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10 Christmas Movies that Won't Turn you Into a Grinch or Scrooge Hundreds of Christmas movies have been made since the invention of motion pictures and are still being made to this day. There are only a few that are considered “Classics”. What I consider classics are the movies that families pull out every year to watch during the Christmas season. If you prefer more recently made movies, there are many great movies that made it onto my list from the 90s and 2000s. These are some of my favorite

When Christmas time is nearing, some people like to sit next to cozy fires and watch movies, read books, or sing songs. People who do this mostly read or watch or sing timeless Christmas classics, like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, the Cricket on the Hearth, or It's a Wonderful Life. Among these Classics is a piece called A Christmas Carol, which has had written and film adaptations. There are many similarities and differences between these two versions. Today I will be presenting the similarities

Tina Nguyen Theatre 110 Professor Guichard 18 December 2015 A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol is one of the most iconic play as it displays an abundance of successful components. From acting, to stage directing, scenery, costumes, and lighting, the production portrays all those significant aspects. Throughout the process of the play, the plot and acting was incredibly engaging and dramatic. As for the stage directing, all props and cues are organized and well constructed. As for the costumes

Most people already have an idea/image for themselves. Many think they are pretty, funny, or even ugly/rude at times. People have a strange way of thinking about themselves, but so do others in a third perspective. If someone asked you “ what do you think about “blank” ?”, the name would make you feel something. People seem never to have a problem talking about who they know, but what if that friend… was Ebenezer Scrooge? Characters from “A Christmas Carol” already know Scrooge. Most of the townspeople

Melissa Etheridge’s song, “Scarecrow” and the news article by The New York Times, “Suspect to Stand Trial…” are similar and yet also different. They both show that Matthew Shepard was beaten and eventually died, however one states only the facts while the other uses metaphors and similes. Melissa Etheridge uses pathos and ethos to create imagery in her song so that her reader can understand and feel the pain and the spare that Matthew Shepard went through. Imagery is found when she sang, “They

The musical-comedy launched a series of Muppet movies, including The Great Muppet Caper (1981) and The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984), which has continued into the present. During the 1980s, Henson also produced two big-screen productions starring a cast of puppets other than the familiar cast of Muppets. The Dark Crystal (1982) and Labyrinth (1986) expanded the art and craft of puppeteering to new levels of technical achievement

tales from Tinkerdee. Later still in 1962, The Henson group moved to New York, where they are stationed to this day. After moving to New York, Henson had big plans, to accomplish them; however he wold need another puppeteer. “… he moved his company Muppets, Inc., to New York, Where he joined with the puppeteer, Frank Oz (1944- ; real name Frank Oznowicz)—the voice of Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Cookie Monster, and others…” ("Henson, Jim.”). He hired eighteen year old Frank Oznowicz, whom he had met at

girls the importance of preserving Mother Earth, while simultaneously emphasizing women’s freedom. Sesame Workshop has also worked to be more inclusive of the LGBT+ community in recent years. The screenwriters' decision to incorporate a transgender Muppet on the show mirrors the gradual changes that have progressively taken place within the framework of feminism. Chip Day writes, “Sesame Street for the 2017 season will include a transgender character whose project name is “Brunny.” He will be a rabbit-like

the message that Polaroid wanted at the time. The Muppets were by far one of the biggest cultural icons of the 1980s and the fact that Polaroid used them in their commercial demonstrated the relevance of the product itself. Viewers would associate the Polaroid product with the familiar faces of the Muppets increasing sales tremendously. Not only did this commercial connect the product to the culture but it also got consumers to think, ‘If the Muppets use the Polaroid Onestep Camera, so can I’. In the

Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” has been a staple story relating to Christmas since the 1840’s. Due to this, it has inspired others to make movies similar to this beloved tale. Namely, “A Muppets Christmas” from 1992 and “A Christmas Carol” from 2009. These two recreations may have similarities to the original story, but they share quite many differences. One major contrast is that they are not all similar in telling the tale: Charles Dickens’ original story was a book, while the other two were