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American Oxygen E. E. Cummings said, “America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing that cannot be denied: America is always on the move.” Just as the late poet once said, America has had its fair share of flaws, whether that be in reference to the internal hatred many of its own people hold for each other or the violence it has experienced over the years. Despite all of its faults, America also has many people who are willing to stand up for what they believe in…

Valerian: Luc Besson’s hero drives a Lexus A younger generation raised after Star Wars might think, when looking at Valerian, the film, that it borrowed many ideas from George Lucas blockbuster, but the reality is different: Valerian inspired Star Wars. Valerian, the film, picks the comic series from 1967 and mixes it with a promise of the future: the Skyjet vehicle designed by Lexus for a world set 700 years in the future. The first trailer from Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets,…

Hamlet and Gertrude have a strange encounter in which the former sees the ghost of King Hamlet while the latter does not. Thereby, causing Gertrude to think that Hamlet has gone mad. This is similar to the song The Monster by Eminem and Rihanna. Within the chorus, Rihanna sings I 'm friends with the monster that 's under my bed Get along with the voices inside of my head You trying to save me, stop holding your breath And you think I 'm crazy, yeah, you think I 'm crazy. Moreover, the song as a…

purposely use older popular songs to attract older viewers pushes back against the notion that popular music is only marketed to youth. Starr and Waterman also discuss the importance of older generations as a target audience when they examine the use of rock ‘n’ roll as a nostalgia factor for the baby boomer generation. One case study that can be used to examine the elements of comedy film trailers is the three installments of The Hangover: The Hangover (2009), The Hangover II (2011), and The…

always wears the best, and the most expensive. Diamonds and pearls are the accessories which best suit her status. Nevertheless, Juliet is described as a beauty which diamonds can describe her perfectly – “Shine bright like a diamond” (Diamonds by Rihanna). “O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright/ …Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear” (Act I Scene V 43-46) shows Romeo has already fall in love with Juliet because of her beauty. The furs which represents a snowy dove from “So shows a…

popularity in school halls all across the world. As well as the mom's worst nightmare when shoe shopping with her child due because of its high price tags. It's clear the shoes have reached points far beyond the basketball court with celebrities like Rihanna, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, and even NBA star Kobe Bryant with his own shoe brand has…

United States has the biggest entertainment industry among the world: Hollywood. An example that demonstrates this argument can be found in the modern music industry. Famous musicians in the United States such as Rihanna and Jay.z are well known stars in most countries. Another example that further supports the idea that countries are sharing the same Western lifestyle is everyone is watching Western movies. The recent 007 series just been released, and it is playing…

medicinal reasons, and if you look at society today it is celebrated and everyone is doing it. President Obama even admitted that he smoked marijuana in high school and college, so if the President can do it surely it is not that serious right? Singer Rihanna is very well known for advocating the use of marijuana through her countless pictures on Instagram, singing about getting high in her music, and even showing videos on snap chat of her rolling up. I believe that society today is becoming…

Nostalgia, as defined by Tom Vanderbilt, is a form of propaganda, an exercise in laughter and forgetting, in which the right visual iconography and perceived authenticity can create a longing for an existence which is no longer possible and was in fact never possible. There is no denying that no matter what year a person was born; they have experienced a form of nostalgia at some point in their lives. In The Nostalgia Gap, Tom Vanderbilt further explains nostalgia and the different ways in which…

Reed Erdman Ms. Dowling Advanced English 9, Hour 4 October 23, 2014 “The Monster” Lyrics Analysis The song that I have chosen for a lyrics analysis is “The Monster” by Eminem featuring Rihanna. “The Monster” was released on October 29, 2013 as part of the “Marshall Mathers LP 2” album. The songs theme is about Eminem trying to escape his troubled past but it will always still with him and he can never escape from it. The song is about the monster that is inside of Eminem's head and he will…