Duran Duran

In today’s media, specifically music videos, there are quite often distinct gender representations. This is shown in the music video “Girls on Film” by Duran Duran. This music video was published in 1981, expected to be played at night clubs and the “Play Boy” channel (Girls on Film, n.d., para. 4). The raunchy video created an uproar, and it was consequently banned by the BBC and heavily edited for MTV (Girls on Film, n.d., para. 4). This caused the band to gain more spot light and furthermore, making two different music videos (Girls on Film, n.d., para. 4). These two versions were known as the day version and the night version, which is also known as the uncensored version. In the uncensored version of “Girls on Film”, girls act out different…

target, in this case, is co-defendant Dr. Norberto Duran working at Hospital San Antonio in Puerto Rico (Rive, 2016).” This case is known as a legal case. “The issue in dispute, in this case, starts off with the minor plaintiff J.M.F visiting Dr. Duran for an assessment. Dr. Duran misdiagnosed the condition of J.M.F, causing him to have two meningitis attacks that were very life-threatening.…

Journey, by Robert J. Durán to be put simply, is about the gang life in Denver, CO and Ogden, UT. Durán created this book to share his research findings. When Durán moved with his family to Huntsville, UT (but went to school in Ogden) he found himself immersed in an area where gangs were becoming popular. Durán, an ex-gang member himself was curious on how and why gangs operate. He found this research important, because he saw firsthand how society had a role in the formation of gangs.…

This is a smart move by McCartney considering the Duran Duran case. According to the suit filed by McCartney’s lawyer, Michael A. Jacobs, ATV/Sony has been taking their time with responding back to McCartney about whether or not it is clear he will receive publishing rights to his music in October of 2018. One of the few round about responses that ATV/Sony has provided for the rock star is they feel that this suit is both “unnecessary” and…

are paired to the IWB for assessments (Ferriter, 2010) Some things teachers can use WBs for are modelling ideas and strategies, demonstrating theories, and explaining difficult problems (De Vita, Verschaffel, & Elen, 2014). Effective use of interactive whiteboards in classroom instruction leads to numerous advantages in learning. Using interactive whiteboards in the classroom contributes to the learning process through increasing the teachers’ proficiency level, facilitating student-centered…

Jamilette Duran, a twenty-five year-three month old female, attends Lehman College Speech and Hearing Clinic for individual speech-language services twice weekly for 50 minutes. She has been attending the Speech and Hearing Clinic since 1998. At six months of age, she was diagnosed with Intellectual Developmental Disability (IDD) and Cerebral Palsy (CP). Jamilette has a diagnosis of an articulation disorder, receptive and expressive language disorder secondary to IDD and CP. Josefina Duran,…

According to Duran surrealist like, “ Dali, clearly believed in the liberating effect of the unconscious. However, the surrealists' early infatuation with Freud obscured Freud's contention that the unconscious was something to be expressed in dream, art, etc., in order to divest oneself of its pernicious effects in bourgeois society… Most surrealists, however, ignored Freud's negative approach to the unconscious, and used Freud as a scientific justification for rebellion against … society…

this beginning of MTV is The Human League’s “Don’t You Want Me,” which deals with a love triangle between the main singer and two female singers. (put some more information about this video here). More and more British bands used the MTV platform to increase their own sales and popularity in the United States, including Duran Duran, Culture Club, and ABC (Cateforis 55). Duran Duran, another British band that used the synthesizer, became popular mostly because of the music video. In November of…

hitting the very center! A new band called Duran Duran presented their demo tape to the club, and the staff was so enthusiastic they offered every band member not just shows, but also jobs there. Now, with everything set, New Romantics came flocking to the Rum Runner. (Rhodes) By 1981, Duran Duran had released their debut album, featuring the smash hits “Girls on Film” and “Planet Earth”, which the band filmed two music videos for - both featuring new romantics, and one was shot entirely at the…

We can recognize the subject’s high stance through her expensive dress, and prominent jewelry. The realism of this portrait is a result of the “contemporary Impressionism” and “more conventional painting techniques” (placard.) Carolus-Duran has this idea that wasn’t common for the late 19th century France. The idea that a woman is not just a figure to be painted, and object, rather a being that thinks and has a purpose. It is through the act of painting itself, that the subject is doing that…