...The title is A DANGEROUS LIFE and if that title seems to be reminiscent of the title of Peter Weir's popular YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY, it may not be just a coincidence. I suppose the title could refer to it being dangerous for people that Ferdinand Marcos was alive and in power, or it could refer to fictional newsman Tony O'Neil's (played by Gary Busey) occasionally endangered existence covering dramatic events in the Philippines from the death of Ninoy Aquino to the fall of Marcos and the presidency of Ninoy's widow Corazon. Even if the title seems a little crass, the three-part, nearly six-hour mini-series delivers as a dramatic political story and at the same time as an historical chronicle. Because the title and subject matter conjure memories of YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY, A DANGEROUS LIFE invites comparison of the two films. The Weir film had one charismatic, enigmatic character, Billy Kwan. A DANGEROUS LIFE has no particularly fascinating character in a leading role. The main characters are involved in a nominal but dull love triangle. Who cares? In virtually every other regard, A DANGEROUS LIFE is a model for the political chronicle. It tells a piece of history most of us remember and tells in a dramatic and engrossing way a detailed history of the fall of Marcos. And it seems even more immediate for the extensive use of television news videotape. Actually for interest value, the lead parts are eclipsed by that of Imelda Marcos (played by Tessie Tomas). Most people...
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...“A Dangerous Life” Characters: Historical Characters • Ruben Rustia - President Ferdinand Marcos, the sitting Philippine president in the film's setting. • Laurice Guillen - Corazon Aquino, the widow of Benigno Aquino Jr. • Tessie Tomas - First Lady Imelda Marcos • Cris Vertido - former Vice-Pres. Salvador "Doy" Laurel • Robert Talabis - Joker Arroyo • Mervyn Samson - Gen. Fabian Ver, AFP Chief 0f Staff • Joonee Gamboa - Senate President Juan Ponce "Johnny" Enrile, at that time Minister of Defense • Ray Ventura - Gen. Fidel "Eddie" Ramos, AFP Vice Chief of Staff • Johnny Delgado - Lt. Col. Eduardo "Red" Kapunan • Rez Cortez - Col. Gregorio "Gringo" Honasan • Rolando Tinio - Jaime Cardinal Sin, Archbishop of Manila • Noel Trinidad - Jimmy Ongpin • Tony Carreon - Ramon Mitra, Jr. • Vic Diaz - Maj. Gen. Prospero Olivas, Chief of the Metropolitan Command (METROCOM) • Amiel Leonardia - Peping Cojuangco, the younger brother of the Cory Aquino • Lea Cabusi - Kris Aquino, the youngest of the Aquino's • Freddie Santos - Butz Aquino, Ninoy's younger brother • Michael Pate - Ambassador Stephen W. Bosworth, US ambassador to the Philippines • Pen Medina - Col. Eduardo Doromal • Felindo Obach - Brig. Gen. Artemio Tadiar • Junix Inocian - Evelio Javier • Odette Khan - June Keithley • Mona Lisa - Francisca Monzon • Joe Gruta - Col. Antonio Sotelo • Benigno Aquino, Jr. as himself (interviewed before his assassination). An uncredited actor plays him during the assassination...
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...vaccine to produce immunity against a disease. Sentence- The child was inoculated to protect herself from a disease or infection. Page 488 " I try to ignore my surges of panic as he almost veers into street lights or road barriers, and focus instead on the snow." (Roth, 488). Definition- change direction suddenly. Sentence- The drunk driver ahead of us veered into different lanes every few minutes. Connections The book is set in a futuristic time period in Chicago. Considering the post-war landscape, there are very few people and the plants that do grow outside of the faction community are withering. The text states from Tris's point of view that " The world beyond ours is full of roads and dark buildings and collapsing power lines. There is no life in it, as far as I can see; no movement, no sound but the wind and my own footsteps. It's like the landscape is an uninterrupted sentence, one side dangling in the air, unfinished, and the other, a completely different subject ." (Roth, 101). The setting of Allegiant reminds me of another book I read: Maze Runner. It reminds me of Maze Runner by James Dashner because both stories are during a futuristic time period after disaster struck leaving the cities in shambles. Also from what I can recall, both novels have similar descriptions of the world outside of theirs. The only major difference between the setting is that in James Dashner's book the city is not only in shambles but is scorching hot compared to Allegiant's setting. Science Fiction...
