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The main focus of this film is 14-year-old Georgia Nicholson (played by Georgia Groome), who experiences a life-changing embarrassment at a party. Determined to grow up, she gets the perfect opportunity when she meets Robbie (played by Aaron Johnson). With her Ace Gang” by her side, she declares that it’s time to start “boy stalking.”…

Brief History of Motown Motown Records was the first African-American-owned music label and featured the first African-American performers to achieve success with mainstream white audiences. Motown’s impact on 1960s culture played a major role in the integration of pop music. In producing hit records for African-American artists such as Diana Ross and The Supremes, The…

You would be surprised how many people judge and descriminate Marshall Mathers *Eminem*. He has been protested against and hated on throughout the most important years of his life- the years that he will remember for the rest of his life. Marshall was born in Detroit Michigan, 1974 and lived there for most of his…

Courtroom drama is a popular type of film which involves at least one trial and pin points much of the emotion and tension within a court of law. “A Few Good Men” is an emotional story of two military men accused of killing a young soldier. Tom Cruise play’s Danny Kaffe, the smart mouth defense…

In the documentary Bowling for Columbine, Michael Moore aims to convince viewers that America is a country driven by guns. Through various persuasive techniques, Moore presents the idea that every American feels the need to have a gun in their home for protection and highlights the many tragedies that occur in America. To support his…

            Philippe Starck is one of the most renowned contemporary French designer/architects in the world. His work ranges from the most acclaimed buildings and interiors to the most ubiquitous kitchen tools. Birth and childhood             Born in Paris in 1949 to an aircraft designer and manufacturer, Starck was initiated into the world of design at…

            The Simpsons has been entertaining viewers with its adaptation of modern society for almost two decades. However, to claim that The Simpsons is a mirror of society and its values is to overstate the importance of this entertaining, yet skewed vision of creator, Matt Groening.  Ben McCorkle, in his essay, “The Simpsons: A Mirror…

Francis Ford Coppola s Gardens of Stone provides three different positions on the Vietnam War. There were immature work forces such as the character Jackie Willow who believed that it was their responsibility to function their state. This soldier wanted to function on the forepart lines because he believed that a soldier in the right…

Jimi Hendrix perhaps no other rock-and-roll trailblazer wasas original or as influential in such a short span of time asJimi Hendrix. Widely acknowledged as one of the most daring andinventive virtuosos in rock history, Hendrix pioneered theelectric guitar (he played a right-handed Fender Stratocaster–his “Electric Lady”–upside-down and left-handed) as anelectronic sound source capable of feedback,…

I chose to write my paper on the movie musical “Mamma Mia!” An adaption of the Broadway musical written by Catherine Johnson based on songs written by the Swedish rock group ABBA. The title of the play is based off ABBA’s 1975 chart topping hit “Mamma Mia”. The musical tells the story of a young…