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    Michelle Han Tran Professor Thibodaux ENG 1157 3 December 2015 White Chicks: Farce and Purposeful Revenge of the Whiteface Controversy? When many people hear of the Wayans Brothers movie White Chicks, they would inevitably picture the humorous scene where Terry Crews, being the physically huge, prideful jock he is, ironically does gestures and lip-syncs to Vanessa Carlton’s “A Thousand Miles” on his car radio. Everyone around me adores this particular movie with a passion, often quoting lines and reminiscing their favorite scenes. Moreover, White Chicks is and will forever be intact on our comedy list to watch on an ordinary Netflix night. While the movie can fill our hearts with mirth and laughter, there are uncertainties and disapprovals…

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    Women can only eat salads. Women can only be under a size six. Women can only wear short skirts. White Chicks, a movie released in 2004, is a film about two male african american FBI agents who assist Tiffany and Brittany Wilson to the Hamptons. The men are forced to disguise themselves as two white women, Tiffany and Brittany Wilson, because of their misconduct of almost wrecking a vehicle with the women inside the vehicle. During the disguise as two white women, women are misrepresented as…

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    Subgenre Of Farce Analysis

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    Both Some Like It Hot and White Chicks incorporates the idea of androgyny, simultaneously being a male and female, as Brandon French describes (On the Verge of Revolt, 138). For example, the main characters’ transformation as women show that masculinity and femininity exist as a “sliding scale”. In Some Like It Hot, masculinity is symbolized by the presence of gangsters, alcohol, and guns, while femininity is symbolized by the girls’ band, love, and the music itself. In White Chicks, masculinity…

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    In a movie do you wonder why a character is so close to the camera, or why it started raining out of nowhere ? The reason why is because the director is using cinematic effects. In the movie White Chicks, the director, Keenen Ivory Wayans, used many different cinematic effects. Wayans like to use long shot and close up shots in this movie, but also low and eye level angles. Wayans used different kinds of lightings like; high-key, neutral, front, bottom, and low-key lighting. Over all, the…

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    In the modern movie White Chicks, it demonstrates characteristics of a Shakespearean comedy, which include attributes such as mistaken identities, complex plots, use of puns, and happy endings for everyone involved in the work. The story of two brothers, Kevin and Marcus Copeland fulfilling their job as FBI agents easily demonstrate all of these qualities in the movie. Shakespeare’s hard work and dedication is shown throughout numerous books and movies, and will continue to live on for many…

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    David Heide 11/9/2014 ENG 111 Chick-fil-A has brilliantly advertised its company through promoting the phrase, “eat more chicken” and having cows be the resilient subjects in the commercials. Chick-fil-A is one, of the, if not the, most profitable and fastest growing food chains in America with over 10,000 locations all over the country. They are well known for the cleanliness of the restaurant, the customer service and overall atmosphere of the restaurant, but the number one characteristic of…

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    position of authority, she is still a powerful force in the world of popular culture and Hollywood. Therefore, her impact on the popular culture world is very strong because whether you are a fan of her or not, you will hear about her current shenanigans. There is a reason that people consider Beyonce to be Queen B. If someone has that kind of title with people, even ones that aren’t her biggest fans, that means something. The second perspective is the idea of the popular culture being wildly…

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    My brother told me that nothing ever works when you look at education as something that you have to do instead of something that you desire to do. My brother told me that you are successful if you try, even if the odds do not work out in your favor if you tried then you have done everything you can do. My brother inspires me because he wants to go to college now, but my mother is telling him that it is too late, which I think that it can never be too late for someone to better their life. My…

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    It was September 26, 2014, the night of the biggest high school football game in Albany, GA between Westover and Monroe. During my biology lecture class, my friend and I contemplated driving home for the game. I had not seen my sister cheer all last semester. I decided this would be the perfect time to surprise her. High school rivalry games are always great opportunities for returning alumni to meet up with old friends and flaunt themselves, usually in the latest styles, to make an impression…

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    description of organizational culture. How could this be measured? Measurement Schein (2010) posited that although the impact of the individual founder’s values and principles on the tacit basic assumption of organizations tend to fade with time, some may linger on across many generations. For example, the strong personal values and religious principles of Chick Fil-A’s founder S. Truett Cathy defined the organization’s practices even after a change in leadership (Davis & Lucas, 2007). Schein…

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