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...POSCI2013 Camarse, Rizza Joy B. September 25, 2014 BPA 1-1 Dean Sanjay P. Claudio A Dangerous Life: A Film Review A film by Robert Markowitz A Dangerous Life is a docu-drama 1988 English-language Australian film. It refers to the last years of the Philippines under Ferdinand Marcos' rule, from the assassination of Benigno Aquino, Jr. in 1983 to the People Power EDSA Revolution in 1986. The film revolves on American TV journalist Tony O'Neil (Gary Busey), who finds himself in the middle of key events that lead to the downfall of the Marcos regime and the rise of Cory Aquino. The cinematography of the film is used by having fictional characters (like Tony O’ Neil and other media fellowmen) in order to get the inside story in politics and background story of each politician. I am quite happy with the treatment of the director on how he delivered the message of each side of the stories to the audiences. To be honest, I had a lot of realizations, frustrations, comments, and feels while watching the film. It took me two seating because I needed to do a little research each time a scene would flash that I may not be familiar with. I am not saying that I completely agree on the film. There were scenes that showed too much highlight, destroying the truth or making the real story fade away. Nevertheless, I am glad that this film enlightened me as well as knowledge regarding our Philippine government and politicians. Let me tackle the three categories combined my reaction...
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...rapid development of our society, more and more people are facing an unprecedented change. Meanwhile, dangerous sports have become a popular way for people to change beyond themselves. There are many reasons for the rise of dangerous sports or dangerous activities,which varies on individuals. Firstly, in the modern society, life is so ordinary that something special rarely happens, which stirs many guys to play dangerous activities in order to feel excited. It is the thought that life is boring and only challenging myself can make me feel alive that drives them to play it. Secondly, Perhaps the competition that we are facing everyday and we have to deal with tremendous pressure from different aspects, which frequently drops us into an upset and desperate hell. However, the appearance of dangerous sports coincidentally provides us with an opportunity to get a feeling of success and self-esteem. It caters to the demand of human beings in real life today. The appearance of dangerous sports or activities gradually brings up various effects. On the one hand, it not only strengthens the courage of people, but also makes us dare to break through ourselves. For instance,Rock-climbing is actually very dangerous.If we make a mistake,we can fall down to the ground and can die. Therefore, we must be brave enough to overcome our fear. On the other hand, the success of finishing dangerous activities is considerable. So the spiritual satisfaction can alleviate our relationship with each...
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...the bad stereotypes in people (Kenya). People’s personal life are being taped on a daily basis. It can ruin culture image or a person’s life. Young teens are out of control, and are portrayed as loudmouth who only care about themselves. different stereotypes are shown about gender. There are many stereotypes in reality television. Reality television is promoting dangerous stereotypes in our society, culture, teens, race, and male and female. Reality television have damaged my home and even my sisters are falling into the messages they are sending. Should reality television be ban like some television shows? Government officials have banned some of South Park and family Guy episodes. So why can’t they ban reality television shows or ban some of them to aired? It does not teach anything useful. People become addicted to it very often. Anything excessive is not reality. In reality, people do not slum around the pool all day getting wasted. Reality does not consist of girls having make up on every hour of the day. In reality, people go to work, and spouses don’t sit around the house all day gossiping about their friend’s life or what is happening in another city. People on reality shows need to grow up and get a job. They need to stop relying on others to support them because that is all reality producer do. The actors and actresses make a fool of themselves and get pay big money. Reality television does not teach any good life lessons. Young kids watch shows like that and thinks partying...
