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... Favela rising reels to tell the story of a where drug trafficking is a norm, drug lords have status, prestige and power, a city that is highly polluted with corrupt military and police, where violence is a common sight on streets, markets or houses, where poverty is prevalent and inhabitants lack even basic clothing and food. This melancholic documentary reveals these miserable conditions of Favela and exemplifies how the will power of people can bring about a change. The film centers upon the experience of Sa Aderson who was a drug trafficker but after seeing numerous deaths of his friends and his brother in the massacre and the daily violence starts expecting more from life. He starts a revolution in order to offer... Favela rising reels...
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...?As has been d, comedy is a unique vehicle whereby the absurd and preposterous definitions of life, gender, society, and other commonly accepted norms can be both challenged and reinforced. In such a way, the following analysis will discuss the ways in which these understandings are exhibited and reinforced within three of the following television shows: “I Love Lucy”, “Roseanne”, and “Girls”. As such, it is the hope of this author that such a level of understanding and evaluation will help the reader to come to a greater appreciation of how comedy can be used as a vehicle of societal and self-introspection to the same degree that many other genres of entertainment have been utilized for thousands of years. Something especially... has been d, ...
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... Cultural Stereotypes as Reflected in the Movie Crash Humans are accustomed to criticize and categorize objects and all that they can see and perceive. In terms of learning, it can help to criticize and learn from them and also to categorize things to organize. When such behavior is carried to the extreme and especially used on fellow human beings, stereotyping happens. Stereotyping occurs around the globe since people can readily pass judgment onto other people. Since stereotyping is easy-to-do as people just judge a book by its cover instead of familiarizing themselves upon the existence and character of other people. Even the popular culture runs on judgment based on outside appearance. Stereotyping is like making... Cultural Stereotypes...
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2 Pages(500 words)Research Paper
...Literature 5 June Alien. Science Fiction. Reading Response Science fiction films are difficult to define because they can borrow from other genres, namely fantasy and horror. Unlike science fiction literature, which expresses the author’s viewpoint and contains a rational appeal, films make a strong impact on the viewer because they address the first signal system, namely image and sound (Cornea 6). In this way, films appeal to the viewer’s subconscious. Thus, science fiction films can help uncover the hidden tendencies, uncanny fears, and phobias (Cornea 6). In order to create the emotional impact and appeal to the unperceived fears film directors use the technique of disrupting “realism and by extension the way in...
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...Literature 7 June Akira. Science Fiction. Reading Response Science fiction is often stereotyped as a genre reflecting the male outlook on the futuristic world of technology. Among the most characteristic features of the ‘masculine’ focus of science fiction is the “embodiment of male immaturities” in the concepts of physical prowess, war, excitement, and adventure (Roberts 72). If understood broadly, all of the mentioned components in the science fiction film refer to the patriarchal role of a man in society. In this view, science fiction films portray the development of the male character as his passage into adult manhood (Cornea 115). In this process the bodies of the male characters become visual metaphors of...
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...Film/Reading Response: La dolce vita “La Dolce Vita’ is a film by Federico Fellini which gained popularity in the year 1960 in Europe. The story features Marcello Rubini, who is the main character. Marcello is a gossip columnist who tries to explore the ultra-sophisticated Rome. He makes money by writing about scandalous stories in Rome. The character’s actions help in developing the theme of gender in the film. It is worth affirming that Italian movies focused on social themes as evident in “neorealist films stressed social themes” (Bondanella 120).
Through Marcello, the audience realizes the similarity between the film and those that portrayed females as secondary or inferior in the early Italian neorealist films....
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... Visual Arts and Film Studies Film/Reading Response: La dolce vita (Federico Fellini, Italy, 1960) La dolce vita, directed by one of the cinema’s greatest artists, Federico Fellini, is a 1960 film that censures the “good life”. The film chronicles the life of Marcello Rubini and the decadent society he lives devoid of moral values. Alcohol, sex, and wild partying exemplify the lives of most of the characters in the movie. Marcello, the main character, is torn between being serious in life as a writer, and fulfilling his sexual desires through casual relationships and gratuitous parties. Several important scenes in the film contribute to La dolce vita’s development of issues related to gender and sexuality.
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