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    dilute the brand and the associations already built in the loyal customers’ minds. A third option is to appeal is to a broader audience in all current markets using Cirque’s multimedia division to launch television specials that can serve as commercials for Cirque’s value proposition. The TV specials will allow broader audiences to see the value of the experience and will give Cirque employees a break from constant touring. However, Cirque cannot bring the brand to a broader audience without customer

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    being able to control their own lives. Gibson gives his opinion on polygamy and how it violates the Christian family. Gibson (2010) argues that polygamy came about because of “systematic patriarchy.” Gibson gives information on Anderson Cooper’s television special "Polygamy in America, Cult or Calling?" which discusses the capture of polygamist leader Warren Jeffs. Gibson (2010) explains how America’s recent fascination with polygamy only covers one aspect of it referring to the main coverage of modern

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    literate and knowledgeable as I am today. It was the first time in my life that I can truly remember feeling genuinely good about myself. A while after I had gotten a Nintendo Wii, I got my first cell phone. It was a Nokia. Obviously it was nothing special, but at the time it was extremely useful and I loved having it around. I then moved on to own an HTC and now an IPhone. And not long after I got my IPhone, I bought a Playstation 4, an Xbox 360, and a Playstation 2. I honestly believe that technology

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    Series: Winner 2009, Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series: Nominee 2010, Emmy Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series: Nominee 2009, People's Choice Awards Favorite Funny Female Star: Winner 2013, Emmy Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special: Nominee2013, Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series: Nominee 2013, Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series: Nominee 2011, Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female

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    Have you wondered how much more difficult it has become to tell the difference between entertainment and news channels on television? After all, the television channel business, worth Rs18,000 crore in advertisement and subscription fees, is dominated by the entertainment genre. And print, with Rs14,800 crore in revenue, is still largely about news. This is despite the fact that there are more news channels than those of any other genre. Earlier this year, in response to a question in Parliament

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    discusses “operational aesthetic,” which can best be described as something similar to special effects. Operational aesthetic is augmented in certain moments within a narratively complex program. That being said, complex television employs something called the narrative special effect, which is when a program makes use of certain storytelling tools, to engage the viewer (Mittell 43). It is by way of the narrative special effect that the media makers attempt to foster engagement in audiences by planting

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    Chin-Yi Chung states in her essay, “Hyperreality, the Question of Agency, and the Phenomenon of Reality Television.” that, “...it is existential banality and the boredom of our own lives that we desire as spectacle….In elevating the banal to spectacle, we are elevating ourselves as media objects.” (Chung 33) Similarly, news media, which one would expect to be

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    as Specials and led by Dr. Cable – tell Tally that she can either find Shay and bring her back or stay ugly forever. Initially choosing to bring Shay in, Tally realizes that she was sent not just to find Shay, but an entire settlement of people who decided to stay ugly, dubbed the Smoke. It is there that she also learns about the lesions, and armed with this knowledge decides to turn her back on her old dreams of turning pretty. It is unfortunately too little too late though, and the Specials come

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    Imagine if an individual conquering his/her largest challenge presents one with an incredible reward. Surprisingly, this idea is shared between three uncommon literature works. Within Scott Westerfeld’s Uglies, the main character, Tally Youngblood, triumphed through an exhausting and tough journey to a place that leads her to learn about self-worth. Furthermore, The Third and Final Continent describes the narrator, Jhumpa Lahiri’s, adventure of his life through three continents and poor living conditions

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    Freedom of choice, the transference of power away from and to the oppressed, and rebellion against societal norms: these are some of the many ingredients of a book that hailed a new approach toward writing, trailblazing a whole subgenre of fictitious works. This book, a book which will stand the test of time, embodies the female struggle in an oppressive society. This book, Scott Westerfeld’s Uglies, will survive as it became a beacon in the new style of young adult dystopian novels with female protagonists

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