United States v. Paramount Pictures

time…on so many levels, [it] was precedent establishing” (Garcia 1). Arguably, it was the idea of Murphy, an African-American man representing great wealth, dignity, and intelligence that demolished chauvinistic stereotypes presented within The United States…

A movie entitled The Godfather is chosen as object in this analysis. Don Corleone as one of main character chosen as source data. Regarding utterance from Don Corleone this movie presents a numbered of presupposition in various context. Then relation between presupposition and context obtains a certain meaning of an utterance. As considering, statement from Stalnaker who said that context influences content, while content can creates a context because sometimes word that say has a function not…

Being wrongfully convicted of a crime is a reoccurring issue and the Innocence Project states that in the United States "since 1989, there have been tens of thousands of cases where prime suspects were identified and pursued until DNA testing proved that they were wrongly accused" (Innocence Project). Wrongly convicted individuals serve an average number of 14 years in prison before they are exonerated and 29% of the cases involved false confessions (Innocence Project). Included in those tens…

Nostalgia Nostalgia has been seen as an emotion sparked by music. Constructs that contribute to nostalgic experiences can be divided into both context- level and person- level. Context level constructs signify aspects of a person’s relationship and attributes of a persons experience while listening to a particular song. This may include how well-known the piece is or to what level the song is linked with personal reminiscence. On the other hand, person- level constructs suggest the…

noticeable and evident thanks to camera phones and social media), authority figures are seen as threatening. Homosexuality has also been at the forefront of prejudice and discrimination. An article written by Harvey Fierstein in The New York Times states, “Hate speak against homosexuals is as commonplace as spam. It’s daily traffic for those who profess themselves as regular Joes, men of God, public servants who live off my tax dollars, as well as any number of celebrities.” (Prejudices). WILL…

by both the players and owners. In 2008 owners chose to opt out of the agreement through a unanimous vote. The past agreement was set to expire on March 3, 2011. This negotiation entailed many aspects and was a heartbreaker for most of the United States who depend on football every Sunday as part of their weekly ritual.…

Psychological Identification and Understanding of Human Cooperation Using a variety of studies, research strategies, and available data collected from different sources to define along with understand the complexity of human cooperation. Pointing out the problems in human cooperation; individuals deciding to work alone rather than in a group. Determining what factors causes dilemmas in human cooperation or in some instances leading to competition. Comparing and/or contrasting already existing…

case with Paramount and the initiation of the Hollywood blacklist. Beginning in the run-up to World War II and lasting until the 1960’s these two elements shaped the persona of film in the United States. These two events caused the direction of Hollywood to favor independent filmmakers, reduce Hollywood’s influence on the motion picture distribution and presentation chain and removed qualified actors, actresses, producers and directors from directly working with American motion pictures. The…

messages to people on a different level. With that being said, the government has had a hand in controlling how the industry goes about conducting it’s business and how it goes about relaying it’s messages. Two such examples are The United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. (1948) and The Hollywood Blacklist. In the mid nineteen forties, which was also the golden age of Hollywood,…

How did the Paramount Decision alter the direction of film making? United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc., also known as the Hollywood Antitrust Case of 1948, greatly altered the future of filmmaking in several ways. This ruling was the result of all of the major studios being sued by the United States Department of Justice in 1938 for unfair trade practices. As the result of this ruling, the major movie studios were forced to do away with block-booking of short films, reduce the…