Dawson's Creek

“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,” by Ambrose Bierce, proposes the idea that human individuals have no control over their lives, and even solace found in the imagination is limited by their helpless reality. Bierce, through fighting amidst the horrors of the Civil War, developed a pessimistic disposition towards humanity. Being a local color writer, Bierce depicts his scenes with the utmost attention to detail, and structures his short story around specific settings that he uses to allegorize…

In the late 1990’s the teen boom began to die down causing Popular and Roswell to being cancel, two shows that premiered with strong ratings. As for 7th heaven, Buffy and Charmed remained with consistent ratings other shows like Felicity and Dawson’s Creek began to see a decrease in ratings. Between the 1999 and 2000 WB dropped 6th place in ratings among all major broadcast networks>>>losing 19% of its household audience. The network realizes that it could no longer rely on teenage…

The LGBT movement has made significant strides in gaining representation in popular media over the past thirty years. Still, there is a serious lack of LGBT characters in television, movies, and other fiction-based media. The focus of this paper will be on representative divides within the community itself. Though there has been better inclusion of non-straight characters in popular media in recent years, it is a fact that we continue to see a disproportionate number of (white) male characters…

Top 5 Best Movie of Katie Holmes Katie Holmes has made her name as a famous Hollywood actor. While she may be better known for her marriage to Tom Cruise, Katie is a star in her own write. From Starring in Dawson’s creek to staring in top grossing films; Katie has been in more than her share of movies. Take a look at the top 5 Katie Holmes movie of all time! 1.) Batman Begins Katie appeared in Batman Begins in 2005 playing the role of Rachel Dawes. Rachel is Bruce Wayne’s Childhood sweetheart.…

change a poster for a party to say something about free beer. In turn, this social gathering turned into what became thought as the party of the month. In many episodes of teen-age television programs, the writers use alcohol in the episodes. In Dawson’s Creek, many of the episodes show the characters dealing with the aspects of teen life by using alcohol. This unsafe and illegal method portrayed by the characters lets the teen viewer feel it is okay to deal with problems through drinking. …

No Interpretation Without Proper Representation: A Look Into the Misinterpretation of Age and Diversity In Television Is there a limit on how old you can be to act as a certain age? There’s an ever-increasing gap between the age of the actors/actresses that play teenage roles in television and it’s actually a problem we need to address. A big topic in today’s world is how teenagers view themselves, their bodies, and how television sets these unrealistic notions about what a fourteen year old…

A relationship where gender roles are much less frequent throughout the series is between Phil and Claire. Aaron Devor claims that “masculinity as generally concerned with egoistic dominance and femininity as striving for cooperation or communication.” (Devor 505). However it is seen throughout the entire series that overall Claire is more of a dominant strong character while Phil aims for cooperation and equality. This is especially seen in season two, episode 11, where Claire tries to stop a…

Shally and Katz express struggles common to men such as good vs. evil, power vs. submissiveness, and work vs. ownership. Gender, like race and class, is a part of professional wrestling. Professional wrestling leaves little surprise that boys to act act masculine. As Katz says, “we get a very traditional and very conservative version of masculinity represented as an ideal of physical strength, the ability to control and scare other people, to intimidate, and especially to not back away from…

The attraction of professional wrestling. Professional wrestling is half theater, half stee chair shots to the head. Professional wrestling may never be commonly understood. Each adult admirer of professional wrestling has encountered those people who turn their heads and ask, “You do know it’s fake, right?” “I don’t care. I love the pageantry, the athleticism, even the incredibly cheesy acting. I look at wrestling as theater at it 's most base, and guess what? So do most of the fans. We know…

Conception Rob Thomas originally wrote Veronica Mars as a young adult novel for publishing company Simon & Schuster. Prior to his first television job on Dawson's Creek, Thomas sold two novel ideas. One of these was provisionally titled Untitled Rob Thomas Teen Detective Novel, which formed the basis for the series. The novel had many elements similar to Veronica Mars, though the protagonist was male. Thomas's father was a vice-principal at Westlake High School near Austin, Texas, and the main…