The Seven Year Itch

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    Marilyn Monroe's accomplishment was that she became an actress and became a well known model including her becoming a sex symbol because many people printed her pictures on shirts and sold them. (Hecht 50) She was born in Los Angeles on June 1st, 1926. (Hecht 1) Marilyn is an part of why hollywood is such a known place now and where all the great actors/actresses are from there. (Hecht 87) Marilyn Monroe grew up in Los Angeles. Spent most of her time in a foster care at an orphanage. (Biography

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    Josephine Baker was born on June 3,1906 and she had received over 1,000 marriage proposals and love letters because she was always out in front of a crowd dancing and many men not only loved to see her perform but they also loved her body. Josephine Baker was also an amazing person because she was one of the few women who was was apart of the French Resistance. Josephine Baker and one of her four adopted 12 children and their goal was to create the rainbow tribe and experiment. Many people loved

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    Marilyn Monroe was a star actress she made women know that you don't have to be skinny to be beautiful or to make men like you. There are boys that make girls feel like they're nothing because they are bigger than other kind of girls and that they're as pretty as skinny girls, but Marilyn showed those women that they don't have to be totally skinny having a model body to be perfect and hot. Marilyn Monroe was quite a woman, her real name was Norma Jeane Mortenson but later called Norma Jeane

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    She used drugs like sleeping pills in a bad way.”In the years since, Marilyn’s legend and the details surrounding her tragic death and autopsy have transmogrified into a mountain of conspiracy theories and tall tales”.many people missed marilyn monroe but others made tales and rumors on why she killed herself

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    Imagine this, you're being taken to jail for a crime you supposedly did, although you actually had nothing to do with it. The next day you have a trial, but The jurors that are there care less of who you are. The trial goes up to three days, finally the jurors discuss the case and come up to a decision, however it isn't what you had expected. You're accused guilty for a crime you didn't commit and now you have to deal with the consequences, what perhaps could have gone wrong in this case? Could it

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    the thing the stands out most is it was eleven against one. Only one juror out of all twelve wanted to take time on the case and find a better solution for the case, unlike the others. The quote, “This better be fast I’ve got tickets to The Seven Year Itch tonight”, shows us that the jurors dislike being there. They prefer being in places where it’s less beneficial, but fun, they care less about the boy they just want to go home that’s all if it was allowed they’d just leave without any doubt in

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    Billy Wilder Influence

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    Golden ages are the times of complete beauty. A golden age happens when the art is significantly better than in the past and better than what is to come in the future. In this sense, the Golden Age of Hollywood was a time when films were carefully constructed using new technology and great minds. Among these great minds was Billy Wilder, an influential director who was often labeled a cynic. Billy Wilder was a major piece of the Golden Age of Hollywood, and his influence continues to impact the film

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    captivated audiences with her beauty and charisma. Born as Norma Jeane Mortenson, she faced a challenging childhood but rose to fame through her talent and determination. Monroe's cinematic success, notably in films like "Some Like It Hot" and "The Seven Year Itch," made her a cultural icon. Despite her fame, she struggled with personal demons and faced a tragic end in 1962, leaving a lasting legacy as a symbol of Hollywood glamor and vulnerability. Marilyn Monroe, the famous Hollywood actress, blew audiences

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    Stars are signs of indigenous cultural codes. Gestures, words, intonation, attitudes, postures (gesturality)-all these define stars of a particular national culture from others. Spectators expect certain rituals of performance from their stars and camera conspires with this process of recognition using its own techniques. The biggest box-office stars of the 1950s were John Wayne, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Betty Grable, James Stewart, Abbot and Costello, Esther Williams, Spencer Tracy, Randolph Scott

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    “What do you desire? What makes you itch? What sort of a situation would you like?” In his speech, “What if Money Was No Object,” philosopher Alan Watts begins with this series of fairly simple questions. Fortunately, I have an answer and the means to pursue it. I have a passion for the art of government, and so, I aspire to be an attorney and a politician. The Legal Studies Academy will help to lead me to these career goals. I was enticed by the idea of incorporating subjects which I am interested

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