The Jazz Singer

supervision dance had more importance in the musical. He demanded that none of the cast members should be allowed to be established stars, he wanted “slum kids”, and actors should look like “slum kids” as the characters were “slum kids”. The original singers of “Maria” and “Tony” had opera trained voices. They used the basic Story of “Romeo and Juliet” and adapted, by making the topic real, applying it to what was happening at the time, in “West Side Story” which used the growing Puerto Rucan…

America during the 1950s was introduced to a new type of genre of music, rock and roll, which infiltrated society in either negative or positive way - an issue which is debated by scholars Altschuler and Oakley in Taking Sides. Their positions are controversial, Oakley states and affirms that while rock and roll brought juvenile delinquency up in the American society, it in fact was not a major enough movement to dismantle America’s traditional family. Although on the other hand, Altschuler…

America’s traditional family which separated the ties between America’s youth from family values and morality, sexual, and racial customs. After WWII, people were ready to live life a little, be able relax, and live I up (Repellent). From the big jazz concert band music of the early 1950’s throughout the middle of the decade into the rock ability of the late 50’s the mood was quite optimistic. The music was fast and the beat was swing baby swing all you could do was dance, dance, and dance…

on through Alabama 's annual W.C. Handy Music Festival”(Biography.com). What this quote is saying is that Handy is the center of the Harlem Renaissance. The company that Handy and Pace built was the center of the Harlem renaissance because of the singers and musicians. Pace helped create the company that was the center of the Harlem renaissance. The market was growing fast, but large mainstream companies like Paramount and Columbia were popping up, but Black Swan was holding on. The only reason…

At the Rex Jazz and Blues Bar on 194 Queen Street West, The Sinners Choir performed in the genre of Americana, Free Jazz to an audience of around twenty-five people. Free Jazz was first introduced in the summer of 1960 when Saxophonist Ornette Coleman and his band recorded This is Our Music for Atlantic records. In the album, “Coleman reordered structural principles to offer the members of his group maximum melodic and rhythmic freedom,” (Anderson 2007, 1). He accomplished an improvised approach…

“Cultural civil war” (Digital History), Symbolizes the era of the 1920's. Author F. Scott Fitzgerald labeled this decade the Jazz Age. In his novel, The Great Gatsby, he criticized the exterior and possessive lives of Americans after the war. The traditional lifestyles were fading away while the luxurious, party lifestyle flourished. Throughout the 1920's Americans continually tested the universal image of desired behavior. The decade was shaped by wealth, parties, moonshine, and sexually…

Every day, we as humans, face tasks that we must come to a decision on whether we are going to do what is morally right, or for the better for the greatest amount of people. Utilitarianism is the action that is best, which procures the greatest happiness for the greatest numbers (100). This may be helpful for short term tasks and requirements, but in the long run always choosing the action that benefits everyone would ultimately hold people back. I will discuss both sides to utilitarianism, how…

not be appropriately applicable to every situation. Regarding whaling, if the net pleasure coming from the harvested whale outweighs the net pain in terms of the whale then whaling should be permitted, albeit regulated. In keeping accordance with Singer, the pain and pleasure points of the whale will be measured at the same value, rather than less than, of those for the…

The utilitarianism and deontological ethical theories can be used to explain the solution to the ethical dilemma of pushing sales versus demeaning the body image of a consumer. The utilitarianism theory posits that the greater good is the only concern and that the right course of action would lead to the least amount of pain or the greatest pleasure. As such, the theory takes into account the majority instead of the minority. Most advertisements and promotions get considerable share of…

Utilitarianism is an ethical theory that gauges the worth of actions by their ends and consequences. Utilitarianism, claims that a person should act in the way that produces the greatest amount of good over evil, and should consider everyone that would be affected by the action (Skelton,2017). In other words, the ethically “correct” action is the one that causes the most pleasure and the least pain for the greatest amount of people. This theory demands that all choices be considered based on the…