Julie & Julia

"Countess, there's someone to see you in the throne room." Countess Dracora of Monarch's Glenn did not feel like doing anything, least of all meeting someone this early in the morning. "Can it wait, Trenor?" The Countess moaned, wrapping her blankets over her head, wishing for that five more minutes of rest. Trenor opened her bedroom door and shook his head. "Afraid not." She uncovered, sitting up and rubbing her eyes, letting out a loud roar as she yawned. "Who is it, then?" She asked. "Why is it

The story Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. explains that people are being forced to wear handicaps to make everyone equal in every aspect. Also, a man called Harrison Bergeron was sent to prison without a trial because the government believed that he was planning to overthrow the government but later on he escapes. It also explains that Harrison goes to the TV studio where a ballerina had given the news to the public and claims that he is the Emperor of everyone. He soon told everyone that

“Harrison Bergeron” and “Old Glory” are both in the science fiction genre and take place in a future where the government is in full control of everything and everyone. In “Harrison Bergeron”, everyone is equal and the Handicap General is the person that makes that happen, weather by means of handicaps or being forcing people to wear masks. Harrison Bergeron doesn’t like this and tries to put a stop to this but ends up being killed by the Handicap General. “Old Glory” is about a young boy’s grandfather

Nick Moyer  Music 324  November 16th, 2013    Lion King Musical Outline    What musical theatre does best is to be abstract, not literal reality. Julie Taymor director  of The Lion King, did exactly this when she directed the musical The Lion King. The Lion King  Broadway show in 1997 won six Tony awards, eight Drama Desk awards and the Theatrical  World Award. Everything in this show including lighting, choreography, orchestration, scenery,  costume design, and performance all came together to make an unforgettable masterpiece

Julie opened her eyes. Looking around herself with misty eyes, she found herself in a ward. No one else was in the ward at that moment. The spacious ward was enveloped in quietness. Julie felt her head heavy with dizziness, as if all the strength had drained out of her body. Questions stacked in her brain: Why am I here? Why am I here? Yet her intense headache prevented her from thinking hard. Despite her listless condition, she attempted to sit up in bed, but immediately felt an excruciating

from behind the surrealistic doors. In addition, she was able to present self-portraits in many forms, all influenced by a tragic bus accident which led to a broken spine that affected her whole life. Described mostly in the film Frida directed by Julie Taymor, and the book Frida: A

William Shakespeare, in his play, The Tempest, tells the story of a fictional exiled Duke of Milan. In the original play, Shakespeare casts the duke as a man, Prospero. In a modern movie version of the play, writer and director Julie Taymor casts the duke as a woman, Prospera powerfully portrayed by the very convincing performance of Helen Mirren. The play, surprisingly, requires only a few very minor line changes to substitute a woman lead for the original male role. While the actual dialogue changes

“Frida” the movie was released in 2002 and directed by Julie Taymor. The cast included Salma Hayek as (Frida), Alfred Molina as (Diego Rivera), Ashley Judd, Antonio Banderas, Edward Norton, Mia Maestro, and Geoffrey Rush. The film is a biography of the life of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. She is a woman who came from a very simple background. Kahlo rose to fame as an artist with an unique vision for her craft. She endured a difficult relationship with her husband/mentor Diego Rivera. Many of her paintings

is being portrayed by actors on stage because you have the ability to view who is speaking with visual cues. Comparing the written second scene in Act One of The Tempest written by William Shakespeare and the movie from 2010 which was directed by Julie Taymor there are some differences like lines being removed, lines being shifted, and overall easiness to follow. During Act One, Scene Two of the play we start out by noticing that one of the main characters, Prospero, has had a gender swap, which

In the stories, “The Most Dangerous Game”, “Liberty”, and “Harrison Bergeron” all compare among their similarities. Each story uses the setting and their conflicts to show the theme and the characteristics of each character. In these stories, they all have different conflicts and settings, but they use the conflicts and settings to relate to each other in their characters and the themes. There are similarities among the stories “The Most Dangerous Game”, “Liberty”, and “Harrison Bergeron” in the