Profanity

films, and also one of the genre’s most challenging. The film does not follow the inspirational uplifting feel highly known for in the genre. The film has highly violent scenes that are not relegated to just the boxing ring. The film has extreme profanity. The film has a highly serious tone. If anything, the film behaves as a bit of a tragedy. The main character Jake LaMotta becomes victim to his own self-imposed flaws; extreme jealously, animalistic anger, and strong insecurities over control…

Scream Factory broadens its horizons a bit by releasing the Blu-ray debut of the Oscar-winning dark comedy “Death Becomes Her” in a Collector’s Edition. Although it definitely fits into the supernatural realm, many would argue Robert Zemeckis’s 1992 hit is a little tame to be released under Shout Factory’s horror umbrella. Either way, it merits the extra special care it gets from the company. A star-studded cast headed up by Bruce Willis, Goldie Hawn, and Meryl Streep all give elegantly wicked…

Police body cameras have gotten extremely controversial in the public. These body cameras will be attached to police officers and will record the actions of the officers. The cameras can be turned off when entering a private property. When an officer is done with his/her shift he/she will have to put the camera into a docking station. Then the footage will be automatically transferred to a data storage website. Officers cannot touch the footage unless it is used as evidence for court. This…

Discovering and learning the true colors of the world is all part of human experiences. In The novel “The Absolutely True Diary of A Part-Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie, he shows the world through the eyes of a fourteen year old boy who has life threatening situations throughout the book. He wrote this book specifically for teens ranging from the ages of thirteen through sixteen. He wanted to write this book exposing life problems that many are bound to go through. To all of these life problems…

attracted to this type of music. They rapped about the violence and crime in the city of Compton, ultimately portraying Compton and South Central Los Angeles as ghetto and filled with gang violence. Although the song contains vulgar language and profanity, the meaning of the lyrics demonstrates the reality of Compton at the time. On the other hand, Queen Latifah’s “Ladies First” illustrates a hopeful perspective. Latifah’s record promotes an Afrocentric feminist view, detailing the importance of…

of what are in R-rated movies everyday. [1] “Restricted movies contain adult themes in abundance. So much so that anyone under 17 requires a guardian to get into the movie. They can contain any of the following: violence, drug abuse, sexuality, profanity, nudity, or other adult themes.” These are some things that are known to be in R-rated movies but growing up now you see things like this everywhere. For example the news, the news shows and reports the violence around the world and the things…

students learn about simple and factual topics from approved textbooks, some of the more serious, real world issues are being hidden from them. For example, Harper Lee’s book To Kill a Mockingbird deals with suggestive topics such as racial content, profanity, and references to rape. These subjects have led to the banning of this book in many classrooms and libraries. Themes such as the ones discussed in To Kill a Mockingbird are considered suggestive and not suitable for younger readers.…

One can decisively argue that the word “retarded” has become one of the most offensive slurs vocalized in the 21st century. Recently, the media has placed attention on the negative connotation of the word retarded, as it is now used in a manner offensive to people who suffer from mental disabilities. The word, once a respectful euphemism for the term “mentally handicapped”, has now become the epitome of disrespect towards beings who are mentally handicapped. This is because of the word’s current…

Johnson uses Expectancy Violation Theory and violation valence to explain how people perceive swearing, specifically in the workplace. Johnson notes that the basic premise of EVT is that individuals enter into an interaction with expectancies about how each person will behave; when these expectancies are violated, individuals experience arousal. A central tenet of EVT is that this arousal can be either positive or negative in valence. This is any behavior that falls outside a range of…

Faust is a five-act grand opera by Charles Gounod. It is based on a poem written by Johann Von Goethe who wanted to use his work as the philosophy of human life. Faust originally was a Polish legend about a doctor selling his soul to the devil to experience the pleasures of life. Taking the idea of legend, Goethe transformed it to a poem, which he used to make connections about philosophy and religion. Around this time many literary, musical, and pantomimes were released depicting the legend…