaplin).…

Miles Davis also known to some as Prince of Darkness was said to be the top musician during his time with a plan set out to change the concept of jazz and how the world see it. Davis was born 1926 in Alton, Illinois. He was a leader of a band named Miles Davis Quintet as well as a well-known jazz trumpet player. This paper will be going into details of the jazz artist Miles Davis from the beginning of his music career to the end. In 1926 a well-known jazz artist by the name of Miles Davis…

Lights!” What a classical film, complete with many different visual interests and original styles. With the un-denying romance and comical atmosphere, “City Lights” is sure to keep you entertained until the very end. “City Lights” was directed by Charlie Chaplin and was released in 1931 and is said to be one of the, if not the greatest, romances of all time. Thought at its release to be “dead” because of talking movies starting up, Chaplin proved critics wrong, and made a never-ending name for…

Night’s (American) Dream Through semiotics and representation, Ellen Lauren relates the illusion of the American Dream to the conflict between reality and dreams in her 1930s interpretation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream through the image of Puck as Charlie Chaplin. In Representation: Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices, by Stuart Hall, Hall explains that when a person sees an object, they can connect meaning to that object. They see the object, connect it to a concept in their…

Charlie Chaplin is the most well-known name in the history of silent film. He gave much comic relief to audiences during the Great Depression. His movies made people laugh like they could not in their stressful, everyday lives. The humor that Chaplin used to make people enjoy life came from the painful experiences he had growing up. His childhood had a large impact on how he saw the world and resulted in how he showed the world that view. Chaplin’s childhood came with much heartbreak, but out of…