...Reflective Analysis Caddy soon discovers that surviving in the African jungle is very similar to surviving the jungle that is her high school. On Caddy’s first day of school at a regular high school after being homeschooled her entire life she realizes how closely people’s behaviours resemble that of animals in the jungle. Many people can relate to the way she felt entering this new world as everyone has been in such a situation. Perhaps not to this extreme but I was once the new girl desperately trying to find my place in a new atmosphere. Caddy’s journey can also be related to recent recruits adapting to a new work environment, unknown to how things regularly go about. One of my jobs provided me with an outline of normal office habits; casual Fridays, on birthdays there are potlucks, the outline even provided me with some of the regular office language, short forms for certain documents, etc. This was a map to help me familiarize myself and integrate with greater ease. Unfortunately Caddy did not have this luxury, as many people don’t. She is forced to figure it out for herself. This hardship of adapting can easily lead us to not portraying our true selves to potentially avoid being shunned as an outsider. There are many stereotypes integrated into the movie. When Caddy is introduced as a new student from Africa the teacher welcomes an American black student instead of her. People easily believe her when she tells them that in Africa everyone can read Swedish, which portrays...
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...Test Lindsay Lohan may have some expensive bling, but the Komofie & Co. gold necklace she allegedly stole last month is not all that, her attorney claims. Four days after the 24-year-old "Mean Girls" star pleaded not guilty to stealing a chain from a Venice, Calif. boutique on Jan. 22, her lawyer says the necklace isn't worth anywhere near the $2,500 the store was asking for. Various Los Angeles jewelers have appraised the one-of-a-kind piece Lohan is alleged to have taken at between $800 and $1,000, TMZ.com reported. "It seems to me that the appropriate charge, based on the fair market value of the goods, should have been petty theft and not grand theft," LiLo's lawyer, Shawn Holley, told the gossip website. A petty theft charge is punishable by six months in jail, a much lighter sentence than the 3-1/2 years Lohan could face if convicted of grand theft. Holley added, however, than whatever the value of the jewelry she still intends to show “Ms. Lohan didn't steal anything." Though the one-time Disney starlet claimed she was loaned the necklace, jeweler Geoff Kaman and his wife reported it stolen after pictures surfaced of Lohan wearing it. Upon hearing she was under investigation, LiLo turned the necklace over to cops. "i would never steal, in case people are wondering. I was not raised to lie, cheat, or steal," she wrote on her new Facebook page Thursday. Lohan was released on $40,000 bail...
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...Mean Girls is a classic “chick flick” enjoyed by people of all ages centered on the horrors of finding yourself in a new school, in a new country. Cady, the new girl from Africa, is thrown into this new world of high school in America where she is forced to find who she really is in order to fit into this new environment. This journey of self-acceptance by Cady and many others can be analyzed through theories of ritual and text found in Religion: The Basics by Malory Nye. In this essay I will argue that Cady Heron and others, like the Plastics all go through a journey in order to full fil the message of the film, that happiness and peace come from being yourself and accepting yourself not from being someone you are not. This will be supported by examining Cady’s full experience through Van Gennep’s rite of passage theory. By examining Freud’s theory of ritual and repetition and Whitehouse’s theory of ritual Cady and the Plastics show that they are drifting away from their true selves and they are not happy with themselves. Also by examining Derrida’s theory of text, Regina shows that she uses the misery of others to make herself feel content instead of being content in herself. Throughout the film Mean Girls, the protagonist Cady does go through a process involving the three stages in order for her to be accepted into her new environment in a whole new country. This is Vann Gennep’s theory of Rite of Passage. This theory suggests that "ritual actions often work in significant...
