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Camera Angles Story Line
1,851 wordsI have watched television on many occasions throughout my life. When I was growing up I watched TV to pass the time on days when I could not go outside, and the whole day I would complain to my parents that, "there is never anything fun to do in the house. " As a child I would sit down in the family TV room watching, what I now consider, mindless shows for hours upon end. I did that to relieve the current state of boredom that I was in. Little did I know that those wasted hours I spent in front ...
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Situation Comedy Dropped Mary Tyler Moore Shows
1,114 wordsA History of Comedy on Television: The history of comedy on television goes back many years. Through out this paper I will go through many shows that have had a heavy impact on television, and criticize why they had the success that they did. 1970: The situation comedy dropped to 24 this year. This season saw the premiere of a landmark sitcom, THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW, breaking with the tradition of the single woman not being in the regular work force, nor being happy single. The variety show d...
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Jerry Seinfeld Family Values
1,035 words... only new show, THE 1 / 2 HOUR 1984 - 85: Twenty shows were canceled this season, including ten of the thirteen new shows. Only KATE & ALLIE and NIGHT COURT and one other survived, leaving only 25 on the air. The one other was THE COSBY SHOW, starring Bill Cosby. THE COSBY SHOW immediately shot to the top of the ratings, a position it continued to maintain. The rumor was that the situation comedy was dead, that the audience didn't want it anymore. THE COSBY SHOW, as well as the rest of the NB...
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American Society Work Force
658 wordsGender Issues: Have Womans Rights Improved? Twenty-five years ago, when my mother was little she had three career choices available to her, a teacher, a nurse, or a secretary. So as the I was growing up my mother made sure that I knew that I could be whatever I wanted to be, when I grew up. With this belief in mind I set my goal as becoming the first woman President of the United States, but as I started to work towards this goal I realized that what she did not tell me about were the obstacles ...
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Act Four Act Three
772 wordsSituation Comedy Before writing this essay, I watched a old re-run of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and I read the chapter in the television textbook where a episode of Leave It to Beaver was broken down into Act One, Act Two, Act Three and Act Four. It was there that I realized that since 1951, with the premiere of I Love Lucy, that most sitcoms follow a very basic, but successful pattern. I will demonstrate how this is accomplished in the sitcom week in and week out. The first act must establis...
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Smash Hit Brandy Boyfriend
661 wordsWow by Brandy. In this song Brandy's talking / singing to her ex boyfriend telling him that she wont cry over him anymore and that he took her for granted while he had her. But now she found somebody new and this new guy treats her so much better. In lines 1 - 8 - Brandy's sick of her ex boyfriends BS basically, she doesn't want to deal with waiting up for him to take his time to call and visit her. She's telling him to not even bother anymore because she's sick of it, sick of being taken for gr...
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Family Environment News Programs
631 wordsNews Casts: Is there more than meets the Eye? In today's world, people rely on different things to inform them of what is happening in society. One of the main ways of receiving the news is by TV. People can tune in at various times during the day and watch a news cast. These news segments vary from a half-hour to a full hour showing. For instance, one might not be interested in the news one day. But before the showing of Channel 31 'Action News'; is to be aired the news shows a little snippet o...
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Group Of People American People
652 wordsDoes the entertainment media reflect the standards of the American people, or does the entertainment media define the standards of the American people? This question is difficult to answer because of the complex interaction between American culture and the entertainment industry. To some extent, the entertainment media does gets feedback on what viewers want to see in the form of Nielson ratings and box office returns. But the simple fact remains that the content produced and delivered by way of...
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Middle Aged Role Model
848 wordsRoseanne Becomes A Role Model It? s eight o? clock in the evening, I have settled down on the couch to watch some primetime television. As I flip through the channels I realize how superficial and unrealistic the actresses truly are. I also began to notice one common thread between all of the women portrayed on television; most look like they just got done with a photo shoot for Cosmopolitan or Playboy. The men portrayed seem to be a little more realistic and down to earth. This brought out a st...
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Legalization Of Marijuana Medicinal Purposes
870 wordsDrug Education and Prevention Question # 2 March 8 th 2000 Will the legalization of certain drugs reduce the crime rate in the United States? This question has baffled United States lawmakers, reformists, and citizens alike for so long that many people probably consider it a rhetorical question. With this in mind, I think that the only solution would be to go to the research and see what studies would say about the dilemma. For this particular paper, I found some research that looked at the lega...
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Live Our Lives Television And Magazines Women
1,712 wordsHave you ever had an original thought? Why do we dress the way we do, watch what we watch or even live the way we do. Through our means of entertainment, it is almost a guide in how one should live their life. With the technology we have in our world we are persuaded to believe what is right and what is wrong. Although we create our own world, our thoughts were imposed upon us since the day we are born. What if the world is some kind of show. What if we are only talents assembled by the Great Ta...
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Loyal Customers Blue Book
493 wordsFord Focus Copying Honda Civics? Have you ever heard of a live commercial? Or better yet ever seen one? Well Ford Motor Company is about to launch the new Focus. The Focus is targeted at the first time buyers market. Ford Motors is spending at least $ 100 million dollars in this new approach marketing strategy. I always thought that TV commercials were pre-recorded. This is not the case here. Ford is actually launching a miniseries of commercials to create a following like a sitcom. With a hired...
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Gay And Lesbian Gay Community
1,639 wordsGAYS ON PRIME TIME From Will and Grace to ER, gay themes and characters change the TV landscape In a recent episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer on the WB, two of Buffy's pals share a meaningful kiss at an emotional moment. Some viewers may not have thought twice about it. But this non publicized kiss between two women is one sign that things have changed in the four years since the protests over the coming out of Ellen on ABC. Turn on prime-time TV today, and youre likely to surf across about a ...
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Sitcom Writers Sitcom Writing Comedy
743 wordsHow to write a sitcom Have you ever sat through a turgid half hour of humour less television and thought to yourself, I could write a better sitcom with my eyes closed, one hand behind my back and a colony of vicious drone ants living in my underwear? Have you? Well, of course you have. And if youve ever had a go at writing your own comedic masterpiece, youll have found that its a whole lot harder than it looks. Characterisation, pacing, timing and above all being hilarious is tough. The interne...
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Rap Artist American Pie
1,112 wordsThe Media s Corruption on Society When I woke up this morning, I turned on my television to watch the morning news, but there was a commercial on. It was an advertisement for Herbal Essence shampoo. The lawyer, who is a beautiful brunette woman, whips out a bottle of shampoo and starts washing her hair. While cleaning her hair, she moans wildly, as if having an orgasm. As she is doing this five muscular guys with their shirts off are singing, she s got the urge. The next commercial was for the m...
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Natural Born Killers Black And White
1,324 wordsOliver Stone s Portrayal of the Effects of Violent Media When I was young the only time I willingly woke up early was on Sunday mornings. I would throw on a robe over my pajamas and run down stairs with my brother to the living room and sit myself in the middle of the couch, which was directly in front of our television. To me the best part of the week was watching the morning cartoons with the family while eating breakfast. We always enjoyed good laughs watching the Coyote try to catch the Road...
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Sexual Dreams Sexual Content
2,009 wordsOnce upon a time in the Golden Age of television, networks deferred to their own in-house offices of standards, which kept profanity, questionable morals, and salacious behavior off the airwaves. Today s standard- free TV shows are obsessed with sex and it is very obvious to even the most casual viewer. This paper will discuss in depth, where all of this sex stuff started and how bad it s really gotten, on Network Television sitcoms. The following research study, sponsored by the Henry J. Kaiser...
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