Albert Brooks

Gath Brooks Troyal Garth Brooks (also know as Garth Brooks) is the world’s greatest country singer of all time. He was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on February 7, 1962. He was raised in the small town of Yukon with country music in his blood. He was the youngest child in his family that consisted of six children. His Mother, Colleen Carroll, was a Professional country singer while she raised Garth and his five other siblings with her husband, Troyal Carroll. Troyal worked as a engineer for Unocal

“Miracle on Ice”, Coach Herb Brooks takes his team in the National Hockey League through the Kotter’s 8 Step Change Management Process to become successful in the Winter Olympic Games of 1980. Many of Herbs’ actions and techniques seem to be unorthodox at first, but people soon began to realize that the changes that were made did in fact make a difference. These changes led to the USA victory against the Soviets and all together the 1980 Olympics. This paper will discuss how Brooks takes the organization

Antonin Artaud and the theatre he created "There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium was the only solution to the strangulation that life had prepared for him." Antonin Artaud is not known for his many famous and interesting quotes. He was known for his experiments with Theatre and the creations of a sub- Surrealist theatre known as Theatre of Cruelty. The above quote, though, embodies who Artaud was; A genius, a madman

In the 1920’s, there were many controversial issues going on such as prohibition, the war ending and the view of woman in society. Although, many other issues were prevalent at this time, one that gained a wide variety of attention was the more risqué women of the 1920’s, flappers. Many at this time still believed that woman should only be in the background and not be seen as a public figure, but many woman began to disagree and were ready for their on way, leading to the beginning of flappers. The

 Artaud’s Theater of Cruelty  Introduction  During the early 1930s, the French dramatist and actor Antonin Artaud put forth a theory for a Surrealist theatre called the Theatre of Cruelty.  Based on ritual and fantasy, this form of theatre launches an attack on the spectators' subconscious in an attempt to release deep-rooted fears and anxieties that are normally suppressed, forcing people to view themselves and their natures without the shield of civilization.  Theatre of Cruelty usually

Ralph Lauren When going through the list of designers to choose from for this project, Ralph Lauren’s name really stuck out to me. Mostly because he was mentioned quite a bit in my favorite show “FRIENDS!” After watching that show I have always wanted to know more about him and now I’m really glad I do. His life has been so interesting to learn about that I think instead of just being mentioned in a show, there should be a show made about him! Ralph Lauren was born on October 14, 1939 in the Bronx

Gwendolyn Brooks is one of the most highly regarded, highly influential, and widely read poets of 20th-century American poetry. She was a much-honored poet, even in her lifetime, with the distinction of being the first black author to win the Pulitzer Prize. She also was poetry consultant to the Library of Congress—the first black woman to hold that position—and poet laureate of the State of Illinois. Many of Brooks’s works display a political consciousness, especially those from the 1960s and later

The company Ralph Lauren started off as a dream, then materialized into reality. The founder of the company was Ralph Lauren, originally named Ralph Lifshitz, but later changed due to bullying at school. (Biography.com Editors) He was born on October 14, 1939 in New York City. Around the age of 16, people noticed that Ralph had a very keen sense of fashion. He had this fashion sense because he was inspired by screen icons. In 1967 Lauren started to make men’s neckties. This little company went under

I chose the last scene of “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare, the death scene of Romeo after he sees Juliet “die”, as the material I wanted to transform using Grotowski’s influence for my solo theatre piece . I felt that this particular scene really involved the use of raw emotion. The general tone of this particular scene is quite somber and dark, as Romeo sees his loved one “dead”, and there is an overall sense of longing as Romeo relives the moments him and Juliet shared together, as well

Patient Zero “The monsters that rose from the dead, they are nothing compared to the ones we carry in our hearts” (Brooks 252). Max Brooks, the author of the book World War Z breaks down that there is a possibility for humans to become zombies. In World War Z and Wastelands: The End of the World as We Know It both apocalyptic stories set the setting in extreme and lonely places. The characters in the novels educate themselves to survive the world during an apocalypse. People are constantly running