Chris O'Donnell

Popculture Portrays Children As Being Carefree When I was growing up, I remember being reckless, and not having a care in the world. I didn’t care about getting hurt or getting in trouble because I did not know many dangers of the world. I would do whatever my older brother and his friends told me to do. I would always end up getting hurt if they told me to do something such as them swinging me back and forth by my hands and…

Comedian Kevin Yee I have always been a big comedy fan. I love laughing and love it when people make me laugh. I have always been told that I am always smiling for no reason, so when I heard that a comedian was going to perform I knew I couldn’t miss it. On Tuesday night at George’s, comedian Kevin Yee performed, however I have never seen a comedian performance that was mainly based on songs. He did talk but mostly performed songs throughout the show. There was about a medium size crowd that…

Stereotypes are a common occurrence in everyday life, but they show unreasonable expectations. It puts labels on a group of people according to their sex, race, religious views, or other facts. A group of people that is commonly stereotyped in the media today are Jews. When thinking of Jews, an individual may call to mind a few things, such as all Jews are obsessed with money, bad at sports, white, and have big noses. The television show on FOX called Family Guy does not help to contradict the…

Everyone has that one thing in life they enjoy doing. For me that is spending time with my horse, Sparkle. I could spend hours with her every day. I look at Sparkle as my best friend more than I look at her as a horse. So, the day I jumped on her bareback I thought nothing of it. Sometimes even simple decision like that are the ones that you have to pay for. What I find important is that you are always learning from those decisions. Even today I am still learning from that decision even if it…

Although, Mezrich accurately noted how Absolute Poker’s clients could focus their blame on the U.S. government’s prohibition policy. The restrictive laws cut the offshore gambling industry off from any kind of legitimate banking options. The most popular and reputable e-commerce companies for the gambling industry, such as Neteller, were shut down by the U.S. government. Also, their American clientele knew that these companies were forced to do business with several shady non-sanctioned…

and the office holder determines whether he is worthy to hold this job. However, what happens if a certain action, event, or scandal jeopardizes their position? The answer is straightforward: an effective public political apology, like NJ Governor Chris Christie’s apology to the people after the Fort Lee incident. His apology made not only the affiliated but the whole country forgive him. On the other hand, Donald Trump’s apology for inappropriately insulting women did not…

Introduction For decades, Aboriginal individuals have and continue to face a number of challenges due to their race and spiritual beliefs (Monchalin, 2010). In the movie Smoke Signals directed by Chris Eyre, the characters portray the modernized stereotypes Native Americans experience daily. Eyre takes an interesting take on the movie providing vivid flashbacks of the main characters’ past, allowing the audience to get a sense of what life was like for them growing up (Eyre, Alexie, Bressler,…

As each year passes, more facets of popular culture become somewhat like wrestling: a stage-managed reality in which scripted storylines bleed spontaneously into actual events, with the fuzzy line between fact and fiction seeming to intensify, not diminish, the viewer’s obsession with the melodrama. The modern media landscape is scattered with reality shows that viewers know that are not real; that basically, is professional wrestling. In the same vein as soap operas, melodrama can be…

characters’ mental states reflect their physical appearance, as ‘rendered metaphorical representation of his own interior demons.’ However, the story is not just about Larkin’s memories, but the filmmaker’s personal memories as well. During an interview, Chris Landreth replied that he originally intended for the film to be all about…

The TED Talk I watched was titled Why you should talk to strangers. Kio Stark, the presenter of the speech, discussed why there are many benefits to talking to people we don’t know. According to Stark, not talking to strangers causes the opportunity to create unexpected connections. She said people do not talk to strangers because of our fears. Her speech concluded with Stark encouraging people use their senses instead of fears and outlining the steps of how to appropriately talk to strangers.…