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...hearts that don’t have the first clue what it means to be genuine. We are all practically living in a world that is full of self-centered people that are only looking out for themselves and what benefits them. Besides that, they have no true value of other humans life as long as it is not effecting their own. Of course it is wrong, but it seems that as time continues it just gets worse and worse. Will it ever stop? Probably not and that is what’s scary. The two stories “The Lottery” and “The Most Dangerous Game” both exemplify characteristics of selfishness, violence and cruelty throughout different scenarios. Both stories are ones which could happen in today’s world, they may not be the most common situations, but they are very much possible. Comparing and contrasting these two stories, it becomes quite interesting how these are things that could very easily be real life because people like these characters do exist. The news is a reminder everyday and even in the Bible, there are so many instances where these acts are frowned upon. To not kill is even one of the Ten Commandments. Life is by far the most precious gift that we have been given from God, when he asks for so little in return. “The Lottery” and “The Most Dangerous Game” show how low and deceiving humans can truly be. They show us that people are capable of very hateful things and you never know when they may turn their back on you. That is why a good relationship with God...
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...the representation and possibly influenced by the media, it is therefore essential to consider the messages rooted in this films or television within the context of popular culture. The movies Dangerous Minds and Dead Poet Society opens up issues such as identity and stereotyping. Therefore, in this paper I will be looking at the juxtaposed concept of identity and representation using the school films Dangerous minds and Dead Poet Society. Furthermore, I will be using textual analysis as the methodology, while incorporating theories in cultural studies to compare and contrast the ways in which mass media portrays popular culture. Dangerous Minds vs. Dead Poet Society The Dangerous minds film opens up with a preview of an inner city impoverished neighbourhood where destitution and drug deals is an everyday affairs. On the other hand, Dead poet’s society opens up the rich urban setting, depicting the power of uniqueness and a high level of discipline. Also, the choice of music used in Dangerous mind is in juxtaposed with the choice music used in Dead poet society. The song choices in both movies reflects characters that appear in the film. That is the use of the song, Gangster’s Paradise relates to the inner city street life and gangs which was portrayed at the beginning of the Dangerous mind film. Whereas the song choice used in the Dead poet society film represented peace and class. I will be using the following themes Tradition and Honor in analysing both movies. The film...
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...Dangerous breeds of dog should be banned Recently there has been much controversy about dangerous breeds of dogs. In this year, there are many dangerous breeds of dogs to attack people even kill people. So a lot of organizations such as state government, local councils support banning them. I think that dangerous breeds of dogs should be banned because we should notice that the security of ourselves. Actually there are about 10000 dog attacks in Victoria each year. Dangerous breeds of dog let us live in a dangerous world. We should protection ourselves to banned the dangerous breeds of dog. The dangerous breeds of dog are very easy to become difficult to control. Although these do owners always say ” These people by dangerous breeds dogs attack because they provocative and stimulating these dogs.” But it seems too easy to make these dogs to attack people. In fact any kind of life style behaviors may stimulate these dogs. Legal advice lawyer on customer service for the owner of the dangerous breeds of dog the first is don’t leave dog at home with children alone. In the first half-year of 2009,the dogs attacks cases are 72%of serious injuries is 0-11 age group, 23% of the decease is over 55 years old. We can see dangerous breeds of dog are dangerous and threaten our safety, The dog owners who own the dangerous breeds of dog are not responsible. Pit bull terrier attacks threaten our safety and peace life. In the news all the time is about the attacks by pit bulls. For example...
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...Fiction Essay: The Thesis of both stories “The lottery” and “The Most Dangerous game” are similar, both writer stress on conflicts and struggle main character experience in the story to protect their lives. The Introduction of the stories tells the setting, the villagers of a small town gather together in the square on 27 June to participate in a lottery that took two days. While the most dangerous game, it took place on an island with few people. Thesis statement is that a tradition can be detrimental to your lives. According to “The Lottery” written by Shirley Jackson, it was about a villager. In fact, about 300 people lives in the villages who might have forgetting tradition lottery which were play long time age and blindly accepted the game without asking question about the rules and regulation to enable all villages understand the consequence of the game. Where as in “The most dangerous game” written by Richard Connell in an island. Few people participated in the game. The general, zaroff along with his friend Ivan, as well as his dog, team against one person to play a hunting game. Both people understood the danger of the game very well, but one refuse to play while the other person finds pleasure in playing the game. The Major Character “The Lottery” written by Shirley Jackson it seems that the characters were very happy to participate in the events. The villages were rejoicing to play the game; however, the game has been around for years, but some villages has...
