...Genna Cahill English Composition 1001 Essay 2 Microtheme 5 After reading Rachel Adams’s chapter “Sideshow Cinema”, I have gained a new perspective on Tod Browning’s film Freaks. Adams suggests that there may be a fine line between monster and victim regarding the normal people, such as Cleopatra and Hercules, and the freaks, such as Hans and the conjoined Hilton twins. “After establishing Hans as a sympathetic character who suffers unwarranted abuse, the spectacle of Cleo’s body, mutilated at the hands of the freaks, leaves the viewer unsure about who is the victim and who aggressor,” Adams describes (77). Up until the point of Cleo’s revelation as the “chicken-woman”, the normal-looking people leave us to feel more sympathy for the freaks based on the treatment of them. Majority of the film, we see Cleo, Hercules, and their normal friends treat the freaks as inferiors, teasing them subtly to their faces and more so behind their backs. Therefore, in this sense, the normal people can be seen as monsters and the freaks as victims. The effect of the camera also gives us more sympathy for the freaks. The settings in which these people are placed affect the way we see them. For example, Hans is often placed next to larger objects, especially in Cleo’s wagon, and this makes him, in proportion, look much, much smaller than he actually is. This is true when we are looking at Cleopatra from his point of view as well. Compared to Hans, she seems a lot taller, and we can understand...
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...Alejandra Barrera Villa 102 A Cine y Televisión Freaks Tod Browning EUA 1932 Tod Browning, director de la cinta FREAKS, quiso obtener con ésta el mismo éxito que obtuvo con Drácula. Sorprendentemente, Browning obtuvo un gran éxito con esta cinta que causó una gran sensación en ese tiempo. Esta cinta tuvo varias críticas, que se opusieron ante una filmación tan desagradable. Aunque FREAKS fuese una cinta que causó sensación en su tiempo, fue considerada no apta para todos los ojos del público, y es por eso que fue retirada de las pantallas. Esta cinta fue vista tan horripilante debido a la interpretación de sus personajes, cada uno contando con una deformidad real. Se utilizó poco maquillaje a lo largo de la cinta y esto hace de ella algo muy interesante, ya que no se utilizan efectos especiales para crear esta realidad. A lo largo de la trama podemos ver las distintas deformidades de cada personaje. En ese tiempo tales deformidades no eran bien conocidas y como su nombre lo dice eran considerados fenómenos. El guión, escrita por Willis Goldbeck, Leon Gordon y Al Boasberg, basado en la cinta Espuelas, es una crítica a la discriminación que existía hacía la gente que contaba con diferentes características físicas como por ejemplo la mujer barbuda. Durante toda la trama estos escritores le dan un giro al guión de una Comedia y es como tratan de tapar lo espeluznante de la cinta. El montaje y la escenografía estuvo bien lograda, realizando cada camerino de...
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...ordinary freak show, you’re going to die! He’s here and you’re never going to survive him, he’s more powerful than anyone alive. Once you die here you can never leave! Your spirit gets trapped!” I tried to ask her who “he” was but she disappeared. It must have been part of the act. My friend and I drove up from Georgia to Tennessee just see the biggest freak show in the USA. We walked up to the ticket box and asked for two tickets. As we were walking into the arena I saw the little girl again, but this time she was yelling at a couple to leave. I started to walk to her, she turned, looked at me, and disappeared again. Charlie & I found our seats after about a half hour of searching. We have front row seats, right in front of all the action. As we sat down we realized everyone had popcorn, cotton candy, & soda so I told Charlie that I would go get us our snacks while she saves our seats. As I was walking there were “freaks” everywhere doing tricks for little kids & their parents. I got so caught up in all the tricks I didn't have much time left to get us snacks, so I rushed to the concessions grabbed our snacks & rushed back to our seats. I gave the snacks to Charlie so I could take my seat. As I sat down the show began. There were clowns walking through the stands. They seemed to be everywhere. They were my biggest fear. I asked Charlie if she saw but she said she saw giant spiders. I was confused for a minute until the announcer said “Welcome to the biggest freak show...
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...In the book Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick Grim and Gram are two very similar yet different characters. Grim is the main characters-Maxwell Kane- grandfather. He dislikes his father because he had murdered Grim's daughter. Gram, Max's grandmother, also dislikes his father. Gram takes care of Max like any other mother would do with their son. Grim and Gram are both cautious and caring grandparents. However, Grim is gloomy and cold while Gram is warm and kind. Grim and Gram are very similar character. For instance, they are both very cautious. On page 4, Grim is telling Gram that Max is beginning to look like his father, Kenny Kane, and they should watch their backs when they sleep because. Grim was telling Gram to be cautious with Max...
