The Manchurian Candidate

Few movies are sought fit for a remake, but in the case of The Manchurian Candidate (1962), it presented an opportunity to update this classic political thriller into modern times. Producing a remake also presents the risk of losing the original message altogether. Both films begin with an American soldier who is essentially brainwashed into becoming an assassin utilized by his own political family, more specifically his mother, to infiltrate the presidency of America. Behind the brainwashing is the most feared villains of the time, communists in 1962 and multinational corporate interest in 2004. The basic plot takes viewers through a curvy road of uncertainty in what the outcome of the film will be or where the film will take them next.…

The Manchurian Candidate Conspiracy In the plot of “The Manchurian Candidate”, Captain Raymond Shaw and Major Ben Marco were captured along with their whole platoon. During the capturing, they were brainwashed; however, both sergeants were ordered to eliminate their fellow squadmates. Over the years Ben Marco started having dreams about what happened during the capture. He tried to make Raymond Shaw believe the brainwashers did something to them that made them do those bad things. Ben Marco…

During the time which Manchurian Candidate is set, a sense of paranoia and fear pervaded the nation. The Cold War is still going on and the Korean War has recently ended during the majority of it. This fear of communism and nuclear war still exists, however. Raymond throughout the Manchurian Candidate is visibly subjected to the will of others. The audience sees him being told what to do by his mother, by Yen Lo, even by Marco as both a superior in the military and through the brainwashing…

allows direct contact between election candidates and the people, while others would argue that the presence of television influences…

This year I started working on campus at UNI in the Postsecondary Education and Educational Leadership office. For the first part of the semester, my job was to assist in planning the Hall of Excellence event that has been happening every year for the past 13 years at UNI. Through this task, I had the opportunity to meet Jason Lau. Jason Lau was nominated by the Hall of Excellence committee as a candidate to be an inductee for the Class of 2016. To be nominated as a candidate, an individual must…

John F. Kennedy once said, “The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all” (BrainyQuote). In order to make a well-educated presidential vote, one must be well informed on the candidates at hand. Failing to know key aspects about the candidate puts the entire democracy in danger because the right to vote is then wasted. There are countless aspects of a candidate’s life that are crucial to note when attempting to better understand the position and viewpoints of a candidate.…

consistency throughout the decades to portray political candidates as immoral, womanizing, and scandalous are not however the only portrayals that remain consistent throughout the different eras. While the candidates are all extremely flawed in many more ways than one, that does not mean that they do not also possess the qualities that allowed them to gain the political standing that they possess. No constituency would ever elect these candidates, or even be considering them for higher office…

done an excellent job of building and maintaining relationships with local colleges. The company recently received an award from U of M Dearborn for consistently hiring co-ops and interns even during economic downturn. • Vector offers a competitive compensation package. At least 20% of the participants in my local survey stated that a weak compensation package hindered their ability to secure talent. However, Vector’s Director did state that despite offering market wages, larger firms with…

Rubio is often demonized by elitists, Hollywood fans, Castro fans, liberals, and people who hate children of immigrants. He is the youngest person in the Republican and Democrat primaries. He holds the most experience per age ratio of any candidate and the trajectory suggests that his judgment will only improve with age. He is the son of blue collar workers and unlike other candidates, he actually had to work his way through school instead of having everything handed to him on a silver platter.…

First Presidential Debate After watching the first of three presidential debates, I felt that, despite the unconventional campaigns of 2016, the debate proved informative and revealing of both candidates. Moderated by NBC News anchor Lester Holt, the debate took place at Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY between candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. The primary topics of the debate were released one week before the debate (“CPD”). While the questions were not released prior to the debate,…