Essay about The Birdcage

Aaron Posner’s play Stupid Fucking Bird balances the concept of pure art versus commercial art as well as the internal conflict of yearning for more out of life. The juxtaposition between the relationships of characters demonstrated their true individual traits. The production was very successful with addressing the major themes. Depending on the relationships that the audience focused on, there were definitely numerous overlapping themes. For example, the concept of pure art versus commercial art also brought in the theme of a sense of dissatisfaction with the status quo. Conrad’s desire to create a unique play to contradict his mother’s ideology pertaining to success in the world of the arts portrayed his determination to be different.

“Bye Bye Birdie”, a musical by Michael Stewart is about a vastly known rock star, Conrad Birdie, who gets drafted by the army, causing a frantic ruckus within his fan base. The news of him being drafted spreads far and wide and though his fans march against it, there is nothing they can do. Meanwhile, a struggling songwriter whose song was supposed to be featured in Birdies upcoming movie, begins to plunge into a frenzy, since this feature was supposed to be his rise to fame, in a way. Seeing that he will no longer have a song in Birdies movie, Rosa, Alberts lover and longtime girlfriend, goes on a mission to somehow give him the break he deserves. Thus, she plans and plans and eventually she devises an idea. Albert will write a song

Writing, as described by E.L. Doctorow, is an exploration. In her novel, Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott explores the writing process, providing her insight on stylistic, theoretical, and instructional points. These points are essential in the composure of a book and are prevalent in many literary works such as Tim O’Brien’s The Things they Carried. In his book, O’Brien relives his time on the frontlines of the Vietnam War, telling fictional stories of life before, during, and post war. The novels are tied together with O’Brien’s use of character development, dialogue, and design setting strategies as discussed in Bird by Bird.

In the movie Birdman directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, which won an Academy Award for Best Picture, it is about a former superhero actor who is performing a Broadway play in hopes that it will rejuvenate his dying career. The main character Riggan Thomson (Michael Keaton) struggles with being relevant in the world today where so many want relevance. Thomas starts to realize that the production he is putting on is an exact representation of his life. In Birdman the camera angle and performance on stage, play a vital role in the movie and allows the audience to see Riggan Thomson’s personal life and struggles.

The birdcage metaphor is explaining that looking at each obstacle in the fight for women’s rights i something that can seemingly be overcome. If you look at problems like the wage gap, sexual assault, or societal expectations individually they are something that you can find an easy solution to but if you look at them as a whole, it is easy to be overwhelmed by the sheer amount of issues the feminist movement faces. Frye uses this also to explain the hestitance in the women in the past and their fight for equal rights and how the haunting figuring out which ‘steel bar’ to approach first. The double bind comes in because while figuring which obstacle to approach first then you have to figure out how to approach it. Do they push for peaceful

    Film and literature are two media forms that are so closely related, that we often forget there is a distinction between them. We often just view the movie as an extension of the book because most movies are based on novels or short stories. Because we are accustomed to this sequence of production, first the novel, then the motion picture, we often find ourselves making value judgments about a movie, based upon our feelings on the novel. It is this overlapping of the creative processes that prevents us from seeing movies as distinct and separate art forms from the novels they are based on.

Birdie is sick of her life in New Hampshire and decided to run away to Boston to find Dot. She is so overwhelmed and tired over living a lie that she wanted to get back to old life. Birdie found Dots address from the postcard that she stole from her mother. While with Dot she explains that everything was okay and that her mother new that she went to find her. Birdies mind was on trying to find out news on her father and Cole, so she asked Dot if she knew anything. Dot did know where they were she told her, that she only got a photo from them a few years ago. Birdie has this hole in her heart because she is left with this unknowing where her father and Cole are. She is so desperate for them that she ran away from her mother in the hops of finding

     A gay couple, living in a gay apartment, with a gay houseboy, above a gay nightclub, in a gay city . . . and they have to straighten it all out for one evening.  In 1996 La Cage aux Folles (a 1978 French play) was remade by MGM into The Birdcage, a daringly flamboyant comedy that is in-tune with the times and redefines the idea of family values.  It combines the talents of Robin Williams (Armand), Nathan Lane (Albert), and Hank Azaria (Agador) with writer Elaine May and director Mike Nichols.  The film is brought to life by the superb uniqueness of each character and what they bring to the screen and add to the plot.  This film sheds a new light on non-traditional but

To conclude my series of papers written for this course, I was assigned to write a film review. I am not particularly well versed in reviewing movies; I barely even watch them, so analysis is going to be rather simple. The film I’m reviewing is a recent, lesser known film titled, “Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie.”

In analyzing the style of Emmanuel Lubezki I found that his techniques adapts to the style/needs of the director and the movie he works on. In the movie The Birdcage, he uses a long lens glamour style whereas, in Children of Men he takes on his famous natural lighting style with a handheld camera. What's unique about these two styles is that he manages to show that the subjects/actors are the main focus and they standout and look amazing whether natural or artificial, he produces natural-looking shots. Lubezki also uses techniques in camera to create the best shoot without green-screens although, when used, the lighting holdes the image together and creates believable moments.

Critical comment has been mixed, praising its performances and visual achievements, but criticizing the film's time-jumping format, its pile up of factual errors and wild conjectures, and the filmmaker's promotion of the Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare

I understand I'm an absolute stranger. Who gives a damn about what I have to think? My only hope is that after reading one fan's fanatic praise for Birdman, you will go and see it. In the interest of not over-hyping this movie (which many will feel I'm about to do), I will say it's nothing short of utterly amazing. Every aspect of the film is masterfully crafted and executed. Emmanuel Lubezki's cinematography only exemplifies this. The brilliant choice of always having the camera rolling lets the viewer see what happens before and after any given event. This added information creates a realism unknown to nearly every other movie ever made. What better way to capture the raw emotion and awkward stumbling of an angry outburst at your father than to show the immediate reaction of the ranter following her outburst; you get to see the anger slowly fade from her face as the reality of what she said sets in. Details like this are so often lost and these often- lost, immersive subtleties are what make Birdman the gargantuan triumph it is. Not to mention some of the transitions

My doubles partner, Nicole, and I were in the middle of our championship game. At this break our coach came over to us and said, “This is the last game you two will play together, make it memorable.” We did a quick laugh, but then reality hit us. That phrase was all we needed.

Even understanding the motives and intentions of the filmmakers who plunge into this very New Yorker microbudget mockery, I couldn’t avoid being stupefied by its pathetic occurrences and futile tones. The story follows two roommates, Allie (Clare McNulty) and Harper (Bridey Elliott), who dwell in a fantastic apartment (the best the film can present in terms of visuals) of the trendiest Brooklyn's neighborhood, Williamsburg. Both are very competitive in terms of men, and their conversations resume to stupid sex jokes about the perfect dick and what they’re thinking to do with their vaginas. Apart from this humdrum, we follow the two clumsy protagonists in their interminable trip to Fort Tilden where they are supposed to join two young men they

While searching a cupboard for some sewing supplies to fix a poorly sewn quilt, Mrs. Hale finds a birdcage tucked away inside of it. The birdcage that Mrs. Hale finds is the most symbolic object that reveals the motive for the crime. A birdcage can be symbol of confinement or imprisonment. Mrs. Hale says, “No, Wright wouldn’t like the bird—a thing that sang. She used to sing. He killed that, too” (781). Mrs. Hale compares Mrs. Wright to a bird in the sense that birds sing but Mr. Wright does not want her