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...LOSER Standards are the basis of peoples’ judgment whether someone is a loser or a winner. Michael Jackson was a loser when he had sex change. Elton John was a loser when he admitted he was gay. Lindsay Lohan was a loser when she got addicted to cocaine. Taylor Swift was a loser when she sang off note right after winning a bag-full of Grammy’s. We live in a society where our faults are far more visible than our achievements. This kind of society will love you for as long as you are winning, but will bury you in mud when you no longer meeting their expectations. But if the measure of winning is living by what others expect us to be, then we may all be failures in the end. Because no one, has ever lived up to the society’s standards. Why? Because these standards are often than not, PERFECT. When Michael Jackson died, millions mourned. When “The Lion King” was on its peak everyone sang with Elton John. Most people remember that darling girl in “the Parent Trap” and up to now, Taylor’s magic is in the airwaves. Defining a winner is prerequisite to defining a loser. We are not as big as these people but we have done things in our life that made us the biggest losers. But it doesn’t mean that we haven’t been able to be winners at all. We might have slipped off and wandered far from righteousness but it doesn’t mean that we haven’t been able to walk through the right path. What makes a winner? If you’ve answered this, then define a loser. He who dropped the mike when he was...
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...Amanda Bynes has made some unforgettable decisions that make us question what a spunky, colorful, and fun person she was. She has always been apart of our lives. Ever since back in the 90’s when she would “Bring Out the Dancing Lobsters”, she has always made us laugh with her skit-type comedy show, “The Amanda Show”. As she grew up she still managed to keep us laughing with her hit T.V. show, “What a Girl Wants” (“Saga”). She then landed movie roles in “Hairspray” and “Easy A” (“Bynes”). Amanda has been a part of our lives for a long time, and who we know as a sweet and innocent girl has completely changed. We all know that our childhood actors and actresses usually fall in a spring of events. Amanda has lost that squeaky clean image because of many events including tweeting half naked selfies of herself, and calling celebrities Drake, Miley Cyrus and Rihanna ugly (“Saga”). Amanda has also had many run ins with the police. She has gotten her car impounded for driving with a suspended license on September 16, and was sentenced three years on probation (“Timeline”). That was not the only one, there are many more where that came from. We all know that Amanda is in some type of phase, but what if it’s not a phase? Amanda suffers from bipolar disorder. She tweeted about her condition and admitted to us that it was true, she also told us that she was seeing a psychiatrist and taking medication for her disorder. In order to get help Amanda was admitted to a psychiatric facility, she...
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...The main idea in the original was clear, yet it wasn’t believable. There were instances in the movie that couldn’t possibly happen in real life such as, the police drove out of a cave during a car chase after the daughter and the car turned into a triangular shape and the car the daughter drove was in perfect shape. There were other unrealistic occurrences in the original film, such as when the daughter drove the car into the water and the car just stayed afloat. I’m sure the directors of the remake cut these scenes out entirely due to the improbability of a 13 year old driving and a car staying afloat in a sea of water. Acting is a major issue in any movie. The acting in the 2003 Freaky Friday surpassed the 1976 original version. Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis had more chemistry on screen than Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster. The chemistry between the actresses made the movie more realistic to the public. In the original, it was apparent that it was all an act, yet in the 2003 version it...
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...Banks began modeling in the 11th grade.[9] She later went to Paris, France to do some runway modeling. Within Banks' first week in Paris, she was booked for twenty-five shows.[citation needed] She has done extensive print and/or runway work for fashion/advertising giants, such as Anna Sui, CoverGirl, Bill Blass, Chanel, Victoria's Secret, and Yves Saint Laurent. She has appeared on the covers of high-fashion magazines such as Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, and Elle. Banks was the first African American woman on the covers of GQ and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.[10] In 1997, she received the VH1 award for Supermodel of the Year. That same year, she became the first-ever African American chosen for the cover of the Victoria's Secret catalog.[11] In 1998, Banks authored a book entitled Tyra's Beauty, Inside and Out. The book was advertised as a resource for helping women to make the most out of their natural beauty.[12] Banks retired from modeling in May 2005 to concentrate on her television career. She walked the runway for the final time at the 2005 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.[citation needed] In 2010, Banks re-signed with her former modeling agency IMG Models.[13] [edit] Move into television and film Banks's television career began on the fourth season of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, in which she played lead character Will Smith's old friend Jackie Ames. She made seven appearances in the series. Other TV credits include Felicity, MADtv, Nick...
