Category: Entertainment & Media 1830
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Romantic Comedies: Friends with Benefits, No Strings Attached
Frankly speaking, I am not a real fan of romantic comedies, but I have seen a few at the movie theatre with my friends. Friends with Benefits appealed to me as it seems to differ from the other films of this genre. However, soon No Strings Attached appeared on the screens, and they turned out…
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US News Coverage on Three Major Networks: CNN, FOX and MSNBC
I consistently view news programs on three networks: CNN, FOX, and MSNBC. The one I use most often is MSNBC because I like two of the political shows and one news show on that network: Countdown with Keith Oberman, the Rachel Maddow Show and Morning Joe. I do not often get up in time for…
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Factors That Impact Media Consumption
Starting with the digital revolution in the 1990s when the world made a step forward personalized media moved away from the “tyranny of mass media”, people consumed only the content they found useful and meaningful (Jenkins 244). We got our media choices. With the active development of the digital and media world, these choices become…
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Pitching for a T.V. Show “And Here’s the Pitch”
Cincinnati is Midwest America, and what is big here is baseball. I do not remember ever seeing a series on baseball. So I thought about an angle using the triple-A team for the Cincinnati Reds. It could be a situation comedy with serious cultural issues to deal with, such as health care, education, housing and…
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Abbas from “A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge”: Character Analysis
“A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge” is a graphic novel created by Josh Neufeld, a cartoonist who published the work as a webcomic at the beginning. It explores the story of the natural disaster of 2005, hurricane Katrina, through various characters and viewpoints. The author inspects the horrid story through several characters: Denise, The Doctor,…
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African American Women in “I Like It Like That”, “Red Sky”, “Their Eyes Were Watching God”
The assertion that African American women maintain their togetherness, humanity, and specialness through daily talk, humor, and serious discussions are only true in some instances in the film entitled I Like It Like That, the novel Red Sky, and the novel entitled Their Eyes Were Watching God. This is because there are instances that the…
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A Conversation with Koko Directed by Barbet Schroeder
A documentary film A Conversation with Koko, which was shot in 1999, tells a story of a gorilla named Koko, who demonstrates profound intellectual ability and a sensitive emotional character. The film evokes mixed feelings, as it explores the areas which humankind is not yet at ease with, such as the possibility of a developed…
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Comparison Paper on the Character Malvolio
Many would not dispute the fact that people nowadays tend to recreate literary classics. The movie “She’s the Man,” a modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s comedy “Twelfth Night,” exemplifies this the best. At first glance, the film and the play appear to have apparent congruities. However, the differences and alterations that the screenwriter and the director…
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Media and Violence Connection
Introduction The issue of media and the increase of violent crimes has been a contentious issue over the years leading to a number of researches trying to identify the correlation between the two. This is especially the case with regard to electronic media due to its visual power over our children. Nonetheless, this issue is…
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The Decline of the Print Newspapers in the UK
The development of digital technologies and online mass media sources has caused a significant decline in demand for print newspapers all over the world. The statistics state that only in the United Kingdom the expenditure on newspapers fell from almost 4.5 billion pounds in 2005 to 2.8 billion in 2020 (Watson, 2021). Though it seems…