Desperate Housewives

Michalka absolutely did a marvellous job in any scenes involving her musical talent, especially in the climax scene when she performs “All I’ve Ever Needed”. The second lead, James Denton who leave his mark as the handsome neighbour on Desperate Housewives, portrayed a believable character as Grace’s father, the former rock star that have converted to be a music instructor for worship songs in a church. The most effective performance by Denton is the tender moments between father and daughter…

Golden Girls was an NBC show written by Susan Harris. Golden Girls aired on Saturday nights with the idea that the show would raise their ratings and bring in an older demographic. NBC had a hard time fulfilling Saturday ratings until Golden Girls joined the line up. There are a total of 180 episodes. Golden Girls had 15 Emmy nomination and 10 wins, Golden Girls ran from 1987 and eventually ended in May 1992. The shows premise surrounds three widows and one divorcé, based in Miami all living…

Dot Jones is a well-known American actor who initially gained recognition for her role as a lead in the musical comedy–drama series Glee. In addition to that, she is a retired athlete who competed in the track and field, shot put, and arm wrestling activities. At the beginning of her athletic career, Jones began her journey in the state of California, where she was born and raised. She established herself as a weightlifting champion when she was still in high school. After some time, she decided…

At one point in time, there was a distinct line between a woman's place and a man's place. And through these years woman have become overly aware that women are living in a man's world. Rich, white men held the power and women were part of the traditional marginalized people. However today, gender roles are shifting. Though, some things do not change. Women have been made to believe through patriarchy that woman's only job is to have children and raise those children. Woman and men in a…

"I 'm desperate. I begin to feel I have no personality. I 'm a server of food and a putter-on of pants and a bedmaker, somebody who can be called on when you want something. But who am I?". The women of the 1960’s lived to serve their husbands and children but women wanted more beyond domestic tasks, inspiring a second wave of feminism that demanded more than just the vote. At the time women were oppressed in almost every way the expectation was that a girl should marry by her early 20s, start…

Minute North American towns, composed of a closely knitted society, of friends and family, where everybody knows every single citizen, are famous world over. Popularity of TV shows such as Twin Peaks, and Desperate Housewives has only further cemented the status of a small idyllic town with a deep seeded mystery, knitted within the fabric of its society. And it comes to no surprise that this particular subject matter has also been explored by the video game industry, within the last decade.…

Doll’s House; he later described it as a “modern tragedy.” A Doll’s House is based on true events and audiences were baffled by Ibsen’s blatant disregard for societies social norms. In Norway, during the late 19th Century, the women were obedient housewives; the men were the breadwinners and the enforcers of law within the household. In A Doll’s House, Ibsen follows these norms at the beginning of the play, but as the story progresses, Nora, the protagonist, comes to realize she has married a…

improvident, a catastrophe-happy fool” if they go out to dinner without having first made a will, when pottery thrown from above buildings could kill a person (Juvenal 272-273). He continues on to say everyone better “pray and hope that the local housewives drop nothing worse on [their] head[s] than a pailful of slops” (Juvenal 277). This is considered black humour because of the fact that a person could die from something as simple as a knock to the head from “falling tile” (Juvenal 269).…

Barnett states that, “In a 1983 study of white middle class families in Boston, they found that working men married to working women spent only three-quarter of an hour longer each week with their kindergarten aged children than did men married to housewives” (pg. 3). This empirical data focuses on white middle class families with both men women working find more time for their child. When middle class parents spend time with their children they show them the importance of responsibility. In…

their scorn. She flaunts that she is above their station; she does not belong in the treacherous conditions of a country ranch --- she is more than just Curley’s wife, a trophy doll caged by a jealous man. Fueled by a sense of defensiveness, she is desperate for a chance to prove herself to those who have depreciated her; yet, this very act of trying to lift herself up in others’ eyes reveals her inner vulnerability. Facing rejection again, in Chapter 5, she bitterly mourns her lost opportunity…