Mehmet Oz

When I watched Tough Guise I was quickly reminded of the impact media and culture has on the society. Watching the introduction of the video shocked me, exposing an ugly truth about masculinity in such an historic movie, The Wizard of Oz. This introduction showcased how movies reflect cultural views on society. Jackson Katz is knowledgeable about the history of masculinity, and he showcases his knowledge a versatile manner. The main point of this video Tough Guise is to educate viewers on the…

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer produced the American musical fantasy film, The Wizard of Oz in 1939. Victor Fleming directed The Wizard of Oz, and was the first to direct a film with Technicolor using a 3-strip color process. All movies at this time were filmed in black and white, so The Wizard of Oz was a sure crowd pleaser because of its color experience. It was said that the commercial for The Wizard of Oz was shown in black in white, so that moviegoers could experience the first ever color movie with a…

Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates in Psycho, and Glenn Close as Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction, each played the character portrayed as mentally unstable. The two actors seamlessly fell into their parts and led the audience to believe they were truly insane. In the beginning, each of the two lived what appeared to be normal lives. Anthony Perkins managed his mother’s motel that had become a ghost-town after the new highway had been build, which completely cut off access to the motel. Glenn Close…

The book, Lord of the Flies, was published in 1954, and the movie, The Maze Runner, was produced in 2014. Although these two works were developed sixty years apart, they have much more in common than just being dystopian fiction. The Maze Runner, is the movie I chose for this compare and contrast essay. Throughout this essay, I will be talking about the various similarities and differences this book and movie have. The Maze Runner, was originally a book published in 2009 by author…

Green Town, Illinois is a small town where where life for Will and Jim is extremely mundane. However, on a night in late October, they are called to something much greater when the carnival comes to town. In the novel Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury, it is up to Will Halloway, Jim Nightshade and Charles Halloway to save the town from the carnival. In Something Wicked This Way Comes, Ray Bradbury uses character archetypes to help the characters overcome their fears and weaknesses…

“What About Bob?” is a comedy starring Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss. Murray’s character, Bob Wiley, suffers from a multitude of disorders and phobias. He is very neurotic and easily forms extreme attachments to people and things he gets comfortable with. Dreyfuss plays Dr. Leo Marvin a successful psychiatrist with a huge ego, who thinks he has a grip on everything. He thinks he knows how to handle anyone or any situation with ease and clarity. The movie revolves around Leo’s new book “Baby…

art form. The Wizard of Oz is considered one of the best visual movies ever made and yet it was made with only limited technology and the creativity of the movie makers. The movie made in 1939 by MGM Studios was a film interpretation of the 1900 published book written by L. Frank Baum, and for the most part directed by Victor Fleming. Dorothy a lonely, curious girl living on a bleak Kansas farm is swept into a tornado and dropped abruptly into the astonishing land of Oz. Her arrival causes the…

hiding in plain sight. Fairytales have arguably impacted our culture with more iconic settings and characters than probably any other genre of stories. For my group fairytale update, with Jon and April, we decided to update the story of “The Wizard of Oz” by L. Frank Baum, which was later turned into the iconic movie in 1939. While this might not be a fairytale in the same sense of ‘Little Red…

The Populist Movement was the historical event that became the subject of L. Frank Baum 's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Several characters and objects in the story represent different people or elements that played a critical role in the Populist Movement. The Cowardly Lion specifically represented William Jennings Bryan. Bryan was the United States Secretary of State, member of the House of Representatives, and three-time Democratic candidate for President of the United States. He earned the…

Presented by Jackson High and Hollywood “The Wizard of Oz” is a story that followed Dorothy and her adventures in Oz as she searches for a way back home. Along the way she meets several people who are looking for a solution for their problems as well. They run into obstacles along the way but with the help of Glinda, the good witch she manages to leave Oz and return to Kansas. The musical was filled with amazing props and effect, which improved the overall show. When Dorothy lands in Kansas she…