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    harder to portray, but if they can be portrayed correctly, they are likely to be some of the best movies you have ever seen. American Psycho is an incredible film with an even more brilliant cast; Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, and Reese Witherspoon, to name a few. When the scene opens, you see Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) going about a normal healthy life as a wealthy investment banker. But then you start to see the secret life he is leading as a serial killer. When he and his friends

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    There are many differences between Film and Theatre, even if it is of the same story. Film offers more variety of scenes, and the opportunity to refilm something until an actor gets it perfectly right. In the same way, theatre gives the audience the opportunity to witness the story unfold live in front of them, which is a unique way to see the story. Even if it is the same story, different scenic elements and props are used, different methods of acting are used, and different characterization is

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    representation in Hollywood. III. Recently, I watched a video that opened up my eye’s to this unjust problem. I had never thought much of the movies I watched or about the character’s I empathized with but after I saw an acceptance speech that Reese Witherspoon gave at the Women of the Year Awards in 2015 my viewpoint changed. IV. Today I would like to talk about the importance of scripts chosen, female characters and the effect it has on society today. Body I. The first issue I would

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    even after they’re gone. All over the globe and from several different backgrounds, women are joining the Lean In movement and challenging themselves in ways they haven’t in their career paths previously, to create change on a global scale. Reese Witherspoon describes how terrified she was when asked to be a spokesperson for Avon: “It was going to be my toughest role yet, because it had to be entirely, authentically me,” she writes on the Lean In website. These trends indicate, however, that women

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    The novel Of Mice and Men written by John Steinbeck focuses on two protagonist, George Milton and Lennie Small.(Protagonist Term) George and Lennie stick together, trying to find work and make a living in order to get a farm of their own. George watches over Lennie and feels as he is a burden because Lennie is always getting into trouble. Often times, George and Lennie find jobs on ranches, where they work to earn money for a farm. George and Lennie remain optimistic by believing they will get a

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    Hollywood Sexism

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    Power in Hollywood Women are more than 50 percent of the population in America. Everyday woman face sexism but, Hollywood in particular has many cases of misogynism. Despite Hollywood projecting progressive ideas they severely lack in the sexism part. Misogynist portrayal of women in Hollywood results from men having the power in Hollywood. Women are a low percent of those behind the camera. “In 2014, a whopping 85 percent of films had no female directors, 80 percent had no female writers, and one-third

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    could achieve anything,” she said of herself and her three brothers. “It was never about gender.” A few other women that are mentioned in this article would be, Julianne Moore, Melinda Gates, Gwyneth Palthrow, Jamie Lee Curtis, Anna Wintour and Reese Witherspoon. This article’s spotlight is more on feminism. The importance of equality is great. The term ambition shows up in this article, "But the issue of ambition and the way it is used to defame women". Ambition in the article is a term that is holding

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    Legally Blonde Analysis

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    “Legally Blonde” Analysis Feminism has become the great issue in this modern era. The emerging of second wave feminism in the late 60s had bring a huge impact toward the position of women in the society. Women are free from the male values, while women have the equal rights in politic. Women also can quit from their domestic sphere. The movement of feminism still continues in the early 90s. The women’s movement experience a phase which the ideology of feminism had changed to be Third Wave

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    Legally Blonde Analysis

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    “Legally Blonde” Analysis Feminism has become the great issue in this modern era. The emerging of second wave feminism in the late 60s had bring a huge impact toward the position of women in the society. Women are free from the male values, while women have the equal rights in politic. Women also can quit from their domestic sphere. The movement of feminism still continues in the early 90s. The women’s movement experience a phase which the ideology of feminism had changed to be Third Wave Feminism

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    True To The Game Essay

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    and by bang I mean fart. The Hollywood Struggle Season, also known as fall, continues and after a record low drop in box office sales, they continue to give you no reason to leave your house. This week we have terrible Romantic comedy starring Reese Witherspoon, a low-budget dumpster fire called True to the Game where the vision of black success is selling drugs and shooting people a bunch, then you have a 9/11 movie starring Charlie Sheen…nothing more needs to be said. With the 2017 box office coming

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