right or is it wrong? Jon Stewart, a moderate comedian, delivers cable news The Daily Show with witty dialogue to charm people. His job is amusing the audience rather than informing them. Not to mention, today’s Comedy Central program The Daily Show with Jon Stewart carries a broader perspective of how the audience should understand society. With this in mind, many divergent audiences enjoy watching The Daily Show more than any other cable news in television. Stewart delivers a clear, brief…
Jeff told Stewart to walk into Thorwald’s apartment and search it to find enough evidence since there is a “knee deep of evidence” in the room to arrest Thorwald for murder, but officer Stewart told Jeff “I’d like to remind you of the constitution, and the phrase, “Search warrant issued by a judge who knows his Bill of Rights verbatim”, he must for evidence…
The Murder in Hosier Lane The cool wind blows through the abandoned alley ways of Melbourne. 3 am, March the 5th and not a soul could be heard. The dark lanes were accompanied by dull, flickering street lights making for a sinister atmosphere. Not a car nor a person in sight. Then a loud, gut wrenching scream broke all silence. This was followed by the sound of echoing footsteps fleeing the scene of Hosier Lane. Moments later the sounds of screeching sirens filled up the dark atmosphere. * *…
The applauding behavior of today’s youth has reached epidemic proportions. Their lack of self-respect is reflected in not only by the way they dress, it’s also shown by the way they treat others. Aggressive behavior is shown throughout social media, music and everyday life. Entertainment today contributes to the fact that today’s youth are vulgar, rude, and rebellious and disrespect authority. Parents trying to be friends with their children, instead of being parents is a huge contributing…
A Calculated Metamorphosis When the words “Disney Starlet” come to mind, what does the average person picture? Who do they envision? If millennials were asked this question ten years ago, a blonde haired, bubbly, Miley Cyrus, also known as Hannah Montana, would have come to mind for many. Ten years later, she portrays quite the opposite persona, going from Disney darling to outspoken, edgy it girl. Thesis (last sentence/ play around with this/ topic +claim + reasoning): Miley Cyrus elects to…
Does watching the news make viewers laugh? Do they understand what the news show is trying to explain? Airing Monday through Thursday at 11:30pm, The Colbert Report, a television show, is a satire news show that displays an easier to understand form of news. The Colbert Report is a parody of the news show The O’Reilly Factor which takes on current controversial political issues. The star of The Colbert Report is Stephen Colbert. He plays a character on the show who is silly and sarcastic. The…
The Daily Show - Consequence-Free Speech Stewart John during this podcast criticizes an NBA sports and political personnel. The structure itself comes from a network named “Comedy Central’. Compared to our podcast, The Daily Show had focused far more on criticisms. The main genres that the podcast focuses on is politics and comedy. The comedic touch towards the podcast was that he was able to keep audiences entertained by making a humorous atmosphere with jokes and mocking other people while we…
In the classical Hollywood area and beyond there is a clear and obvious depiction of the male gaze in film and it has become particularly synonymous with the work of Alfred Hitchcock, most notably in his 1958 film Vertigo. In many of Hitchcock’s films the male gaze is not only evident but is what contributes largely to the storyline. It is used to highlight the importance of the men and objectify woman to only be seen as an object of male desire. This is successfully done in Vertigo through…
From the films we watched this semester Vertigo and Bicycle Thieves Vertigo somehow seems to transcend these concerns and instead offers a compelling psycho-drama that has complex layers of meaning and employs carefully crafted film language to present a narrative that aligns the audience so completely with the protagonist.Perhaps the simplest application of this idea is to suggest that Scottie represents us, the audience, the spectator and the constructed version of Madeleine represents the…
(Tr. 17:45-46.) After Harry arrived at the police station, Officer Tompkin called the Swift. (Tr. 13:30-31.) Officer Tompkin asked Kristen Swift if her daughter, Rachel, would come to the station the next day to view photographs but due to a prior family commitment Rachel would be out of town the next day. (Tr. 13:35-41). Officer Tompkin then informed Kristen that the police were questioning someone and requested that Rachel come to view the man because a positive identification would “make it…