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...Freak the Mighty and The Mighty Compare and Contrast Hook? The book “Freak the Mighty” by Rodman Philbrick is about two boys named Kevin and max. Kevin has a disease known as Morquio syndrome which causes him to die at a relatively young age, also he is unable to participate in most physical activates with his friends so he stays inside most of the time and reads his books. He especially enjoys the book King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table, so he makes many references and allusions to it. Max’s father is a criminal who is in prison, but he breaks out and kidnaps Max. The book “Freak the Mighty” by Rodman Philbrick was better than the movie “The Mighty” which was based on the book “Freak the Mighty” because of three reasons, the...
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...Freak the Mighty and The Mighty Compare and Contrast Hook? The book Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick is about two boys named Kevin and Max. Kevin has a disease known as Morquio Syndrome which causes him to die at a relatively young age. Also he is unable to participate in most physical activates with his friends, so he stays inside most of the time and reads his books. He especially enjoys the book King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table, so he makes many references and allusions to it. Max’s father is a criminal who is in prison, but he breaks out and kidnaps Max. The book Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick was better than the movie The Mighty which was based on the book Freak the Mighty for these three reasons; the suspense,...
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...The Adventures of Max and Kevin Freak the Mighty, by Rodman Philbrick is a story about two kids named Max and Kevin that became best friends. In the story you can see how their friendship develops, fear is created, and how Max gets closer to his family. Max and Kevin go on lots of crazy adventures and run into lots of problems. Both of them have a main problem to solve themselves before it’s too late. Many behaviors are shown by Freak the Mighty from their past, and now the present. Kevin and Max slowly developed a friendship throughout the story. On the Fourth of July, Freak couldn’t see the fireworks so Max put Freak on his shoulders. Another example is Kevin took Max on a lot of crazy adventures, to the hospitals, sewers, and they went...
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...In this paragraph I will be bringing up the points on why the book of Freak the Mighty is better than the movie. I will also be giving some similarities and differences between the two versions. One similarity is that Freak gave Max a book called Freak the Mighty. In both stories, Freak told Max to write down all the tales of the quests they went on. Also, Max got the book in both the movie and the book it allowed him to end the story of Freak the Mighty. Another similarity is that Freak lied to Max about the bionics. In the book, Freak took Max to a lab and told him that he would be getting a bionic body and that he would be the first bionic human. Freak did that in the movie as well. There are many differences but here are a few. First, in...
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...According to “grandparents.com,” 6.2 million or 5.3% of all U.S. households with grandparents live under the same roof as their grandkids. In this case, Max is living with Grim, his grandpa, in Rodman Philbrick’s Freak the Mighty. Grim has changed all throughout the book. Kenny Kane the killer has got him more protective over Max. For example, wanting to get a gun and putting a restraining order against Kenny Kane. In the beginning of the novel, Grim was not very fond of Max and was scared of him. For instance, in chapter 2, Max thinks that his grandpa “... has it fixed in his head I’m at a dangerous age and they need to keep me under observation,” (5). This quote explains that Grim is scared that Max will grow up like his dad. For example,...
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...Two of the best characteristics are brave and nice. In the the story Freak the Mighty by Roman Philbrick there are two boys named Max and Kevin. Kevin has Morquio syndrome which makes him very small. Kevin is also very intelligent. Max is not very good at school until he finds Kevin, and he is the son of Killer Kane who killed his mom. Almost right after Kevin moves in next to Max they become best friends and end up doing almost everything together. During the story the two main themes are, if you are nice to others they will be nice to you, and to be brave no matter what. Being brave is a character trait Kevin has mastar, and it is one of his best characteristics. The first theme of this novel is be brave no matter what. On page 128 Max...
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...Anahera Nin’s Statement of Intent For my writing folio, I wrote two pieces of creative writing. The theme of my writing folio is ‘The Monster Within’, and has been interpreted very differently for both stories. My first piece, ‘The Real Monsters’, is a short story that takes place in the 1800s and features a circus freak show. The story focuses on a young boy who gives into curiosity and because of his innocent heart, receives a valuable lesson about what really makes someone a monster. It is aimed for an older audience, typically older teenagers to adults as the story explores darker themes and hidden morals that will probably not be picked up by younger readers. It is meant to cause the reader to think about how they themselves view others who may be different, and how being mean about another’s uniqueness such as calling someone ‘ugly’ can be a hypocritical thing to do, as the only person who seems to be doing ugly things is the name-caller. My second piece, ‘Looking Through The Glass’, is based on the real-life event of the 2014 Isla Vista killings, where Elliot Roger, son of Hunger Games unit director Peter Roger, murdered 6 people and injured 13 people before committing suicide. The piece is taken from the viewpoint of his father, Peter Roger, and it outlines Peter’s thoughts as he watches his son’s video ‘Elliot Rodger’s Retribution’. It is aimed for the same audience as my previous piece, older teens and adults as older teens are about the same age as Elliot and...
