Dick Cavett

In a ost solar system called kepler an explorer by the name of Duke searches for anything that looks valuable his sidekick, an all knowing artificial intelligence called Matpat by his side. On a nearby planet that is on one side forest and water and the other mechanical. “Ghost.” says Duke. “What is the name of that planet?” “Nuseus” Matpat replies. Duke steers his spaceship for it. On Nuseus there is another explorer who plans to reactive a race of “technoganic” robots called the Vex,the…

One of the first pioneers of late night television, Dick Cavett, believe in the idea that he could make fun of high political elites, while covering hard topical news and maintain an entertaining personality. Though this aggravated President Nixon, because he was being made fun of, there was very little that he could do to screw over Cavett for what he had said about him. In a PBS documentary, Cavett explained that he set out to create an entertaining talk show, not realizing…

Joni Mitchell has been an influential force in the music industry for more than five decades. Releasing 19 albums since the beginning of her career in the 1960s, the Canadian songstress has had countless chart hits. Her songs, including “Big Yellow Taxi,” “River” and “Both Sides Now,” have been covered hundreds of times over by generations of artists, guaranteeing that her music will live on forever. Read on to learn more about Joni Mitchell’s prolific music and painting career, and stay tuned…

Even though the film is two decades old, the quality and the camera works of it is something comparable to today’s film industry. In fact, it was awarded for “best picture” for the 67th Academic Awards hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The cinematography of the film was very well programmed. A great example of this is at the beginning of the movie when Forrest first appeared on screen; the cinematographers used of the technique of zoom shot to shoot from high above and…

The Forrest Gump is a 1994 movie and it is played by Tom Hanks. This movie is about the life of Forrest Gump from Alabama, who is unintelligent and naive, but he is a nice guy and very athletic, who witnesses some events of the 20th century in the United States. Through the movie’s entirety, outstanding performances from various award winning actors give this film’s involved and interesting plot a sense of realism that is far superior to that of other dramatic movies. Although many people think…

This hymn, Lift every voice and sing has been called the "Black National Anthem" because it is successful in celebrating how far the African Americans have come from their days of slavery and it also acknowledges the fact that they still have a long way to go in their journey towards freedom. This paper focuses on the song, Lift every voice and sing and how it holds great significance to African American identity and belonging in the United States drawing onto the ideas of Double Consciousness…

HENDRIX 3 Jimi Hendrix: Life and Legacy Though Hendrix’s music career, along with his life was short lived, his legacy of being one of the greatest, if not the greatest guitar players of all time lives on along with his music. Jimi was born in Seattle, Washington on November 27, 1942. His parents were Lucile and Al Hendrix. He was born Johnny Allen Hendrix, but his father changed his name to James Marshall for unknown reasons. (Biography.com, n.d.) Jimi showed an interest in music…

During the summer of 1972 in Reykjavík, Iceland, the Cold War was played out with pawns instead of missiles. The Cold War was condensed to the free world's champion versus the apparatchiks spawned by the Soviet socialist chess machine. When Fischer played Spassky in Iceland, it was an American named Bobby playing a Russian named Boris. He was the maverick American facing off against the establishment Russian. Bobby showed up in Iceland on his own, Spassky arrived with a state-sponsored entourage…

Beyond this mostly factual depiction of the past is something far more powerful. Cinema. The modern movie screen is a medium that recreates all sorts of era’s, landscapes and scenarios, from the daily life of an ant, to the farthest reaches of the universe. In Robert Zemeckis’s Forrest Gump, we are given a look into America during a time of radical change. Through the eyes of a simpleton, Forrest Gump, Zemeckis guides us through the social and political goings on of the 1960’s. Within his…