and innocent. He continues to say, “After all, Dead Indians are the only antiquity that North America has,” (King, 54). Giving an example of by stating why Sacheen Littlefeather the women who attended the Oscars and gave a speech by representing Marlon Brando, who won. King goes into stating why Littlefeather did not wear a designer Dior gown, was because “whenever cultural significance…
The film industry has produced awesome movies and some of it are so epic viewers beg for a second and even a third installment. Of all the famous and best trilogies in the history of cinema, 10 of the best were listed below. 10. The Jason Bourne Trilogy ("The Bourne Identity", "The Bourne Supremacy" and "The Bourne Ultimatum") Former CIA assassin Jason Bourne played by Matt Damon amazed the viewers with action-packed scenes based on Robert Ludlum’s book series. Peter Greengrass directed…
Niel’s Diamond documentary, “Reel Injun”, is about the misinterpretation of the truth about Native people. The documentary outlines the progress of the “Hollywood Indian” characterized in many films throughout the century. Natives have been portrayed with stereotyping and discrimination, and this has influenced the worlds interpretation of Natives,and it has also contributed to an Indian activist. More attention should be made toward the movies of Native people has led to the misconception of…
no children & a wife who doesn't like him" about his dead partner. Or the scene where he says "When you're slapped, you'll take it & like it" and slaps Joel Cairo. Bogart's Sam Spade is arguably the most ungenerous & masculine character until Marlon Brando gave that tour de force performance as Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar named Desire. In a way, even Sam Spade was not a complete film noir protagonist because he was always in control of the situation except for that one scene in which he is…
Introduction: Do you ever get that feeling you’re not being treated equally, as if the odd aren’t in your favor? Do you ever say “This isn’t fair?” Racism is still prevalent in today’s society, we see it almost every day. Walking past your television and reading “Cop guns down unarmed Black/Latino/Asian.” It’s hard to think that it used to be worse, but it was. Imagine living every day being oppressed, not being able to use most bathrooms, not getting an equal education. Building you up to fail.…
On the surface, Scorpio Rising demonstrates the youth culture that found identification in clothing and gestures from mass culture icons like Marlon Brando in The Wild One (1953) and James Dean in Rebel without a Cause (1955) (Suâarez 162). But it illuminates a presence of bisexual tendencies unbeknownst to those in biker subculture, who stereotypically produce the image of straight masculinity. It…
Rock music and movies influenced the younger generation’s clothing style, with trying to copy famous people’s clothing styles, like Elvis Presley and Marlon Brando. Work was a big influence on 50’s fashion and how people dress. With teenagers not being in the depression, and not having to share their earnings to help the family, they bought new clothing and whatever they wished. White collar workers were…
a staged trained actor gained critical acclaimed in the film Brief Encounter (1945), and some of his most popular film included The Third Man (1949), Around the World in Eighty Days (1956), with David Niven, Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), with Marlon Brando and Richard Harris, Father Goose (1964), with Cary Grant and Leslie Caron, Von Ryan's Express (1965), Frank Sinatra, The Liquidator (1965), Rod Taylor and Jill St. John, Superman (1978), with Christopher Reeve, and Gandhi (1982), with Ben…
Nowadays, Disney movies are a hit or miss: it is hard to live up to the motto “a film the entire family can enjoy” with every movie. Yet, Disney made an animated masterpiece when it created a utopia for zoo animals. Zootopia is caked with humor, layers of character development, a deep understanding of how stereotypes and racism affect society as the icing on top with bits of symbolisms being the cake topper. With these features and themes, Zootopia is Disney’s latest movie to engross more than…
Katherine Dunham was an American dancer and choreographer. She was born on June 22nd, 1909 in Chicago, Illinois. She had an African American father and French Canadian mother. She went to the University of Chicago and earned a bachelors, masters, and doctorate in anthropology. She also became a student of Ludmilla Speranza and was a former student Moscow Theater, Mark Turbyfill, and Ruth Page. After, graduation, she founded the “Negro Dance Group.” The group performed at the Chicago Beaux Arts…