Mystery Science Theater 3000

Sea Shanties are a class of work songs that date back as far as the 16th century in Scotland. However, they truly flourished over a span of fifty years in the mid 1800’s after being popularized by the Atlantic merchant trade. Sailors used chants for synchronizing shipboard labor. They are typically flexible in lyric form that would allow for easy improvisation. This would allow the shantyman (leader/head) to lengthen or shorten the call and response to match the work. Shantyman (solo): Boney was a warrior, All (refrain): Way-ay-ya, Shantyman (solo): A reg'lar bull and tarrier, All (refrain): John François! Shanties were only used for work and not recreation or entertainment. The chants were heavily influenced by African Americans, popular marches, and land-based folksongs. Sea Shanties are non-exclusive to English text, however. They can also be found in French, Norwegian, German, and Swedish. Traditional shanties can be grouped into three types: short haul shanties, for tasks requiring quick pulls over a relatively short time; halyard shanties, for heavier work requiring more setup time between pulls; and capstan shanties, for long, repetitive tasks requiring a sustained rhythm, but not involving working the lines. Each type of shanty represented an action, movement, or object. Types related to hauling actions: • Long-drag shanty- Sung with the job of hauling on halyards to hoist, over an extended period, topsail or topgallant yards. • Short-drag shanty-…

The four colors representing Nelly Dean are red, blue, grey, and yellow. Red is on the outermost layer because Nelly Dean comes off as a very strong and passionate person. She has a big heart for the kids who she has been around like Cathy Linton. Going toward the center, Nelly is represented by blue and grey. Blue shows Nelly Dean's cleanliness and security. Even though Nelly can be an instigator, her intentions are very pure and clean. She also tries to give Cathy a lot of stability as well as…

The Holidays are now over and what better way to get back into the swing of things by watching a bad movie. Okay, bad might not be the best term to describe The Brain That Wouldn't Die, as it certainly isn't the worst movie I've witnessed before. Yes, the plot is paper thin and could've easily been trimmed down to a solid 20-minute episode of Twilight Zone or something similar, but overall I enjoyed the movie enough. However, the movie isn't the main reason to pick up Scream Factory's new…

dissected in class what could be considered a discourse community. For as long as I can remember, I have always been fascinated by horror, whether it be in films, literature like the Goosebumps series by R.L. Stine which I grew up on, or events such as Universal Studio’s Halloween Horror Nights which I will be attending later this year. According to a 2004 paper in the Journal of Media Psychology by Dr. Glenn Walters, the three primary factors that make horror films alluring are tension,…