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keeps busy with various projects including creating music videos in ASL, delivering motivational keynote speeches, performing live at Disney, and working on Twentieth Century-Fox’s animated movie, “Ice Age: Continental Drift.” When played on DVD, he provided an industry first on-camera ASL performance that displays in a picture-in-picture window in the movie. At Disney, he once performed an ASL version of Enrique Iglesias’ “Hero.” Sean’s deaf sign is a touch on the cheek with the fingers closed…

The life of Emmet Kelly “A clown’s makeup and character is all he has to sell. He loves and believes in that character.” (brainyquote.com) Emmett Kelly’s most famous quote quote. Kelly was the clown character who is still an influence for clowns today his adult life and his family helped him to make this possible. Emmett Leo Kelly or better known as Weary Willie or the Hobo of the Depression. Was born December 9th, 1898. He was born and raised in Sedan, Kansas. (infoplease.com) His Mother was a…

The book I read for the second quarter is John Muir Father of our National Parks by Charles Norman. John Muir was originally from Scotland and he moved to America in 1849 with his father Daniel and his brother David, his mother and sisters to follow shortly after. Conservation is highly valued by John however this book also shows another theme, value education because it often leads to a better future. John and his brother David are constantly learning throughout their childhood on the…

Mike Thaler was born October 8, 1963 in Los Angeles, California. As a child, Mike was always very creative, he enjoyed modeling clay, drawing pictures and writing. He drew cartoons for the school annual and for his school paper at the University of California. He drove from California to New York to begin his career drawing cartoons for adults. Until one day he was contacted by his first editor Ursula Nordstrom after she saw one of his cartoons, she reached out to him to write a children's…

As this may not be surprising to all, the wonderful world of Disney has long been accused of hiding subliminal messages in its animated films loved by everyone especially children. From hundredths of animated films produced by Walt Disney Productions with today’s internet era one might not know what is truth or fake about Disney movies. From hearing multiples rumors about the dirty, hidden messages in Disney movies I decided to do what Jane Gallop calls “Close Reading” (looking at what is…

the best thing in the world for you”- Walt Disney (Brainy Quotes). Walt Disney endured many struggles in his life. Even through his struggles he still manage to accomplish all his dreams and desires. Walt Disney may have been considered old on the outside when he died, but on the inside he was still very much a child at heart. He left a legacy to always keep going no matter what people will say or do to keep you from reaching your dreams. Walter Elias Disney was born December 5, 1901, in…

Phil Knight was born on February 4th, 1938 in Portland Oregon. Phil Knight attended the University of Oregon and received a bachelor’s degree in journalism and later he attended Stanford graduate school of business to receive his maters degree. Knight wanted a job during high school, his father refused to give him a job where he worked; The Oregon Journal. So Knight went to the Oregonian, another local newspaper and worked the night shift reporting sports scores. He would run 7 miles everyday…

Jungle Book has always been a childhood favorite of mine for as long as I can remember. Disney has started doing remakes of famous movies and The Jungle Book was one. The director could not have made this movie more similar to the original, however, there were some differences that came with the remake. The director mixed the two movies together, to keep the strong mythic theme from the original Kipling film. and Disney personality. The first major difference is the movies themselves.…

today, it is. After hearing the different ways, I could approach this project, I felt more comfortable. I decided to research my favorite empire, Disney. There has been a lot of debate about how Disney portrays gender in their films and products. I enjoyed finding other opinions on this issue, even if they were against Disney. I, myself, was arguing with Disney, even though I adore the company’s work. That’s what I find interesting in a research paper, I can argue something that I may be a fan…

George Walton Lucas Jr. was born on May 14, 1944, in Modesto California, his family was made up of his mother Dorothy, his father George Lucas Sr. and his three sisters Katherine, Ann and Wendy Lucas. George Jr. was a small kid which made him a natural target for bullies, but his sister Wendy would help fight them off. When he was in middle school he struggled at math, reading, and writing, he had a major passion for cars, but when he got into a wreck his dreams of being a race car driver went…