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...TrTreating Lindsay Lohan 1 Treating Lindsay Lohan [Your Name] Treating Lindsay Lohan Executive Summary 2 Celebrities are often unprepared for the prestige and wealth that they acquire. Many adopt self destructive behaviors, including substance abuse and disrespect for the law. Such behaviors pose a risk to the celebrity as both an individual and professional. A growing trend has been for celebrities’ management companies to require celebrities to accept a certain level of intervention or face cancellation of their contracts. This study examines the case of Lindsay Lohan. Lohan has exhibited exactly the behaviors listed above, and, as a result has not only damaged her career, but also acquired a criminal record (Heger 2014). This study combines an abstract discussion of celebritycentric treatment approaches with a discussion specific to what might be done to mitigate Lohan’s career self immolation. Celebrity Parameters Celebrities often lead very busy lives. In addition to their work, which may consist of activities such as musical performance tours or shooting motion pictures, they may also lead rather frenetic social lives. Celebrities are also very much under the “social microscope”their fans want to know every detail of their life. The journalists who cover celebrities know that even a minor infraction, such as a parking ticket can be made into a very interesting story whereas acts of kindness and professionalism, such as taking the time to speak to a disabled...
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...A “Clueless” Analytical Paper The movie I decided to analyze for my analysis paper is a classic 1995 teen film called “Clueless.” The movie “Clueless” is about a young, rich, and popular teenage girl who’s life revolves around materialistic accomplishments and boys. In the movie, Cher and her best friend Dionne befriend the new girl, Tai, who is in desperate need of a makeover. Tai’s rugged look and over-sized boy shirts is not the ideal look to this fashion guru. Cher ends up doing an excellent job with Tai’s makeover and soon realises she got a makeover as well. Cher learns that riches, style, and materialistic things isn't what lifes all about.(IMDB website) In this paper I will analyze and explain the many sociological themes throughout this movie. The first sociological concept I identified was the concept of...
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...out in 1998 as a remake of the 1961 Disney classic. I was 12 years old when I saw it so I was probably the target audience of this rather typical Disney film. However, it is a more family-oriented film than other Disney creations that are usually more children-focused. It is a decent movie for a family to lightly watch although the plot is rather unrealistic, to say the least, and childish at times. It is considered as Lindsay Lohan’s debut movie, managing to pull off dual roles as both of the identical twins. They could have gotten real twins for the roles of the girls, since Lindsay Lohan wasn't a box office attraction (at this point in her career), but the movie would not necessarily been better in my opinion. The viewer could honestly not tell there really were two Lohans whenever “they” appeared on screen together, thumbs up to the visual effects department. Combined with appearances of body doubles at times and timed reaction shots, it can be confusing for younger audiences to believe that it was only one actress. We also cannot overlook how Lindsay Lohan did an excellent job of portraying these seemingly identical yet very different girls. The characteristics of the girls and the situation going on in the film (girls pretending to be each other and going back as the other to their parents) gave the young actress a challenge as to whether she could adapt to such an in-depth role or more appropriately, role’s’. The film is rather childish as mentioned above, but nonetheless...
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...success is or can be emulated by others, especially by younger people.’ Our opinion as a group is that every human being has a moral responsibility towards society although celebrities tend to have the upper hand when it comes down to being ‘good’ role models. Our three arguments for this topic would be: First, ‘yes celebrities do have a moral responsibility towards society’. Second, ‘every human being has some kind of moral responsibilities towards society’. Third, ‘Celebrities influence the youth of today’. Our counter argument will be: ‘Celebrities cannot be considered as ‘good’ role models because some of their actions can be inappropriate and be a bad influence on others’. Our refutation will be: ‘Miley Cirus is on illegal drugs and Lindsay Lohan was jailed due to the misconduct of the law.’ Our first argument is ‘Celebrities do have a moral responsibility towards society’. Celebrities nowadays are everywhere, from television to your doorstep. Their approach is becoming stronger towards the general population/audience by the simultaneous diversification of the media. Therefore it can be said that due to their constant presence in and around our lives the audience also tends to keeps tabs on them. Everyone who follows the celebrity will know everything about them and that’s why celebrities are under scrutiny all the time. Now because of that scrutiny those celebrities become role models for the people who are watching their every move...
