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An additional TV show that has hit the top feminist shows according to views today is Orange is the New Black. Piper Chapman is a public relations executive with a career and a fiancé when her past suddenly catches up with her. In her mid-30s she is sentenced to spend time in a minimum-security women's prison in Connecticut for her association with a drug runner ten years earlier. Forced to use an orange prison suit, Chapman makes her way through the corrections system and adjusts to life behind…

memorable event. Suddenly the blistering gun shot signified that the race has begun, and applause spread through the crowd like an electrical current. The race was exciting, the rush was contagious, I couldn't help but to glare at the screen of the television set. The race was coming to a close, then I witnessed the most devastating event any athlete could bear in their professional…

There are things in the world that have changed such as violence. Today you can see it everywhere whether you are watching the news, playing a movie, reading a book, or going outside. In today's society there are multiple types of violence, many people succumbing to peer pressure, and multiple people following traditions blindly. Shirley Jackson states that our society is no different than the one in her short story “The Lottery.” We “eat our own” by participating in pointless violence,…

Whether it is the news on Fox 5, a children’s show on PBS, or a late night movie on HBO, people tend to form a relationship between the characters on TV and themselves. Sometimes people, when watching fictional shows, get too committed to the characters. They start to compare themselves and treat the characters as real people. Richard Bach, a well-known 70’s American author said, “If you will practice being fictional for a while, you will understand that fictional characters are sometimes more…

Despite its flaws, CBS’s television show Big Brother had me hooked instantly when I first found it. I like the strategic gameplay that appears on the show. I like having someone to root for and someone to root against. The personalities that appear on the show are fun and exciting. Watching how people live for three months while simultaneously evicting people each week intrigues me. Through an online search, I found a fan run Big Brother simulation game hosted online. Played primarily on…

The Effects of The Simpsons Sitcom on Humanity The Simpsons sitcom has been the longest running leading animated series with over twenty-seven seasons in 2015 and counting. Not only does The Simpsons have just about fifteen million fans in America, but the sitcom is also viewed by nearly sixty million people across the globe. Yet, The Simpsons did not start out with popularity and acceptance. With the first airing of The Simpsons in 1989 by the FOX network, the show was immediately criticized…

Every Saturday morning I get a jolt of excitement in anticipation of the forty-five minutes of wonder I know are soon to delight my senses, forty-five minutes of adventure, fear, and the devilish world of Steven Moffat. Doctor Who is my all time favorite TV show, a show that follows the exploits of the time travelling Doctor and his intrepid companions across the universe. The cleverest thing about this show is, of course, the time travelling part, for it acts as an easy method for the writers…

Although entertainment media creates profit for industry, John Cole’s political cartoon claims that these media outlets exploit starvation, and dehumanization as a profitable venture, when in reality these cruelties happen every day to the peoples of underdeveloped countries. Central to the political cartoon is the depiction of the refugee’s emaciation. When first observing Cole’s cartoon, readers see a tarnished looking man reading a newspaper about the popular YA film, the Hunger Games.…

Have you ever wondered if there is a difference between sitcoms back then and now? This paper is going to compare and contrast the differences between an episode of Full House and an episode of the Modern Family. We are able to spot notable differences and similarities by comparing the characters, plot, and setting for both of these sitcoms. In both, Modern Family and Full House, there are many characters we can compare. As seen in Modern Family, Manny steals a necklace on “accident” but…

eccentricity?" (Maciac) Today's television bolsters the idea that individuals who are viewed as "smart" are lesser class citizens. Children's shows on Disney Channel portray an inaccurate view of intellectuals to viewers causing school children to look down on being intelligent and thus not working in school. These shows, such as Suite Life on Deck, Wizards of Waverly Place, Jesse, and Bunk'd all portray intellectuals in a negative light. Popular Disney television shows aimed at children…