Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes

Published in May of 1991, Tony Kushner’s gay fantasia on national themes, Angels In America, Part One: Millennium Approaches, brought to light the brutality of the Reagan Administration as well as the devastating AIDS epidemic during the 1980’s. The play takes place in New York City during the years of 1985 and 1986 and follows two couples - Louis Ironson and Prior Walter, and Joe and Harper Pitt. While the main focus is on these two couples, there are various other characters that come up throughout

hospital when he falls ill and by helping him realize that he can reject the prophecy given to him by the Angel. In fact, she tells him, “An angel is just a belief…It’s naught to be afraid of. If it lets you down, reject it. Seek for something new” (Kushner 237), which provides relief to Prior’s struggles with accepting the prophecy. Furthermore, she also forces Prior to wrestle with the Angel, which allows him to return the book of anti-migration back to heaven, relieving him of the burden that was

9-701-035 REV: JULY 25, 2001 D MICHAEL G. RUKSTAD DAVID COLLIS O The Walt Disney Company: The Entertainment King I only hope that we never lose sight of one thing—that it was all started by a mouse. —Walt Disney The Walt Disney Company’s rebirth under Michael Eisner was widely considered to be one of the th great turnaround stories of the late 20 century. When Eisner arrived in 1984, Disney was languishing and had narrowly avoided takeover and dismemberment. By the end of 2000, however

Company Research Paper The Walt Disney Company Pranay Kumar George Batah Shuxian Shen Sheng Hao Koo “We have complied with university honor code in completion of this assignment and I attest that this work is ours and ours alone.” Professor Suzanne Weiss Contents 1. Executive Summary 2. Company Background 3. Management 4. Situation Analysis 5. Ethics and Responsibility 6. Human Resource 7. Globalization 8. Operation and Production

The following essay will examine how these changes took place, and what impact it had on the film making industry in America. We shall also examine how the system relates to the current production methods used in film making. The main issues raised within the text will be summarised concisely within the conclusion. Before a film reaches the cinema screen