Miniseries

Rock and roll changed forever with three distinctive chords, strummed on a whim, in a gymnasium, circa 1957. Those chords made up the backbone of an improvised instrumental, played by a house band filling time for a DJ on a break. Soon, the world would know that track as "Rumble," performed by Link Wray and the Wray Men, and the song would prove to be an absolute game changer for popular music. The Who's Pete Townsend is on record as saying that 'Rumble" made him pick up a guitar and never put…

the War and their participation in the Holocaust, which pushed the Holocaust into the private sphere. According to the article published by “Humanity in Action”, true Holocaust education commenced in Germany after the premiere of the American TV miniseries “Holocaust” in 1979 which pushed the acknowledgement of the Holocaust and discussion of collective memory into the public sphere (Bunch, Canfield,…

Joe Golem Occult Detective is a standalone novel by Christopher Golden and Mike Mignola. The first novel in the occult detective series of novels Joe Golem: Occult Detective otherwise known as Rat Catcher was first published 2015. The series of comic books is an adaptation of the story of Joe Golem from the novel Joe Golem and the Drowning City. Dave Palumbo the Spectrum award-winning painter did the covers while the graphics are by Patric Reynolds. The new series is set in a period before the…

of Malcolm X. within the next following years Alex had made history with the well know book Roots, the book followed his family tree from Gambia to the slave-holding south. The book later became a Pulitzer prize winning book and in 1977 became a miniseries that was one of the most popular tv shows of all time. Alex Haley is a well educated author his alma maler…

sources. The story is still buzzing 20 years later. Sources such as CBS are still making false accusations to this day. The story soon became used for entertainment as opposed to a matter of obtaining justice. In September 2016, CBS aired a miniseries titled “The Case of: JonBenet Ramsey” where they falsely accuse brother, Burke Ramsey of murdering his little sister in 1996. As this case remains unsolved, Burke filed a lawsuit against the television program for confirming this conspiracy…

Setting is often a key component as characters are usually influenced or defined by their surroundings. This is also a highly common theme in Othello, where the women are said to commit unspeakable sins in Venice only God could bear witness to, which is a society associated with sexual exploration and freedom. This implies that, in Othello, setting poses great influence on character behaviour. This piques my interest in whether setting poses impact on characters, no matter the time or media of…

Lizzie Borden Took an Ax: A Legend Reborn On August 4, 1892, Andrew and Abby Borden were murdered in their home in Fall River, Massachusetts with the following investigation of their murder placing Lizzie Borden as the prime suspect. “There have been more than a dozen retellings in popular culture of the Lizzie Borden trial” (Borden). What makes the biopic Lizzie Borden Took an Axe stand out from the rest? For starters, the story itself is appealing in the mystery surrounding the murders of…

A renowned writer, poet, dancer, singer, actor, friend, and Civil Rights activist, Maya Angelou was a prominent and undoubtedly successful figure throughout the second half of the twentieth century. With many successes throughout her lifetime, Angelou is known for her poem I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings as well as her contributions to the Civil Rights movement. However, many events and people contributed to Angelou’s works and art style. Commonly labeled as a “Renaissance Woman,” Maya Angelou…

Identity is one of the most important concepts that humans have; it allows us to understand who we are, who we have been and who we will be. An individual’s sense of identity is based on their cultural identity as it links a person to their heritage which helps them identify with others who share the same traditions, practices and beliefs that they do. Once a person is robbed of their traditional beliefs, heritage and other aspects of their native culture- they begin to lose a sense of self and…

Stephen King is one of the greatest fantasy writer in the world. He published many short stories. Much of his fictions have been adapted to both large and small screens, although it usually plays best in the mind’s eye. The relations of king’s fiction with electronic media are many and complex. (King is considered one of the greatest fantasy writers because of the things that have happened in his past lifetime). (King 1) Stephen King was born September 21, 1947 in Portland, Maine. When king was…