Gag

My eyes fluttered open and a pale ghost-like face stared back at me. Whatever or whoever it was reeked, not only of death, but also of something I couldn’t identify. When the smell had reached my nose I couldn’t help but gag a little. My blade was still stuck in the side of its head where a sickening crack was forming down the center of the skull. I lay still as I let my gaze wander to the eyes of the creature. A dark and unforgiving look was held in the face of the animal…

Gilens and Page reported that business based interest groups have significant influence on public policy, while the average citizen has little to no independent influence. These companies are essentially writing their own legislation. Known as “Ag-gag” laws, legislation such as the “Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act” make it so people can be criminalised for interfering with any of animal related industry or photographing abuses committed by these TNC’s. Additionally, legislation known as…

CTCS 469: The Genius of Billy Wilder Part 2 of Notebook (due July 1st) Professor: Dr. Drew Casper TA: Isaac Rooks Jinghan Mao Tel: 608-770-1992 5) The Lost Weekend (1945) shows six “noir” style thematic and formal components that are discussed by Professor Casper in his book Postwar Hollywood 1946—1962. First of all, there are two visual narrative flashbacks in the film. According to Casper, the narrative flashback is “an indication not only of the use of the past to explain the present…

The violence of the films Funny Games and Cannibal Holocaust is perpetrated by human beings. In Funny Games, cruelty is dealt with a heavy but nonchalant hand by highly creepy, unnaturally polite and detached young men who repeatedly call out the audience on their nature and motivations. By asking the audience if we are sated, our thin immersion within the film is broken and we find ourselves suddenly disconnected and forced into introspection. Why are we watching this? Is this entertaining?…

Keanu Johnson Mrs. Frey AP Language and Composition 13 March 2018 That is the Joke. Humor takes the edge of off troubling ideas so that they can be discussed, but a good humorist requires a certain level of technique for their jokes to land. Comedians are special in their use of this skill, as without such abilities the ideas they discuss would be uncouth and even horrific. Humor lies in execution, and the main bastion between a harsh satire and an angry audience member is the wit and delivery…

Business and Situation Analysis The Coca-Cola Crisis- Communicating with the Communities The Situation On 5 August 2003, the Center for Science and Environment (CSE), a research and public advocacy group released statement claiming that 12 major cold drink brands sold in the vicinity of Delhi were found to contain a number of carcinogenic substances including pesticide residues. The accusations were based on tests conducted by the Pollution Monitoring Laboratory, in which three out of twelve…

Martin Martin is an American sitcom that aired for five seasons on Fox from August 27, 1992 to May 1, 1997. Reflecting the rising popularity of the Fox network throughout the 1990s. Set in Detroit, the series stars Martin Lawrence in the role of Martin Payne, a jockey with a girlfriend named Gina Waters. As the series progressed, plotlines saw Martin eventually move on to become the host of the talk show Word on the Street, which aired on the small Detroit public-access television station…

Singing in the Rain is “backstage” musical filled with comedy, songs and romance that was released in 1951 but set in the late 1920’s. It was one of the last films to be produced during the profitable golden age of the studio system. The film employs the typical characteristics of a Hollywood musical by relying on superstar names and contagious dance numbers. The movie incorporates an additional level of parody into its wistful plot that is centered on the disruptive shift from silent movies to…

Prior to 1860, secession had not been viewed by many as a feasible option for America’s future; however, the precedent set in 1820 by the Missouri Compromise, that the country should engage in an endless political balancing act to perpetuate peace, became difficult to maintain long-term. Compelling sectional fears and differences, intensified by the increased popularity of the abolition movement in the 1850s, expedited the arrival of a rupture that, in retrospect, seemed almost inevitable.…

It was just a ordinary day in August when I woke up and decided I wanted to enjoy the weather maybe get some pizza for me and a couple friends. So I took a shower and got all perked up and after I do that I took a look outside and saw its real, nice out, and it’s about 65 to 70 degrees on this nice day, got on my Iphone 5s and called my friends Damion and Jacob. They said they would pick me up to hang out, because they were also thinking it was a nice day. After about 15 minutes they arrived…