Pam Grier

Pam Grier: The Baddest One-Chick Hit Squad Pamela Suzette Grier was born on May 26TH, 1949 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina to Sylvia Samuels, a nurse, and Clarence Ransom Grier, a mechanic and Technical Sergeant in the US Air Force. She moved frequently throughout her childhood due to her father's military career, but the family eventually settled in Denver, where she attended both secondary school and college. In order to raise money for tuition for her sophomore year, Grier entered several

Pam Grier: The Baddest One-Chick Hit Squad Pamela Suzette Grier was born on May 26TH, 1949 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina to Sylvia Samuels, a nurse, and Clarence Ransom Grier, a mechanic and Technical Sergeant in the US Air Force. She moved frequently throughout her childhood due to her father’s military career, but the family eventually settled in Denver, where she attended both secondary school and college. In order to raise money for tuition for her sophomore year, Grier entered several beauty

Lataya Lattany 6th Period April 24, 2017 She’s A Whole Lotta Woman. Pam Grier “I do a movie once every four years and they call it a comeback.” Synopsis Pamela Suzette Grier is an American actress. She was born on May 26, 1949 and she is currently 67 years old. She is known for being in movies such as The Big Bird Cage, Coffy, Foxy Brown, and Sheba Baby. Early Life Pam was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Her mom was a nurse and her dad was an Air Force mechanic. She also had three siblings

Mo'Nique (born Monique Imes) is an African American actress and comedien born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1967 and she graduated from the Broadcasting Institute of Maryland in 1987. She is well known for playing the role of Nikki Parker on the UPN television series the Parkers. Since then she has gone on to become famous for her stand-up comedy and she’s hosted many popular television shows. Eventually, she landed a major role in the movie Precious. Mo'Nique won the Academy Award for Best Supporting

first episode of The Office each character went into an interview and it previewed what their character would be like (“Pilot”). Another way of using this technique is to share their thoughts and emotions. Jim would explain how he has feelings for Pam, but unfortunately she was engaged to someone else (“Gay Witch Hunt”). Nonverbal expression was a technique Jim used a lot in the show. When he worked at the Stamford branch, the office workers there made fun of Jim for always smiling and looking

After watching the pilot episode of WKRP it is clear to see that, while very funny, there are many complications coming with the new changes to the station. In first scene of the series we begin the “complications” examples with a situation of ongoing possibility of sexual harassment. Herb walks into the office from lunch and begins to make standard small talk with Jennifer. As the conversation goes on he begins to pose more risqué questions implying a date. While these questions seem like innocent

Sexual harassment continues to be a large problem within the workplace and around the world. Donna Benson, an American writer, writes in “Sexual Harassment on a University Campus: The Confluence of Authority Relations, Sexual Interest and Gender Stratification” that “Female workers have always been vulnerable to sexual abuse by male employees...In non-random surveys as many as 70 percent of respondents report harassment on the job” (236). This is an unfortunate statistic and through comedy, the

harder to understand him and what made him tick. When Pam returns to the group from her retreat, the mood immediately becomes darker when she sees Philip in her “cozy” group. She does not feel comfortable having him in the group because he had caused her so much pain in the past. Julius found it hard to find “forgiveness” for Philip, but he tried to identify with him to try to understand why he would have done the things he did. Tony sided with Pam and questioned some of Philip’s statements, whereas

“There was a time when Billie Jean King was always in the news.” Robert Drane writes about the uphills of women's tennis for Inside Sport. Being a respected tennis athlete as a girl in the 1970s was all but easy, but Billie Jean King demanded the respect she deserved. Drane shows the readers that King altered the way women’s sports were looked at, which led to an even bigger movement in women’s equality. King had always been a huge feminist advocate and Drane writes about her strength as a player

formal sales man, and Pam Beesly, the receptionist. In a comedy show, there is a specific structure that writers must follow, especially through a relationship. First part of the structure is the “Shadow of Confusion,” the part where the hero or heroine is introduced and the audience can clearly see that they are made for each other. In season one, Jim and Pam are shown to be great friends and to