...As an audience member who has never seen A Chorus Line before, I did not know what to expect. I knew the music slightly from hearing it on my Pandora radio station and from clips on YouTube but I had never seen the show completely put together. The show was exciting and fun to watch, and the moment the song “What I did for Love” started and the actors told me what they did for their love, I felt a deep connection with each and every actor on the stage. The song is at the end of the show, but the connections I felt with the characters lasted the entire span of the production. I enjoyed the show very much because the acting was extremely believable, the choreography told a story just as much as the acting did, and the music moved me and the actors...
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...TELEVISION PORTRAYALS OF HOUSEWIVES IN THE 1950s VERSUS TODAY: I Love Lucy vs. Desperate Housewives The 1950s housewife was the epitome of a woman. She had poise and grace and cared for her family more than having a career. She had a smile on her face, dinner on the table, and her child always used please and thank you. At least on TV. Fast forward 50 years and much has changed in our history and the way that women are portrayed on television. With women no longer expected to give up their careers in order to raise a family, working moms are represented more with each passing decade. Two television shows that can be examined to explore the difference in television’s portrayal of housewives are I Love Lucy from the 1950s and Desperate Housewives from the 2000s. While the shows premiered more than a half a century apart, there are many similarities in the shows. And that’s not on accident. After World War II ended, men came home and families started growing and prospering, able to buy things they had to go without during the rough wartimes. With servicemen home and the baby boom well underway, women were expected to reclaim their dominance over the home, while their husband’s reclaimed dominance over them.1 Housewives were to be seen more than heard, all while keeping a smiling on their face. No one talked about their problems, because they didn’t really have any. The white picket fence was always perfect and no one ever raised their voice or drank too much, at least on the...
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...actually felt the need to want reruns, they were always on to the next best thing. Some television shows just could not contend with the ones that had emerged previously in history. This is because in the early years of production were the television shows that set the precedents for what television is today. One of the most well-known shows that changed the future of television for centuries to come happened to be one of the very first’s sitcoms to air on television, “I Love Lucy”. This popular television show emerged in the fifties and set the stone for what comedy should be. This show was clever and original at the same time for all of the ridiculousness that took place. Many shows that have followed were surprisingly big hits but none could leave an impact like “I Love Lucy”. This is because it “is legitimately the most influential in TV history, pioneering so many innovations and normalizing so many others that it would be easy to write an appreciation of simply, say, the show’s accidental invention of the TV rerun.”(VanDerWerff) Audiences of all ages are attracted to humorous shows and like Will Rogers said, “We are all here for a spell, get all the good laughs you can.”(BrainyQuote) I Love Lucy planted the seed for future television sitcoms by being the first show to show women as scatter-brains yet extremely clever, men as loud and confused characters, and friends that were dupes and accomplices which was captured and used by many television...
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...I Love Lucy Loves Stereotypes I Love Lucy is an American television series from the 1950s following the Lucy and Ricky Ricardo family. Ricky’s in show business and Lucy’s the housewife that tends to drive him crazy with all the trouble she gets into. Episode 23 in season 2, “Lucy Hires a Maid”, Ricky notices how overwhelmed and tired Lucy is with all the house chores and caring for their new-born son. He sends in a note to the employment agency for a maid but leaves the responsibility of interviewing and hiring her to Lucy. Lucy caves in to the first woman who arrives and this maid, Mrs. Porter, is the opposite of what they need; she eats all their food and is no help with the baby. Both Lucy and Ricky are terrified of her but in the end Ricky calls her up and fires her. Messages about gender in I Love Lucy illustrate that women should work inside of the house and men should work outside of the house because women are caretakers and men are money makers through Lucy’s status as a mother, Ricky’s status as breadwinner, and Lucy’s inability to act in a business fashion. Gender roles are very obvious in I Love Lucy, as Lucy acts like the “ideal” American housewife; she does not have a professional job and puts on a dumbfounded face whenever Ricky talks about business, politics, economics, or anything that does not relate to housework. Lucy takes complete care of Ricky Jr, their son. In episode 23, during season 2, Lucy tries to get Ricky to be the one to take care of the crying...
