John Wayne Gacy

He was the top scientist at the Oscorp laboratory. He was designing a hover pad, and a chemical that is supposed to make a human stronger and better without any side affects. The government did not approve because of his one test failure of the many he had on animals. He was going to lose his job unless he proved that it worked on humans without side affects. He tested it on himself and became The Green Goblin. He killed his fellow scientist and the government people who would accept his ideas.…

Western’s a genre with a purpose For almost as long as the medium of filmmaking has existed so too has the Western first showcased in Edwin S. Porter film The Great Train Robbery. Though overall a simple film in retrospect the way in which it pushed the medium forward was revolutionary in containing a narrative. Cowboys are the initial American heroes of filmmaking which all others pull from; Westerns as a male focused genre the central genre trope of masculinity have been constructed on a…

The Searchers In the film The Searchers, directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne, harmful stereotypes about Native Americans become very apparent and seem to overshadow any progressive aspects. Even though the film’s plot centers around the struggle between the Comanches and John Wayne’s band of fighters, the main focus is actually on John Wayne’s character, Ethan Edwards. Through Ethan, many stereotypes are perpetuated throughout the entire film not only about the Comanche tribe, but…

Jane Tompkins’s West of Everything is an energetic and lively account of the most beloved and legendary American genre—The Western. Western films and novels have become a large part of many American’s lives and continues to influence filmmaking to this day. People from all over the world visit western states to have what they think is the cowboy experience. West of Everything expresses a heavy concern with the role of gender in the genre, however, and points out that it is a male dominated field…

no one tackled the Western better than John Ford. Shawn Dwyer a classic movie expert states, “if there was ever a director-actor tandem that defined the Western genre, it was John Ford and John Wayne” (Dwyer 1). His film Stagecoach was the first of it’s kind in the film industry as being the first talking picture in the Western genre. The film included everything known to the classic Western, however, Ford wanted to question some aspects of the genre.What John Ford did to the plot and the…

The Searchers Film Review The Searchers was produced in 1956 and is a western film directed by John Ford. It is based on a 1954 novel by Alan Le May, set during the Texas/Indian Wars. The Searchers was made in the dying days of the classic Western, which faltered when Indians ceased to be typecast as savages. In the film The Searchers, John Wayne plays as Ethan Edwards, a man who has returned from the Civil War to the Texas ranch of his brother. He finds that his family has been massacred and…

The Searchers, a film directed by John Ford (1956) is a classic American Western featuring America’s original cowboy John Wayne. In the film, the main protagonist Ethan Edwards comes home to Texas after fighting for the Confederacy in the Civil War. Both John Ford and John Wayne depict Ethan Edwards as an extremely isolated, bitter, and misunderstood character. When Ethan finally comes home from the war he mistakes one of his brother’s children for another child that has since full grown in…

When Anthony Elonis’s wife divorced him and left with their kids, he began to write and produce songs to express how he felt about what he was going through. He wrote,“There’s one way to love you but a thousand ways to kill you…I’m not going to rest until your body is a mess soaked in blood and dying from all the little cuts.” Elonis was doing what many people do when they are going through a tough time, finding a safe outlet such as writing. However, prosecutors are now specifically…

it 's the opportunity to still have my voice get out there through music.” -Kanye west “I believe that music is another form of news. Music is another form of journalism to me so I have to cover all the areas with my album.” - Lil Wayne Eminem, Kanye West, and Lil Wayne are some of the most criticized artists because of their vulgar lyrics, yet, they are some of the most famous people in the world. All three of these very successful artist have reasons and purposes for their lyrics. The…

Terika Bunch Ms. Ridley-AVID 1A 30 November 2016 Music & Money How do music artists increase their revenue? There are many ways music can bring money in. There are a few strings attached depending on what road you take. Some ways could possibly bring in more money than others. Music artists get money from getting record deals. That record label takes a small percentage of your sales. When signing to record deal you are in a contract in which you agree to put out so many studio albums. Music…