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Stand-up comedy is a form of comedy that, for the most part, is conveyed by a performance entertainer talking straightforwardly to the crowd in an unconstrained way. In stand-up comedy, the feedback of the audience is immediate and essential for the comedian’s performance. The gathering expects an exceptional act and a constant flow of snickers, and the entertainer is constantly under pressure to perform. Stand-up, in the structure it is known today, is an emphatically American creation, with…

Why watch the modern remake of a play when you could read it in the classic, original version? There are strong comparisons between reading the play and watching the movie. The play, The Tempest by William Shakespeare, is better than the movie by Julie Taymor because the play has a realistic, representation of characters and allows readers to take their time while reading for better comprehension. The play has a strong portrayal of the original characters, unlike the movie. “What have we…

where we are now. Don’t get me wrong, the Golden Age had many notable characters like Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tom and Jerry and countless others. During this period animation moved from shorts shown in movie theaters to feature length films particularly Disney’s first…

One telecommunication leader is giving customers the option to customize the channel lineup to suit their individual entertainment needs. Verizon Fios Custom TV lets you choose types of channels in a way that cable never has. Instead of overpaying for hundreds of channels never watched, select what types of channels are included in the subscription. This new service debuted in the spring of 2014, allowing customers to essentially build their own channel lineup based on modular stacks of…

unique mystery thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Throughout the film, Hitchcock employed some fascinating techniques and utilized organic and new ideas to create a rich, suspenseful film. The three aspects of the film that stood out were his use of music and sound design, his point of view editing, and the opening and closing of the film. Hitchcock has come up with exclusive techniques to tell stories that vary from other films. Rear Window is no exception. When looking at the music…

Why are individuals so quick to judge people they do not know? In the movie Edward Scissorhands, intolerance is very abundant. The townspeople are very judgemental and inconsiderate of Edward. There are many scenes in the movie that show how different people see and perceive Edward. Intolerance is affected by different people’s beliefs and it is a very bipolar attitude and change on a dime and flares up at any time. Intolerance is very prevalent in the world we live in today. People like to…

“BANG, BANG!!!!” Colonel Macnab just got killed in the movie Kidnapped yet, if we go back into the original book, the whole scene isn't even there! The movie and the book are very much different in the sense that the movie cut out and added scenes that were not in the book. Like in this scene, where in the book there is a completely different ending, they never even meet Colonel Macnab, Alan and Davie just go in their separate ways! I will be talking about 3 similarities in character and 1…

The Great Gatsby Gruesome Differences Many years there have been inspirational books that have been made into movies, some are impressive while some are appalling. While Baz Luhrmann's depiction of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby was a magnificent one, it had its flaws. They both shared many similarities and differences with the characters, the setting, and the symbols. The symbol the green light-- that is at the end of the Buchanan's dock-- is portrayed differently between the novel…

an American movie icon were all actors who raised American spirit on the silver screen during the Great Depression. Shirley Temple was a child star who lifted American hearts. Shirley started her career at the young age of three. She was in several film roles such as Baby Burlesks her first big role at the age of four (“Shirley Temple Black”). The movie Bright Eyes launched her acting career into international stardom (“Shirley Temple, Child). Shirley was born just prior to the Great Depression…

This fictional violence desensitizes us to the true violence, through these various forms of media we feel that our actions will not have the repercussions they deserve. Sobchack told us “those films that describe violent bodily destruction evoke no tears in the face of mortality and evidence no concern for the fragility of flesh.”(Sobchack, 120) Although the violence we see is fictional, the horrific nature of these violent acts has no effect…