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...fighting with their conscience.” This is what I learned from this rotation. My life brought me to this life changing experiences. My mommy is the only person I talk about my life, my problems, my achievements, and she fills up the emptiness I felt when I was down. In any instances, she never brought me down. I’m including this to my narrative, because even though she never really did felt the hard thing about “bearing down a child” because she was a post-cesarian section patient for me and my brothers, but she felt the pain in labor which is the hardest of them all as a patient told me. In my duty here in the delivery room made me reflect about the life my mommy, luckily gave me. So I decided not to waste it and cherish all the sacrifices and pain she felt when she was giving birth to me. And when I delivered my first ever baby, I texted my mommy right away saying, “Hey Mommy, I Love You! Thank you for this wonderstrucking life. I’ll be home soon.” Our clinical exposure here at Amang Rodriguez Memorial Medical Center made us stressed, tired but we can tell ourselves that after this rotation. We can surely handle anything else. Thanks to our Clinical instructor Ma’am Marie Ann Lapitan, She was one of my favorite instructor *no joke*. From my group, I was the only person who never, as in, never experienced or even seen and assist an actual delivery. I told her that right away so I she’d know that I never handled any cases ever since. At first I was very afraid ‘coz Mam. Lapitan told...
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...Turn of the Century: Homosexuality Acceptance Marjorie A. Webster Ashford University Cultural Awareness in the Human Services HHS 320 Professor Andrea Shenkman July 25, 2012 Turn of the Century: Homosexuality Acceptance Our society and our sitcoms have evolved from what it used to be in the 1950s, during the time of Ricky Ricardo and Lucy Ball in the “I Love Lucy” show. Fast forward to the 21st century, television shows such as, “Glee”, “Will and Grace”, and “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” carry different themes than those of Ricky’s and Lucy’s silly innocent antics. When in time did our society get over the initial shock of an interracial Ricky and Lucy laying in one bed, to accepting homosexual couples on television? Our society expands further than Hollywood antics, especially with sensitive issues dealing with our individual beliefs, traditions, and customs. In this paper, I will cover the media effect of sexual orientation exposure, the brief history and repeal of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, and the acceptance of same-sex marriages in the United States. It goes without saying that the United States is the salad bowl of the world; socially accepting of all races, gender, religion, and now sexual orientation. America is moving forward and embracing a more diverse culture and practices and it is backing it up with concrete legal and political significance. Due to the imminent and overwhelming media exposure of homosexuality, it is evident, be it...
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...When people try to think of all the media moguls in our history, almost all of the names that come up belong to men. However, I would like to take the time to discuss some of the female moguls. Lucille Ball changed television forever, with both her portrayal of characters on screen and her work of television production behind the screen. For over three decades, Lucille Ball was the most highly recognized and adored entertainer in the world, although many addressed her simply as Lucy. This of course was due to her portrayal of a certain clumsy housewife of the same name who managed to turn everyday activities into unparalleled hijinks and adventure. Lucy won the hearts of nearly every American, regardless of social or cultural stature. Ball’s expertise was wide and diverse, which led to the success of her notable role. After dropping out of high school at age fifteen, Lucille Ball picked up and relocated to New York City to pursue her dream of acting. Finally, in 1927, Ball got cast in her first show as a chorus girl. This job then led her to her big break, the Chesterfield Cigarettes poster girl. After that, her career skyrocketed. She began getting cast in major films like Eddie Cantor’s Roman Candles (1933). Soon after, it became nearly impossible to go to...
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...Reflection As I have gotten older I have rebelled against popular culture, people change but the situations remain the same. The way the media has portrayed family throughout the years has changed drastically. A family without a father would not have been allowed on television in the 1950’s. In 1951 Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz a married couple in real life developed a Sitcom called ‘I Love Lucy’; they were not allowed to sleep in the same bed but you could smoke on television something the network censors frown upon in this day and age. Another Television land couple Mary Tyler Moore and Dick Van Dyke were featured in 1961 the Dick Van Dyke show aired on CBS and the married couple had twin beds, the network did not want a man and women in the same bed due to censor concern. If we fast forward to 2014, how things have changed. Men and women can now sleep in the same bed but television censorship has become very lax. Primetime TV will air men in the bed nude or topless with 2 women. Illegal drugs are accepted and treated as if it is a rite of passage for the teenagers and young adults. Censorship may be harder on obscene behaviors on television but that leaves in door open for information that children don’t need to be exposed to. Children are no difference from the 1950 then they are today, why should they be subjected to all the garbage of the world before they are ready. Having young children has really opened my eyes to Social Media and how young people are influenced...
