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    TV ads back in the day would try to sell you a product and say why you should buy it. As time goes on, companies got created with their advertisements, Some added edgy humor in order to sell to a younger audience. Some even hired celebrities to be in the ad for the appeal. Also, if something becomes mainstream, companies will take advantage of it by incorporating it in their products. For example, Marvel became mainstream thanks to their cinematic universe movies. Their movies became so successful

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    Abstract Lee Iacocca is a businessman in the American automobile industry. He progressed up the ranks at Ford Motor Company to ultimately become its president in 1970. He is credited with such automotive hits as the Mustang and the Lincoln Mark III. He was fired by Henry Ford in 1978 due to personal differences. Chrysler Corporation was in a state of near bankruptcy in 1979 and called upon the leadership and expertise of Lee Iacocca to help save the company. Through his toughness and perseverance

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    actor throwing himself so far into a role that character and man become one intrigues and horrifies most. Of course, there is more to it than that. The technique of method acting became prominent in the mid-twentieth century thanks to teachers like Lee Strasberg of the Actors Studio in New York. In essence, the method involves a search for truth in a role, wherein the actor or actress recalls emotions or reactions from their own life to inform and identify with the character. While this approach has

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    When I think of big impacts on my childhood, heroes are definitely near the top. Whether it was Legolas from Lord of the Rings or Lara Croft in Tomb Raider, I wanted to save the world. Maybe that 's why I fell in love with comics early on. I wanted the admiration from my peers that these heroes got from me, and yet, the world doesn 't work that way. I realized pretty quickly that it wasn 't like in the movies and comics. The world didn 't exist to give you a pat on the back whenever you did a good

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    The past decade has seen superhero movies rise to box office dominance. This is a new trend. Batman and Superman movies found success early, but the surprise blockbusters Spider-man and X-men at the turn of the millennium revealed that the market for comic based entertainment was not yet saturated (Fritz, 2014). Looking back a decade and a half later, consumer demand has clearly spoken: six of the last ten highest grossing movies were based on comic books: Guardians of the Galaxy, Iron Man 3,

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    MCU What is the MCU? A brief over guide MCU is an American media franchise and shared fictional universe that is centered on a series of superhero films, independently produced by Marvel Studios and based on characters that appear in Marvel Comics. The franchise has expanded to include comic books, short films, and television series. The shared universe, much like the original Marvel Universe in comic books, was established by crossing over common plot elements, settings, cast, and characters. Clark

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    Cartoons have a large impact on a person’s childhood. Pixar is one company that holds a special place in the hearts of many. Many of Pixar’s movies are huge successes and create a cult-like following. People have become so enamored with the movies, in fact, conspiracies have aroused surrounding the movies. Among the many conspiracies regarding the stories is one that is surrounded by much hype. This conspiracy is known as “The Pixar theory”. The conspiracy hypothesizes that several of the company’s

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    Stan Lee, born Stanley Martin Lieber in Manhattan, is a revered comic book writer, editor, media producer, and emeritus chairman of Marvel Comics. Starting out as an office assistant at Timely Comics after high school, he has then invented a thoroughly shared superhero universe with complex fictional characters with a sense of humanity, tackling real-world issues. Mr. Lee’s tremendous success cannot be denied that he subsequently led the expansion of Timely Comics from a small publishing house to

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    To Kill A Mockingbird: Overcoming Stereotypes Reveals Truth About Characters During the heart of the Great Depression in Maycomb County, Alabama, an individual 's appearance, values, and reputation often are sources of limitation to the categorical minds of society. In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, confinement of even the most complex characters expresses the limiting scope of view of the prejudice society. Atticus Finch, a prosperous small-town lawyer and single father of Scout and Jem

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    Chapters 1-2 In the first two chapters of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, we are introduced to some of the main characters and get some history on them. The main character of the story is a young boy or girl, who is very smart and thoughtful for their age of 6. The story begins by describing the ancestors of the main character as well as some background in the town of Maycomb, such as the stories about the Radleys and their mysterious ways. While reading I noticed the incredibly obvious difference

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