Baz Luhrmann helped adapt the classic story of Romeo and Juliet in his 1996 adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, updating the setting to a post-modern city named Verona beach. In this adaptation, the Montagues and Capulets are two rival gangs. Juliet is attending a costume ball thrown by her parents, Fulgencio Capulet, and Gloria Capulet. Her father has arranged the marriage of Juliet and Paris, as a strategic investment plan. Romeo attends the ball, and meets Juliet. They immediately fell in love. The
Picture What happened and what was it? Jim Crow laws were created between 1877 and 1965 in Southern United states to segregate the African Americans from the whites. Jim Crow was the name of a minstrel routine (singers) that was performed in theatres. This was an act where White Americans would dress as Black Americans and entertain the whites by performing derogatory songs and dances. This law gave the African Americans no rights or justice and they were treated inhumanely. The laws were created
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the fifth-most-populous city in the United States, and the core of the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the country. Located in the Northeastern United States at the confluence of the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers, Philadelphia is the economic and cultural center of the Delaware Valley. Popular nicknames for Philadelphia are Philly and The City of Brotherly Love. The city is the center of economic activity in Pennsylvania, and
believed had prehistorically dwelt on the North German Plain. There were children in Germany a Norway as part of a Nazi genetic engineering plan to build up an Aryan ‘master race’ or super-breed of humanity. The scheme was known as the Lebensborn or ‘Fountain of Life’ program. There were at least 19 master race homes total in Germany and Norway, where the unmarried pregnant women could give birth in secret away from their homes. The children were christened in a ritual, in which a SS dagger was held over
ART __-history, __-theory, __-world (Accounting for modern art with Dickie, Danto, and Weitz) Up until the twentieth century art theorists had consistently sought for a definition of art—a definition that would determine a set of necessary and sufficient conditions for something to be called art. But artists in the 20th century did not want to be defined, and they deliberately tried to create artworks that would not fit under some theorist’s umbrella. We saw the Beatniks
“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything,” -George Bernard Shaw. In the 1950s and 1960s, African Americans were harshly discriminated against. It was dangerous for a black to leave their own home. Simple tasks such as going to the grocery store became a challenge, even a life or death situation. Important decisions had to be made to change the way people were being treated. Because of the segregation and indifference the African Americans
On the thirteenth of October I was lucky enough to be able to view the movie Marshall with my African American studies class. I watched the movie in the Amc Loews movie theatre The movie was based on one of the many court cases that Thurgood was apart of. The movie gave a realistic depiction of what it was like during Thurgood’s time. It is important to note that the movie only showed one case that Thurgood carried out and this case was chosen not only because he won it but also because it showed
information on, and you gain a more comprehensive understanding by combining them. Entertainment was essential to daily life in Ancient Rome. According to Juvenal1, it seemed that all Romans were interested in was "bread and circuses," and with theatres, amphitheatres, gambling, drama and public baths galore, the Romans never seemed to get bored. Source 1: Pompeian Amphitheatre * Built in 70BC, Pompeii's amphitheatre is the oldest and most complete pre-Colosseum style
Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. both used pacifism in different ways. Lincoln sent many troops, George McClellan and Robert E. Lee both retreated the Confederate Army. (1) Blacks were treated unfairly, they had separate restrooms and drinking fountains. (4) But, Martin Luther King Jr. taught them to fight with words and not their fists. (6) Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. both helped a lot of people but in different
it skillfully with portraying emotions, and at no moment did I struggle to hear what she was saying. Jennifer Weil, a guest artist, clearly was a professional and when she was on stage, an air of confidence was given off. Her experience in live theatre helped those around her on stage too, as most actors appeared more comfortable speaking to her as oppose to their other co-stars. She elevated the quality of the play, and as a side note, it is very obvious the benefits of working with a professional