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...seen in the United States or elsewhere but it is also illegal or an act of bigamy to live with multiple spouses. Some cultures see this as an act of hierarchy but to many that do not comprehend the behavior they will see it as deviant. In my outlook, some behaviors in American culture are categorized as deviant because of labeling. Our culture puts categories on many behaviors and automatically categorizes them as being deviant, such as cousins marrying each other or public bathing. In addition, when an individual has money and power and they commit an act of crime, when all is said and done they can get away with a crime either by having money or pull to get out of the problem. Just take the cases of OJ Simpson, Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Michael Jackson, Robert Blake, Senator Ted Kennedy, and President Bush, just to name a few. In many cases, people that have money and power get many unique freedoms than most of us would in the same type of circumstance. If we were ever found guilty of crimes that they have been accused of, the law would have no issues with imprison us. People with power and money can get there way as far as terms served in jail or what conditions they serve their sentences. For example, Paris Hilton, she spent forty-five days in prison and she did not carry out the entire length of the sentence. She was placed in a cell away from other prison mates and was treated...
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...Mean Girls ukessays.com /essays/film-studies/mean-girls.php Mean Girls In the movie “Mean Girls,” Cady, played by Lindsay Lohan is faced with a new chapter in her life when she enrolled in a high school for the first time. Since she was home schooled and never had an experience of being in a regular school, she finds everything different as compared to her life back then in Africa. This means she has to go to school and deal with everyday life like normal kids do. Despite her new environment, Cady found true friends in the person of Janice and Damien. They taught her everything that she needs to know about the school and the various kinds of students in their campus. They also introduced her to the different classes tagged in every group of friends, one of which are known as “The Plastics.” The Plastics gave her peer pressure by transforming her into something she is not. They changed her looks and attitude towards other people. Cady, on the other hand, confirmed with the peer pressure for fun, at first, since she wants to share what the Plastics are like for real with her other friends. Cady spied on the Plastics and shares with Janice and Damien every details she learn about them. Every story and every secret the Plastics would tell her, she shares them with her two friends and they would laugh about how low the Plastic could be. Along the way, she yielded to peer pressure when she decided to join the Math club despite everybody telling her that being a member of that team...
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...Playwright Terence (Publius Terentius Afer) wrote Adelophone (The Brothers) over two thousand years ago, but the theme of his play lives on into today’s world. Demea, father of Aeschinus and Ctesipho, has decided his brother, Micio, should raise Aeschinus, while he would raise Ctesipho himself. Micio is a city-living liberal while Demea is a country-dwelling conservative. They’re both raising their respective sons under their respective views. Micio and Demea feud over which brother raises their son the “best” while the two younger brother’s go through a quarrel themselves over a love they’re both interested in. A happy ending occurs when each of the brothers (all four) realizes they’re being ridiculous. The play itself gives us a brief overview of the staging, which is quite different compared to Prometheus Bound where no staging was given to us. The stage directions read, “Two houses on a street in a city imagined to be Athens. One, the more opulent, is Micio’s; the other, the more humble, is Sostrata’s. Two entrances on either side, one from the town, and the other from the country.” Typically, in Romance theatre, the stage is set up with the scanae frons having three to five doors. This particular play would have four; two door would be on the ends and then two doors in the center. The two center doors would be that of Micio and Sostrata. The doors on the end would be the town and country doors. If I were to stage this play, I would do just the same staging....
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...As a society, there are some things that we hold to a higher standard than other. These include appearance, employment and socioeconomic status to name a few. Although disheartening, some believe they cannot achieve everything they deserve without some if not all of these attributes. This tends to be true for adolescence who have been brought up by these ideals. The film Mean Girls directed by Mark Waters, makes it clear that popularity and appearance is all that teenage girls need to get ahead. That females who have these characteristics will ultimately succeed in life. Not only does that give a false hope to those watching the film, but it emphasizes the effect of bullying that is shown throughout the film. Cady Heron, played by Lindsay Lohan, moves to Illinois after being in Africa for twelve years with her parents who are in the zoology field of work. Cady is taken by surprise by public school life after being home schooled and meets up with Janis Ian and Damian who are more of the social outcasts and into theater and art. Cady is...
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