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The Secret History of 9/11 was a documentary that chronicled the events leading up to the terrorist attacks on 9/11 and what actually happened on that fated day. I viewed the comprehensive film and was intrigued about several of the facts discussed in the movie. After viewing the reflecting the informational film, I thought that … Read more
Introduction Mean Girls follows the life of Cady Heron, a 15-year-old girl who is experiencing high school for the first time in her life. After meeting Janis and Damian, Cady is warned about the “Plastics,” and soon finds herself invited into the exclusive group led by Regina George. Damian, Janis and Cady come up with … Read more
Gender and sexual representations has been included in some of our most favorite music videos. Back in the old days, gender and sexual representations was not a topic that people would touch on, until Madonna came into the game and change the music industry and she was not afraid to include this topics in her … Read more
This essay will attempt to delineate the ways in which the rom-com genre has been revitalized through contemporary film, it will briefly explain the generic conventions of the rom-com, before examining two key case studies which underpin the examples of revitalization in the rom-com genre. The two case studies which this essay will utilize are John Hamburg’s I Love … Read more
It is no myth that Hollywood certainly has a diversity problem. This is often because of Hollywood’s hegemonic power belonging to straight, white, males. This power structure leads to media seeming as a distorted mirror image of actual reality. Contemporary media may seem diverse, but it still lacks true multi-dimensional diversity. LGBT people of color, … Read more
Racism has been presented in every countries and society throughout history. Even though the world has developed, this issue has still existed today. Why does racism exist? It comes due to human’s selfishness which involves a belief that people judge others due to their skin colour, skin tone, languages, and others. For example, America is … Read more
Timeline: Life of an American Fireman (1903) Directed by: Edwin S. Porter and George S. Fleming Edwin S. Porter Directed many films produced in the 19th/20th Century, alongside him George S. Fleming also directed. Life of an American Fireman is a short (Lasting 6:46 minutes long), silent film. This film is recognised for the numerous … Read more
The film Psycho has played an important role in the history of horror development. It has been responsible for the development of many horror films that came after it. The film is referred to as the greatest ever due to a number of reasons such as its narrative value, innovation, characterization, graphics and the use … Read more
My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a lighthearted comedy; about a 30-year-old single lady living in Chicago named Toula Portokalos. As a young lady who is a Greek descendant, being raised by an exceptionally conventional family, she is faced with the profound inquiries and needs in life. Going from the part of family in a … Read more
The horror genre has been repeatedly criticized in a feminist framework for its sexualization and objectification of women through the perpetuation of enlightened sexism, a phenomenon regarding how media represents women as having attained sexual, economic, and social equality with men but actually reinforces a gender binary (Clover, 1996; Douglas, 2010; Shaw & Lee, 2015). … Read more
For the Women’s Studies 100: Introduction to Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Activist Project, our group decided to focus on the portrayal of gender roles in American television and film and how they have changed over time since the existence of pre-codes. This topic closely relates to a broader theme, media and culture, which has … Read more
1. INTRODUCTION As movies are stories communicated by filmmakers to an audience through motion pictures, they seem to be having an impact on people’s everyday lives. Because movies are made in accordance to the filmmaker’s point of view or perspective, they can subconsciously control how we as the audiences see the world and behave after … Read more
The original cause of this event should be categorized as a power struggle. According to Wilmot and Hocker, power itself means nothing until it is placed in the context of relationships. When the Belgium ruled the country, they picked the Tutsis to run it for them instead of the Hutus. This along with the previous … Read more
Defying the norm is what high functioning defense lawyer and college professor, Annalise Keating, is known for. How to Get Away with Murder lends itself to be investigated because it argues the norm and allows the audience that follows the show to see what happens when one is allowed to reach their highest potential, and … Read more
Depending on who you ask, Netflix is either your best friend on a weekend or a reckless partnership trying to seduce children into becoming suicidal anorexics. You may have heard some buzz around the newly released Netflix movie To the Bone. The trailer was hit with harsh comments from the public before the movie had … Read more
