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    Barbra Streisand Barbra Streisand is one of the most influential people in theatre of all time. She has been in many shows and movies including Funny Girl and I Can Get It for You Wholesale, and has won Academy, Golden Globes, Grammys, Emmys, and Tony Awards. Her voice and charisma has inspired millions to go after their dreams of becoming actresses, actors, and singers. Barbra Joan Streisand was born on April 24, 1942 in Brooklyn, NYC, NY to Diana and Emanuel Streisand. Growing up, both of her

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    York”, said Christopher Anderson of the year 1994. Author of Barbra: The Way She Is (a Barbra Streisand biography), Anderson reveals the startling truth about the woman behind the world renowned legend. The hot-headed, Jewish girl with the large nose and notoriously grandiose temper defied all odds as she achieved global success. Growing up with incessant bullying and verbal abuse from classmates, producers, and even family; Streisand unceasingly struggled with “gnawing self-doubt about the way she

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    and win the hearts of millions of theatergoers. Starring Barbra Streisand and Walter Matthau, the 1969 film certainly attempted to bring the star power but “hostility that developed between Walter Matthau and Barbra Streisand” (TCM) turned into anything but a love story when presented on the big screen. Both actors shared a mutual dislike that caused a very clear disconnect onset, where Matthau “refused to be in the same room as Streisand unless they were filming” (TCM). In front of the camera, Mathau

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    Yentl Analysis

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    Barbra Streisand as the producer of the film Yentl is a musical with some logic;it’s like a sudden awakening once it hit the turning point as the viewer watches the film Yentl. The main characters in the film Yentl is Yentl, Avigdor, and Hadass.Yentl is the star of this film Yentl that can be described as a short Polish-Jewish Caucasian female with light brown hair.Avigdor is the man in love with Yentl.He is a tall Polish-Jewish Caucasian man with a black colored goatee,and beard.Hadass is Avigdor’s

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    We Were is an American romantic drama that has been on since 1973. The film is starred by Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford and it is directed by Sydney Pollack. The screenplay is composed by Author Laurents and it was based on his college days at Cornel University and his experiences as a member of the House UN-American Activities committee activities. The movie centered on Katie Morosky (Barbra Streisand) and Hubbell Gardiner(Robert Redford) who were passionate lover irrespective of their differences

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    As the semester comes to an end, there is so much I have learned about Drag as an art form, and the community that surrounds it. When I wrote my first journal entry, I talked about how I did not know much about the Drag community besides watching RuPaul’s Drag Race and visiting different bars and clubs like the Parliament House and Pulse to see different Queens perform once in a while. After this course, I have learned about how the Drag community is quite diverse and experimental. A few of the topics

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    Perhaps one may say that Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, also known as ‘Lady Gaga’ has conquered living a double life. From her exquisite choice of clothes to provocative performance style to unique sound, Lady Gaga is known for making pop music “weird.” Five albums and eight years later, Lady Gaga continues to rock the entertainment industry not only with her excellence in music but most recently in her debut acting career, therefore, ultimately rewriting her star text. The body of work, authorized

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    motivated, set her own goals, and work hard to achieve them. She had extreme focus and was driven by her studies. This form of education laid the foundation of the person she is today. Act 1 Scene 2: Sitting on her living room floor, watching Barbra Streisand captivate the screen in Hello Dolly, there was an instant connection, something that drove this girl to follow what she was doing, theatre and more importantly performing. It was love at first sight, or should I say first show. She had an instant

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    Low self-esteem. What it can do to our minds and how can we improve it? Self-esteem is when people don’t like certain aspects of themselves. Peoples self- esteem is something that isn't brought up a lot. However it should be. People don’t really understand what low self-esteem can do to our minds even our health. Self-esteem is our confidence and satisfaction in our own skin. Low self-esteem can cause someone to not like certain aspects our their body. It can cause them not to like themselves

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    In the past, there have been many concerns surrounding the issue of juvenile incarceration. As per the history, there have been many cases where the effect of the incarnation of young people has been seen to have very many negative effects. Research that has been conducted in the past has identified the fact that incarceration has many negative effects than it was previously thought. Some of them include the effect it has on the mental health of the inmates as well as the little effect it has in

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