Lucy Westenra

I don 't believe I have missed a single "Countdown to Christmas" movie this year on the Hallmark Channel nor its sister network Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. While I have my personal favorites, there is no denying that a massive hit this year was their film A Heavenly Christmas starring Eric McCormack, Kristin Davis, and the legendary Shirley MacClaine. My family and I thoroughly enjoyed this film, and when I discovered that Gregg McBride was the screenwriter for this Yuletide treat, I quickly…

According to the Centers for Disease Control almost half of all teenagers both male and female had sexual intercourse at least once. As per the study conducted by the National Survey of Family Growth children between the ages of fifteen and seventeen are participating in sexual intercourse more frequently than past years. This is in part due to the exposure of children to sexually explicit content via media devices, such as television, internet, mobile devices, and print publications. It is…

Lucille had a desire to do something special with her life, and had a longing to be a star. When she was 15 years old, she convinced her mother to let her attend a prestigious New York City drama school, but despite her strong passion and hunger for the stage, she was shy and much too nervous to draw attention and did not fit in at the drama school. Her professors did not like her and would often make fun of her looks, since she was very tall, awkward and leggy, and they often made fun of her…

When seeing episodes of I love Lucy, she definitely breaks the mold of the typical house wife. In the 1950’s the typical TV family consisted of Caucasian husband, wife and children with little to no diversity. Often the mother devoted to her husband and kids tending to there every need, while the father was away working as the sole income to the family. In many cases there was a clear gender role in the household as women belonged in the house cooking and cleaning, as the men did the outside…

In both of the books Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery and Island by Allistar Macleod, each author plays on the readers five senses in order to give them the ability to place themselves in the context of the story in certain places in Canada, even though some of their readers have never been to Canada before. In Anne of Green Gables, there are many beautiful evocative descriptions of nature throughout the book, which gives the reader the ability to place themselves on Prince Edward Island…

With a timeless ability to charm and limitless reach over the population, I Love Lucy retains America’s infatuation in its entertainment value and cultural critique even extending half a century later. With the show’s 1950s setting and outward adherence to some of the patriarchal ideology, contemporary perspectives reveal the unalienable legitimacy to the accusations of it reinforcing patriarchal norms and being degrading to women, although it did encourage bicultural living. But as this is a…

made the shift to television, they casted black actors Alvin Childress and Spencer Williams. The show only last 3 years due to the NAACP push to have the show removed because of the racist representation of black people the show represented I Love Lucy was another exception to the narrative. It was CBS most popular viewed showed the majority of the years it was on air (Kirschen 735l. Desi Arnaz who was originally from Cuba came to America after marrying American actress, Lucille Ball. They…

“He sees people with curiosity, compassion, grace, and excitement; hears the voices of teenagers…” These are the words of Shailene Woodley, a well known actress who starred in many movies, including “The Fault In Our Stars”, a movie based on John Green’s number one New York Best seller’s book, The Fault In our Stars. John Green was born on August 24, 1977 and is still alive today at age 39. He was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is the son of Mike and Sydney Green. Soon after he was born,…

greatly impacted our society for decades now. From the air of I Love Lucy to our current Modern Family, the shows have influenced our American society. The perspectives taken into consideration are the following: cultural, historical and psychological. These lenses will debut the manner in which our country has been influenced by television sitcoms since the fifties until recent years. In the year 1951, on CBS the sitcom named I Love Lucy aired and took the world by storm.…

they do share the aspect of all relating to society. I love Lucy was an American sitcom that was on the air from October 15th, 1951 to May 6th 1957. This sitcom focuses on the life of ambitious Lucy Ricardo, who lives in New York alongside her husband Ricky Ricardo. Ricky tries to succeed in show business while Lucy, despite trying to help, always seems to get herself into some kind of trouble that drives her husband insane. Lucy has a strong, powerful identity. This sitcom arises the question…