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    advertising executive. His father was of Irish and German ancestry, while his maternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Minsk, Belarus. Harrison was a lackluster student at Maine Township High School East in Park Ridge Illinois (no athletic star, never above a C average). After dropping out of Ripon College in Wisconsin, where he did some acting and later summer stock, he signed a Hollywood contract with Columbia and later Universal. His roles in movies and television (Ironside (1967),…

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    Jediism Religion

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    Jediism a new religious movement especially based on a science fiction movie (Star Wars), it may sound hilarious or ridiculous to explored, but it’s still consider as a religion because they share a variety of other religious perspectives, like Taoism, Shinto, but Daoism and Buddhism are the main influence. After exploring this religion by searching for some essential substances that sustain any other religion like, how does ritual function within in it, how does the Jediism meet the definition…

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    Mason Taylor 4th Hour 7 November 2017 Dual Literature Gustav Holst vs. John Williams Gustav Holst’s The Planets suite heavily influenced the soundtracks for John Williams’s Star Wars movies. This is shown through each production’s use of rhythm, tone, and orchestration. Gustav Holst - creator of famed suite, The Planets - is widely considered one of the best-loved 20th-century English composers, and is actually more serious of a composer than one might assume from listening to The Planets.…

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    Hollywood, and further criteria should be added. To demonstrate this, I will be applying the test to three films and explaining the test’s limitations in each instance. The films that will be analyzed are as follows: “Captain America: Civil War”; “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”; and “Deadpool.” The Bechdel Test is used to measure meaningful female presence in Hollywood films (Sarkeesian, “The Oscars”). The test has three criteria: firstly, a film must have at least two named female characters;…

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    a popular theme. The ongoing evolution of sexualizing women in film has occurred through dress, job status, changes in maternal roles, and a plethora of aspects that have allowed women to become equivalent to their male counter parts. During World War II the need for women in the workplace was vastly increasing. Unlike before, women were working in factories instead of fulfilling their household duties such as, cooking and cleaning and taking care of the family while the husband was at work to…

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    My Driver “How was school today Gavin?” Meme (pronounced Mimi) asked me as I got in the car that Thursday afternoon. “It was fine.” I replied, “How about yourself?” “Oh, I’m doing well.” She said, reaching out her aged arm and grasping the ignition key to start the car, “I played Scrabble with Nana today, though Miss Kitty kept jumping on the table and smacking all the letters around.” “Ha, yeah, you know Zoey is quite the attention hound.” I retorted. Meme is my great-grandmother…

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    Unfortunately, some companies have mismanaged their greatest asset—their brands. This is what befell the popular Snapple brand almost as soon as Quaker Oats bought the beverage marketer for $1.7 billion in 1994. Snapple had become a hit through powerful grassroots marketing and distribution through small outlets and convenience stores. Analysts said that because Quaker did not understand the brand’s appeal, it made the mistake of changing the ads and the distribution. Snapple lost so much…

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