Kenny Loggins

Footloose     “Tonight I gotta cut loose, footloose, kick off my sunday shoes. Jack, get back, come on before we crack.” (Footloose, Kenny Loggins) For this essay, I chose to watch Footloose made in 1984 and directed by Herbert Ross and Footloose made in 2011 directed by Craig Brewer. Both movies centered around the town of Bomont, a secluded town with out of the ordinary beliefs. In this town, dancing and partying of any sort was strictly against the law and teenagers were seemingly miserable. There

Media construct our culture, and the media we use to communicate with one another shapes our perception of reality. Our society is centered on media, it is the most influential factor in constructing our culture, but is it a positive culture? If we examine the effect that media has on children, we can say that it breeds a harmful culture, one that throws values and morals out the window. This is because the media is profit driven and has developed its own code of ethics of "anything-goes". As

strengths of South Park. This TV show was created with a purpose to make racism and sexism funny and acceptable. South Park is a television show that was created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone. It circumvents the lives of 4 boys namely Eric Cartmen, Kenny McCormick, Stan Marsh and Kyle Broflovski around the town of Colorado. This show mainly aims at picking up various stereotypes in different societies and making fun of them. It is highly racist and makes fun of different genders and performs the act

Introduction Parents today have an obligation to keep their children safe from the harsh reality of life around them. Just by turning on the television a child is subjected to violence and provocative images, or is shown the “coolness” of lighting up a cigarette and drinking alcohol. Television advertisements pose a threat to preserving a child’s innocence; they go above and beyond being an advertisement and become a weapon that is slowly tearing away at the decency in American homes. Parental

My greatest fear: Having the same relationship with my little brother as I do with my older sister. My best childhood memory: Early in the morning fresh from returning from the greatest place on earth Disney World, we would sneak into the kitchen by crawling on the floor like tiny ninjas. We were not looking for cookies or pancakes. The mission was to find the Harry Potter jellybeans, a straw bag full of a child’s jellybean dreams and nightmares. We saw the target…we grabbed it and went on our

Frankenstein is a classic science fiction novel written by Mary Shelley, through the ages, many adaptations have taken the story through various forms of popular culture. SpongeBob Squarepants, a popular children 's television show often alludes to classic literature, and makes it entertaining for all ages. While this example is quite comical, it does hold classical elements associated with Frankenstein, but takes a spin on the classic science fiction novel. In this essay I will consider the similarities

“Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? Absorbent and yellow and porous is he… if nautical nonsense be something you wish… then drop on the deck and flop like a fish.” This silly song is heard in millions of households daily, it is excerpts from the infamous Spongebob Squarepants theme song. Spongebob is a cartoon that depicts the mindless adventures of an animated sponge named Spongebob Squarepants and his friends in the fictional town of Bikini Bottom. While this is a children’s show from Nickelodeon

Many people have their own heroes, be it big or small. Heroes who save their lives or make their lives better or inspire them to do activities. For me, my hero is on a technicality. While I never knew him personally, he is still responsible for creating a show that inspired me to do animation when I was little. On top of that, the show this person has created became a very popular and highly influential force in the pop culture world and became an icon. It touched the hearts of millions in more

catching footballs but singing (“Kenny Chesney.”)? The country genre did not know it for a while, but it had a person that was going to bring country music to new heights. With a mix of some traditional country music mix with some rock country and island country music it would make Kenny Chesney a very successful country artist. Kenny Arnold Chesney grew up in a blue collar family to a father who was an elementary school teacher and mother who is a hair style list. Kenny played football and baseball

Did you know SpongeBob SquarePants did not only live in the Bikini Bottom but, also lived in the bottom of the Pacific Ocean? And the show also first aired on May 1 in the year of 1999.SpongeBob SquarePants is an all time favorite Tv show for kids since 1999 and still is to this day. This show has many, many characters but only a few characters the kids absolutely love and are also SpongeBob’s closest and dearest friends.But is loved by all in Bikini Bottom and even those who seem to dislike him