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...Jhane Bingham COM111 Broadcast History--Chapter 7 Questions 1. What was the "Paramount Decision of 1948"? The Paramount decision of 1948 forced major films studios , Paramount, MGM, Warner Bros, 20th Century, Foxx, and RKO to divided themselves of their theater chains to reduce vertical intergation of the movie industry. 2. What's the difference between advertising and Public Relations? Advertising is issued items to pursude coustmers to buy certain products or attend certain events and Public relations is in control of a person or items image, 3. What are "race records" ? Race records are recording featuring black musicians playing black oriented music. 4. In television's infancy, what was the relationship between Movies & TV? The relationship between movies and televison are that they should not be mixed because televison is in its domination and movies should not be put on tv 5. In 1948, the FCC put a "freeze" on granting TV licenses. How long did this freeze last and why? The freeze lasted 4 years because the FCC wanted to rethink their whole television system 6. What's a "kinescope" recording? Kinescope is a form a recording where you are filming the picture off a TV set during the live broadcast 7. Early TV specialized in the "dramatic anthology." What is this. Give an example of this TV genre. programs featured original screenplays by theater trained authors with cast and staff drawn from the world of new york theater. Philco...
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...Alexus Fuller CRN: 21556 English 1101 March 6, 2016 Women Then and Now “Lucy I’m home,” the famous saying from the famous 1950s sitcom, “I Love Lucy” fully distinguished a vast difference between women in sitcoms then and now. Women in the 1950s held on to the traditional, stereotypical housewife title, one who only tended to their husband children and household duties. Women in contemporary sitcoms, however, did not hold on to those traditional values that were viewed in the 1950s. For example Being Mary Jane is about a hard working single black women going through everyday life, without those traditional values. Status, parenting, and conservativeness are the foremost leading differences from women in the 1950s and women in contemporary sitcoms. Status is the position somebody holds in society. Women in the 1950s held a lower more respectable status than women in today’s sitcoms. For example, Lucy was very respectful of her husband, and his wishes. Women then did not typically talk back, became physical, or dressed inappropriately. Women in today’s sitcoms, however, were the exact opposites. In today’s sitcoms, women were drug addicts, exotic dancers or workaholics. Women also tend to be very emotionally abusive to their families. For example, a powerful African-American woman on Mary Jane in chastised her sister about having two kids and having another. Women in the 1950s sitcom were typically stay-at- home moms who did not work. Their parenting skills differed from...
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...114 ways to say... I LOVE YOU Neal Justine English - I love you Neal Justine Afrikaans - Ek het jou lief Neal Justine Albanian - Te dua Neal Justine Arabic - Ana behibak Neal Justine Armenian - Yes kez sirumen Neal Justine Bambara - M'bi fe Neal Justine Bangla - Aamee tuma ke bhalo aashi Neal Justine Belarusian - Ya tabe kahayu Neal Justine Bisaya - Nahigugma ako kanimo Neal Justine Bulgarian - Obicham te Neal Justine Cambodian РOun Srorlagn Bung Neal Justine Cantonese Chinese - Ngo oiy ney Neal Justine Catalan - T'estimo Neal Justine Cheyenne - Ne mohotatse Neal Justine Chichewa - Ndimakukonda Neal Justine Corsican РTi tengu caru Neal Justine Creol - Mi aime jou Neal Justine Croatian - Volim te Neal Justine Czech - Miluji te Neal Justine Danish - Jeg Elsker Dig Neal Justine Dutch - Ik hou van jou Neal Justine Esperanto - Mi amas vin Neal Justine Estonian - Ma armastan sind Neal Justine Ethiopian - Ewedihalehu' Neal Justine Faroese - Eg elski teg Neal Justine Farsi - Doset daram Neal Justine Filipino - Mahal kita Neal Justine Finnish - Mina rakastan sinua Neal Justine French - Je t'aime, Je t'adore Neal Justine Frisian - Ik h̢ld fan dy Neal Justine Gaelic - Ta gra agam ort Neal Justine Georgian - Mikvarhar Neal Justine German - Ich liebe dich Neal Justine Greek - S'agapo Neal Justine Gujarati - Hoo thunay prem karoo choo Neal Justine Hiligaynon - Palangga ko ikaw Neal Justine Hawaiian - Aloha Au Ia`oe Neal Justine Hebrew - Ani ohev et...
