The Simpsons
.... is very funny but has some bad language and other
offensive material. The fact that the show is a cartoon may be what has kept
some people from watching. The cartoon though is what helps achieve many of the
humorous aspects. For example a spill of nuclear waste would not be very
amusing in a show with real people.
The show has the assumption that it is OK if your family argues all the
time. It shows this by the little arguments that the family constantly gets
into. It also shows that it's poi .....
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The Success Of Michael Crichton's Novels In The Media Industry
.... pseudo-specialist talk into his characters' mouths to give readers
the illusion that they're learning something as they quickly flip the pages
(Kakutui 3).
Michael Crichton has definitely made a boom in the entertainment
industry. Whether it is his top grossing movies or his top rated television
shows like E.R. which took a leading twenty prime-time Emmy nominations last
year including best drama (Carter 23).
Crichton's latest movie Congo, which had a great opening weekend, was
one of his succe .....
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Westerns
.... majority of people a short escape from the everyday
"grind." People were able to ride off into the sunset for a few hours becoming a
rugged individual who makes a difference as opposed to the faceless body that
may turn one screw hour after hour. Storylines variety was endless for the
west's story tellers. Any story could be written and placed as a western. The
love interest, hated villian and old enemy all fit in a western. If a writer did
not want to take the time to develop an enemy, one was readily ava .....
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Communication Between Men And Women: They Can't Be The Same
.... This change in communication between men and women causes the
women to take on a stronger and more direct language which also included robbery
and murder. They change from the traditional female forms of communication to a
more masculine form of communication. Once they change, the men who they come
into contact with change the way they communicate as well, or they face serious
consequences. This demonstrates the fact that men and women are bound to
communicate differently. In the movi .....
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To Be Shakespeare, Or Not To Be Shakespeare, That Is The Question
.... advantages and disadvantages. First, since
the characters are no longer limited by a defined space, they are able to
deliver their long speeches while being in a constant state of motion. This
occurs in the scene with the guards, and most noticeably in the scene with
Laertes and Ophelia, before he leaves for France. This same scene demonstrates
how the camera enables the characters to switch from one setting to the next, as
when Laertes, Ophelia, and Polonius are taken from outside to the church. This, .....
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Tracking TV Programs
.... Their viewers include children,
families, and single adults. Therefore, these time slots draw larger audiences
than any other.
As the evening dwells on, one can start to see a gradual change in program
content as they begin to lose the younger viewers and start focusing on more
mature audiences. The content becomes more violent and sexually explicit. The
comedy also follows this pattern and becomes more adult oriented, such as HBO's
"Def Comedy Jam". This is also the time of night that those famous i .....
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Hamlet Revenge
.... Fortinbras." This entitled
King Hamlet to the land that was possessed by Fortinbras because it was
written in a seal'd compact. Polonius was an advisor to the King, and
father to Laertes and Ophelia. He was nosy and arrogant, and he did not
trust his children. He was killed by Young Hamlet while he was eves
dropping on a conversation between Hamlet and his mother. "How now! A
rat? Dead, for a ducat, dead!" King Hamlet was the King of Denmark, and
Hamlet's father. He had killed King Fortinbras, only .....
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Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye
.... series. Over the years, I accumulated a
collection of about thirty different characters; which I still have stored in my
room. I don't think I could ever get rid of them. Also, each Transformer came
with a stat card on the back of the box he was sold in that described his
various skills and attributes. I used to always cut these stat cards from the
back of the boxes, and tape them onto large sheets; which I hung on my bedroom
wall. Along with the action figures, I also had Transformer books and
Transfo .....
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Movie: Tucker - Preston Tucker
.... car shower, and TV.
When Tucker tried to produce his car, he faced many problems. First he
had the financial problem he needed $15 million to produce the bomber engine.
However, he did not have enough money, so he issued 4 million shares to raise
his money. Besides, retooling for a model change could cost $20 million and
since his car was a new brand, Tucker was lack of support of the big firms, so
he needed a lot of money to advertise his car. Second, Tucker's company had to
produce 100 car .....
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TV Shows And Real Life
.... TV, bowl with his
buddies, drink and go to the "nudy bar". Marcie and Jefferson, are the Bundy's
neighbors and also take an active part in the show. Most shows consist of Al
going somewhere or doing something and everyone else making fun of him when he
fails miserably. Al is someone you can hardly call a father to his kids, he's
doesn't take care of them and he does absolutely nothing father-like for them or
with them. Al is constantly complaining about his marriage, he says that if he
was sober tha .....
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TV Violence
.... try
to act like the kids hreo's. A cocerned mother, Kathryn Flannery went so far as
to petition the CRTC. The CRTC responded by saying that "the show is avassively
to violent."(Chrisholm 1994 p.52) As a result of the petiton, many stations
voluntarily refused to air the controversial kids show. This case shows the
power that people can have over the CRTC. Unfortunately, the parents were not
able to entirely shield their children from the Power Rangers TV show. Many US
broadcasters, available on cable, .....
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TV Violence: Impossible To Get Rid Of Violence On Television
.... to stop people from thinking about it. TV is
not the only problem.
Is there too much TV violence, or is it just what people want to see?
In a recent survey, violent scenes in nonfictional shows went up 150% and in
fictional shows they went up 39%. The overall violence went up 41%.
What about the V-chip? The chip that would block out violence
and sex on TV. But is that offending people's freedom of speech? Who would
choose to use the V-chip? The government can't force people to use it, .....
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Twister
.... at the same time has
purposely not signed one of the papers.
Bill finally arrives and asks Joe for the papers. Joe hands Bill the
papers and acts like everything is okay. Bill looks through the papers and finds
the paper not signed, and Joe acts as if she never say the paper and begins to
read it. Bill becomes frustrated and just as She is about to sign one of the
chaser's yells out " there is a tornado about thirty miles away". Joe and her
team suddenly run to their cars and take off toward the area whe .....
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Violence On Television: Violence Is Everywhere
.... God I love America! Even on basic cable we
have these wonderful children's programs like The Mighty Morphine Power Rangers,
cartoons (eventhogh I love them), and the V.R. Troopers, to name a couple.
Surprise! they are either based on fighting or getting smashed by trucks and we
laugh and we love it. It's hard to beat watching someone else beat up on after
you just had a bad day.
Football and hockey, can't beat them but no one really cares about the
principle of the game we all just want to see th .....
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Violence On Television
.... he is
watching TV. The Addict lives hand to mouth from the potato chip bag. He is
lazy and will often go for hours without moving from the television.
If the Addict is not glued in front of the TV, he is most likely to be
found paging through his latest issue of TV guide, carefully selecting the shows
which he will watch that week and marking them off with a highlighter. On an
average day the Addict will come home from work or school, put off all
responsibilities, and escape into the world of TV. In .....
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