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When a regular viewer tunes in the hit comedy show, Saturday Night Live, what might they examine on their screen? A viewer would be watching a comedy show with primarily young white men, some white women, and very few African Americans. There is a problem with the low levels of diversity within Saturday Night Live, otherwise called SNL. Since the show’s beginning, Saturday Night Live has had a very long history with not displaying actors from a variety of races and backgrounds. I, Hannah Rabitoy…

Sandler and his family moved to New Hampshire where he and his siblings would grow up in a middle class neighborhood (McDonald, 2016). Sandler, who discovered his humorous talents at a young age, quickly became the class clown of his school. However, it was in middle school that Sandler began to develop his iconic sense of “wacky schoolboy humor” (McDonald, 2016). When Sandler was seventeen, he began performing at stand-up comedy shows for clubs and universities (McDonald, 2016). He continued to…

wait for my team to be called to the starting line. I stand shaking, nervous and afraid of what is to come. I try to search for some type of assurance from my teammates, but they are just as nervous as I am. We are about to run a total of 5 kilometers, up a large hill, snaking through trees and shrubs. The mud was squelching under our tan boots, from the downpour the night prior, as we anxiously waited to begin. I take another look around and think to myself, “Why do I do this?” “Smith-Cotton!”…

Fifty years ago the Kardashians would have been shunned. Their continuously promiscuous behavior would be something to hide; it certainly would not have been celebrated and broadcasted through a show that is going on its seventh season. Today, Kim Kardashian has 27 million followers on Instagram. The Kardashians are so famous that even my senile, eighty year old grandfather could tell you who they are. Their show has given them a platform to show their wealth and the profits that they’ve made as…

Imagine moving to Hollywood, California to pursue a music career just to find out it would end in failure. Even though sometimes, we try our very best we can still be disappointed when our best isn’t good enough. According to Tom Petty, Eddie moved to Hollywood right after he graduated high school. “Into the Great Wide Open” is a narrative poem by Tom Petty, who tells a story, of a boy named Eddie who has big dreams with a changing tone and a believable story. “Into the Great Wide Open” is…

involved, it was, and is, biased to liberal views. In 1976, SNL threw their first debate parody while making fun of (former) President Gerald Ford, and his oblivion to his surroundings. Even so, Ford used this to advertise himself; he even let his press secretary, Ron Nessen, to host. This gave Ford political gain, and most likely affected the Presidential Election…

Kris was an American television personality, and Robert was an American attorney and business man. Now they both play a role in Kim’s nationwide television show called “Keeping up with the Kardashians.” Keeping up with the Kardashians show is to basically show off the Kardashians personal and professional lives. Keeping up with the Kardashians just doesn’t involve Kim and her parents. It also involves her two sisters who are Kourtney and Khloe. Kourtney is the older sister of Kim and Khloe.…

Each morning we wake up to a future that is about to happen but yet is out of reach by default, unpredictable by nature. Are we ever ready for what’s ahead? We try to keep up but are clumsy at best in being present with all that comes our way. A while back we buried a friend. He had been sick, but his death came sooner than expected. We were barely able to keep up with the harsh pace of his illness and still struggle with his passing. Around the same time, I found a little kitten on the street,…

Audiences have been entertained by stand-up comedians for more than a century. From the vaudeville shows of the 1800s to the musical stand-up acts of modern times, the history of stand-up comedy is rich – and its evolution has consisted of a fascinating timeline filled with tears and laughter. Whether a person prefers comedy delivered with dry wit, ribald cynicism, or silly banter meant to engage the audience, there is something for everyone in the stand-up comedy through the years. The purpose…

Blacking in and out, confusion and fear filled my mind as I slowly woke up lying on my back between my four-wheeler and the cold ground. I was numb; my mind was racing “what just happened?” All in the matter of seconds. I hear a faint yelling of some sort as I close my eyes again. “Kylie!” I open my eyes; everyone around me was moving the four-wheeler from off top of me, and my step dad and his friend trying to wake me up. My eyes closed. It was a mid January morning in 2012; I was 15 years…