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..."I Love Rocky Road" I hear those ice cream bells and I start to drool Keep a couple quarts in my locker at school Yeah, but chocolate's gettin' old Vanilla just leaves me cold There's just one flavor good enough for me, yeah me Don't gimme no crummy taste spoon I know what I need Baby, I love rocky road So weren't you gonna buy half a gallon, baby I love rocky road So have another triple scoop with me, ow They tell me ice cream junkies are all the same All the soda jerkers know my name When their supply is gone Then I'll be movin' on But I'll be back on Monday afternoon, you'll see Another truck load's comin' in for me, all for me I'm singin' I love rocky road So weren't you gonna buy half a gallon, baby I love rocky road So have another triple scoop with me, ow (oh, make it talk) When I'm all alone, I just grab myself a cone And if I get fat and loose my teeth that's fine with me Just lock me in the freezer and throw away the key Singing I love rocky road So weren't you gonna buy half a gallon, baby I love rocky road So have another triple scoop with me I love rocky road So weren't you gonna buy half a gallon, baby I love rocky road So have another triple scoop with I love rocky road So weren't you gonna buy half a gallon, baby I love rocky road So have another triple scoop with I love rocky road So weren't you gonna buy half a gallon, baby I love rocky road So have another triple scoop with...
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...see much more of it today, reality TV is nothing new. It's been around since Candid Camera, which documented sneaky practical jokes on unsuspecting average joes, debuted in 1948. But things have changed since then. The genre hit its second stride in 2000 with Survivor, an elimination show in which “castaways” compete to win big by roughing it for the longest, and since then the genre has presented increasingly regressive caricatures of women, men, poor people, and people of color. In Reality Bites Back: The Troubling Truth about Guilty Pleasure TV, media critic and activist Jennifer Pozner takes on the much-maligned staple of cable and broadcast television that occupied up to 41 percent of Fox’s overall programming in 2009. From Flavor of Love host Flavor Flav to America's Next Top Model's tyrannical Tyra Banks, Reality Bites Back provides an exacting, well-organized overview of a medium that is problematic at best. Pozner eviscerates network head honchos, lambasts...
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...Critical Analysis Three October 23, 2014 The Internet Should Have Killed Weird Al. It Only Made Him Stronger Background For the past three decades, Weird Al Yankovic has created parody music and has made a name for himself through his success. Yankovic is known for songs such as I Love Rocky Road based off of Joan Jett’s I love Rock ‘n’ Roll and he has also created the song, White & Nerdy, which was not intended to be based off of Chamillionare’s Ridin (Suddath). Throughout changing customer trends, Yankovic has been able to adapt to the changes and stay competitive in the music industry. In the 1980s, many artists used MTV, the T.V. show, as a medium to promote their music. During the 2000s, Yankovic had to adjust due to a decline in customer watching MTV. By 2006, Yankovic switched over to YouTube as his new advertising medium (Suddath). With the use of YouTube, he created 169 music videos and has 748,032 subscribers (AlyankovicVEVO). The demand for traditional albums has dropped 8.4% in sales; as a result, Mandatory Fun is Yankovic’s last album, which was released in the summer of 2014 (Christman). The music industry is facing a major threat of music theft known as piracy. Illegally acquired music resulted in a drop of revenues from $14.6 billion to $7.7 billion ("For Students Doing Reports"). Due to the music environment constantly changing as well as emerging, Yankovic needs to consider timely business models that present opportunities for him to stay competitive...
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...favored over the rendition. These accusations can be true for several reasons like; one favors the original writer or the singer better, the period-of-time the work was created was significant to a person, the person likes the style of the writer or singer better, or maybe he or she just likes the authentic or rendition version itself better for no exact reason. There are several examples where this exists. A specific poetic example of when the original is considered better than the rendition is, “Shall I Compare Thee To a Summer’s Day,” by William Shakespeare recreated by Howard Moss and a specific example of when the rendition of a song is considered better than the original is, “I love Rock N’ Roll,” by The Arrows covered by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. Both of these authentic works are classics and are still popular today. When comparing them to their renditions, beauty, style and rhythm play an important role and can conclude why one is favored over the other. “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?” by William Shakespeare is considered to be one of his most popular sonnets, number 18 out of the 154 sonnets he wrote. This poem stands out from the others because of the comparison that is made of a young beautiful girl or boy to a summers day. For example, when Shakespeare says, “Thou art more lovely and more temperate” (line 2), he is comparing, as listed above, a young, beautiful human being to the season of summer and saying that he or she is more delightful. Another...
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