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… to be an open-minded exploration into the complexities of sexuality and gender, Chasing Amy is in actuality little more than a cover-up for the set of myths that encompass the plot. In this article, I will first uncover these myths, then reveal the truth…

… Mania It’s six o’clock Friday evening, and you have no solid plans since you and your significant other just had a big fight. You are frustrated and feel that you just need to get out before you explode. Your solution: the movies--the only place…

… for the first thirty-two seconds of the film. Time enough for the viewer to really contemplate the effect of the color red. Suddenly, the screen switches to blue, but it doesn’t last nearly as long, maybe a fourth of the time. It is a tease of…

… are a natural state. His younger brother, Arnie, has a way of climbing the town water tower and forgetting how to get back down. His mother, who weighs 500 pounds, spends days at a time just sitting on the sofa. His best friend, Bobby, is…

… the film, he is an egotistical, power hungry, greedy, millionaire. Gordon will do anything for money, no matter what the cost to himself . He used all of the people are him to his advantage and then disposed of them when he was done. This can be…

… political and social ideology in America. It is, basically, the philosophy of the “average Joe.” The Frank Capra classic, Mr. Deeds Goes To Town, is rife with the tenants of populism. Throughout the movie, the viewer sees scenes that express the…

… Party's nomination for the presidency in 1932, Franklin Roosevelt pledged "a new deal for the American people" (Atack, 1994, p. 625). When he assumed office, the American system of democratic capitalism faced a crisis of monumental proportions. Economi…

… they laid off in Flint, Michigan is quite evident. The higher ups in GM management, as in Roger Smith, president of General Motors, decided that GM was going to greatly downsize their workforce in order to save some money. Smith moved his factories…

… government has captured the imagination of the West, having been described as authoritarian and undemocratic, yet enjoying a baffling run of economic success generally achieved by free, democratic, capitalist states. Its success has lent justification…

… Frankenstein, Dracula, The Wolf Man, and of course The Mummy. Terence Fisher tackled the project of bringing the white wrapped monster to life in 1959, and then Stephen Sommers re-created the film in 1999. Both films obviously tell the classic…