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...In Chapter 24 of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Victor Frankenstein decides to leave Geneva and its painful memories after his entire family is destroyed. After searching for the monster for months, Victor eventually runs into Robert Walton and tells him his story. At this point of the novel, Walton regains control of the narrative and continues to send letters to his sister, Margaret. He begins to tell his sister that he asked Frankenstein how to create a monster and bring it to life. To that, Victor replied “are you mad, my friend . . . or whither does your senseless curiosity lead you? Would you also create for yourself and the world a demoniacal enemy? Peace, peace! Learn my miseries, and do not seek to increase your own.” Victor’s outburst raises the question of whether or not knowledge is dangerous. Knowledge is in fact dangerous when it is either broad, or far beyond our need in life. “Such words, you may imagine, strongly excited my curiosity; but...
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...the Pinto case raise? Moral issues that Ford Pinto case raises included producing dangerous products which are not safe to use it without informing the dangerous of the products to the public. In addition, lobbying the NHTSA to delay the safety measure of the products is also one of the moral issues that Ford Pinto case raises. (53 words) 2. Suppose Ford officials were asked to justify their decision. What moral principles do you think they would invoke? Assess Ford’s handling of the Pinto from the perspective of each of the moral theories discussed in this chapter. The theory of egoism is most suitable to describe the Ford Pinto case. Ford is doing things that benefit the organization itself. In addition, Ford only considered the short term benefits and neglected the long term interests of the organization itself. The handling of the Pinto from the perspective of each of the moral theories is as following. Act utilitarianism says that Ford did not produce the greatest possible balance of cost-benefit calculation for everyone affected. According to the Kant’s categorical imperatives, Ford should not place a monetary value on a human life. Based on W.D.Ross’s 7 basic Prima Facie Duties, Ford failed to apply the duties of nonmalefience because they did not produce safe cars. Lastly, Ford is unethical when applying the ethic of caring. Ford not only produced dangerous products, they also hide the truth of the defective Pinto from the customers. ...
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...Distracted Driving Sometimes in life “sorry” can become a magic word and fix everything, then there are times that saying “sorry” undoes nothing. Will saying “sorry” help when you crash your parent’s car, because you are too busy looking at your phone? What about when you kill someone’s child because you’re too busy talking to your friend and run a stop light? Will you say “sorry” to the kid’s parents and expect everything to be okay? Saying “sorry” cannot begin to fix some things and preventing those from happening by acting responsibly in the first place is the best you can do. I like the introduction technique with the hypothetical questions. However, you now need to transition into your thesis or central claim, and that central claim needs to come here, at the end of the intro paragraph. Ninety percent of car accidents are caused by human error – driving under the influence of alcohol and marijuana, speeding recklessly, changing lanes without signaling, passing through red lines, and probably most known of all: distracted driving OK, first of all, don’t begin body paragraphs with statistics. Rarely should you do this. Instead, remember that I want your body paragraphs to begins with subclaims. Secondly, where did you get this statistic? This is not a research paper (you’ll be taught proper research in Composition II). For now, we want you to avoid research sources except your interviews. . Distracted Driving is dangerous and can kill you and those people around you.—THIS...
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...of poison control center has received more than 170 reports of teens poisoned as a result of ingesting laundry detergent packets. Kids are filming themselves doing dangerous stunts to get famous online, and many kids are getting hurt in the process. Some people think that social media sites like YouTube are to blame. Others think its kids and teens fault for doing dangerous stunts to get famous. Others thinks its not social media because teens are risking their lives just to become famous. Its not social media fault because people are risking their lives for them getting famous. People are going...
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...Bergeron, Liberty, and The Most Dangerous Game they face many conflicts. These stories all are dealing with different situations but all have similar in different. Here’s how the stories compare and contrast. A difference between the stories is the character actions in the stories. In Harrison Bergeron it takes place in 2081. The two main characters are George and Hazel they have two different levels of intelligence and George has a handicap so it limits his train of thought. I’m comparing this to Liberty because they have to listen to Mister Victor cause without him something could happen to the girl’s family. The difference in the story is the location and the year they are in Harrison Bergeron is based off the future but Liberty is...
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