Miniseries

Johnny Gioeli is the lead vocalist of the band Crush 40. He was born on the 5th of October 1967 in Brooklyn, New York. Johnny's musical career began after forming a band known as Phaze with his older brother. At the age of 17, he started drumming with the band Killerhit in 1983. By 1987, Johnny and his brother were able to purchase their own lighting rig, truck and tour bus, which was purchased from Jimmy Buffet. After re-locating to Hollywood, Bret Michaels gave Killerhit his former publicist…

Elvis In 1935, a man was born who unknowingly was about to change history. Elvis Presley a man of great dedication, was later on to be known as “The King of Rock and Roll”. He had such an effect on society that he is still very well known today, 41 years after his death. Elvis Presley’s significant effects on Rock and Roll helped to ease racial segregation and created a new youth generation. Elvis Presley first started off his career with pop music, until he moved on to expand Rock and Roll…

Introduction Textual sources are staples of academic evidence that help analyze and piece together historical narratives, they these sources have a major limitation. This limitation is that textual sources cannot produce as strong of emotions for readers compared to non-textual sources. For example, the murder of Emmett Till is painful moment from the Civil Rights Movements that is difficult to grasp from the description alone. However, when you view photos of Till’s beaten and bloated corps,…

This class made me realize how society has shaped me. I am a young Latina mother, born from immigrant parents,bi-cultural, bilingual, college student, wife, able body with many more privileges and disadvantages. The class made me have great conversations with my family, friends and even people I just meet. Gender is something people can not take out of the picture and is socially constructed and it impacts a lot of how people see you and think of you. This semester I was able to understand all…

Maya Angelou overcame a difficult and traumatic childhood to become a prize-winning poet and the author of several best-selling autobiographies, including her celebrated first volume, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1970). She was also the first African American, and the first woman, invited to read a poem at the inauguration of a president of the United States. Born Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 4, 1928, Maya was three when her parents were divorced. She and her…

There was a point in my life not so long ago when I struggled to separate an actor from the role he played. In fact, I can remember intimating to my mother that I didn't like the character "Will" in Cedar Cove, and I wasn't sure if I liked the actor who played him either. In fact, when I found out that Will figured into the plot more principally in season three, I was a bit disgruntled at first. However, the reviewer within me compelled me to watch season three with an open mind. And I will…

It is a full moon in the sky pitch black calm night on the first weekend of October. The four amigos as they call themselves in Henry Lambert s new blue Pontiac as a early graduation / Christmas gift or like he would say so his dad wouldn't have to drag his lazy ass out of bed early to bring him. Henry was a six foot Caucasian teenager , just turning eighteen in September . He would keep his blondish brown hair combed nice . His dad worked hard long nights as a security guard and was not a…

Jaeger Hosmer Lane CIS Literature Formal Paper #1 12 April 2024 Homegoing, Character journeys through a bleak period, In 1977, Alex Haley created a television miniseries called Roots, which followed Kunta Kinte, An African man sold into slavery. The series follows Kunta’s Legacy as many of Kunta’s ancestors lived through the times of slavery in the South. Yaa Gyasi takes a similar approach when writing Homegoing, deciding to talk about the experiences of two half-sisters sold into slavery who…

“Great Expectations.” TV Club, 12 Nov. 2014, www.tv.avclub.com/great-expectations-1798172195 “Great Expectations (2012).” IMDb, IMDb.com, www.imdb.com/title/tt1836808/fullcredits/cast?ref_=m_tt_cl_sc Ngo, Connie. “Great Expectations: Novel vs. Miniseries Adaptation.” OUPblog, 18 Sept. 2015, www.blog.oup.com/2015/08/great-expectations-adaptation/ Paris, Bernard J. “‘Great Expectations.’ Imagined Human Beings: A Psychological Approach to Character and Conflict in Literature.” JSTOR, NYU Press, New…

Most have heard of the witch trials that took place in Salem Village in the late 1600s. According to historians, these trials are Puritans’ final attempt in trying to preserve their religion. The famous Salem witch trials captured the attention of thousands over the years, thanks to the trials’ gory legend. Astonished by these trials, movie producers saw the potential of making a captivating movie within the folklore surrounding the trials, but sometimes they focus too much on the legend…