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...Micromanagement and offers some possible solutions to alleviate the problem. Effects of Micromanagement in a Work Environment Definition Micromanagement often times carry a negative connotation and is associated with bad management traits. There are countless articles written about proper leadership that vilifies the word and the trait definition of it. White, R. J. (2010) commonly refers to Micromanagement as the control of an enterprise in every particular and to the smallest details, with the effect of obstructing progress and neglecting broader, higher level policy issues. Micromanagers are also often associated with traits that paint them in a negative character such as being control freaks, compulsively obsessed with meaningless details, and deadlines. Furthermore, micromanagement problems are not limited only to the upper echelons of leadership (where it is more apparent) as sometimes even regular employees suffer from it as well with regards to how they manage their time or how they perform their tasks. Insecurity is also a trait that is closely associated with micromanagers. Hernandez, J. S. (2012) argues that a micromanager is typically insecure and will be threatened by an assessment. Weyand, J. (1996) points out, however, that micromanagers do have value. He points out that in organizations where micromanagers reign supreme there is no questions on who is in charge and sometimes micromanagement is better...
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...Demon Freaks, by J.R.R.R. (jim) Hardison begins by introducing Bing and Ron Slaughter, fraternal twin brothes, with vastly different styles and personalities (so seriously, why bother making them twins at all). Bing, named after the crooner, Crosby, is the weak stomached , gauntish, thinker, with black hair, and penchant for British Punk Rock garb. Ron, who’s namesake is the happymeal pushing clown of fast-food fame, sports, the body mass, pigment, and get-it-done attitude his minutes older brother lacks. With long blonde hair, jeans, and a gaudy Hawaiian shirt, he affects more of a surfer-grunge look. These boys are in an angsty teen band along with a pair of their friends. Kaitlyn Krimpson is the long time classmate and unrequited crush of the brothers. She is smart but flakey; and, perpetually late, due to an obession with showering. Prathmesh Kimitri, aka Meat (complete with allusion to A.T.H.F.) is an East Indian lad, atypical of the common stereotype. He is the unkempt , doofy, class-clown, with no qualms about spoofing his wealthy, pseudo-celeberty father....
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...Long Write- Freak the Mighty Chapters 15-18 In Rodman Philbrick’s Freak the Mighty, Max, a dyslexic boy, is constantly told about the troubles and bad deeds of his father. As news spreads out the Killer Kane is on parole, the tension is weighing down on Max, Grim and Gram, and the rest of the neighborhood. It was if they could feel his presence lingering every day, every step. The one night, Killer Kane decides to pay a visit to his son and set him straight on the truth. With his terrible path behind him, it is awfully hard to believe that Kenny Kane is a changed man. From the moment that he breaks into Max’s house, he feels the need for every step and movement to tell his son that his whole life was taken away from him, that all of Max’s knowledge about his father were all lies: “It’s time I got to know my own son, who had his mind poisoned against me”(100). Kane is determined to prove to Max that he has done nothing wrong, and that his whole 13 year existence was a lie: “I know what they told you.. It’s all a big lie, do you understand?”(101). Everything that people told Max was fed to him, with no facts. He insists that he has done nothing wrong and all of Max’s “evidence” is fake and was biased just because of his...
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...Gothic/Horror The horror genre has a huge impact on its audience with characteristics that are recognisable through generic techniques and features used in the various horror texts. In Van Helsing; a film directed by Stephen Sommers, Cirque Du Freak, a novel written by Darren Shan, and Thriller, a song by Michael Jackson, many horror gothic features and techniques are applied and are easily recognised to help anyone understand the horror genre more clearly. It is usual in horror texts for there to be a conflict between good and evil characters, dark and spooky settings, and a suspenseful build-up that causes tension for the audience and makes them wonder what might happen next. Van Helsing is about a troubled man who dedicates his life to rid the world of evil forces as he tries to hunt down the unanswered questions of his past. He finds himself on a quest in Transylvania to kill Dracula and prevent the continuation of his kind, along with Anna, a brave woman whose family has been killed by vampires for over 400 years. Dracula is a powerful and dangerous character who is immediately regarded as the antagonist from his first word, “success!” It is enhanced by a loud boom of thunder to create shock and an element of excitement for the audience and marks Dracula as a threatening and frightening character. Monstrosity is likewise displayed through Frankenstein’s character when we are introduced to him. We are given three close-up shots of his eyes, hand, and yelling mouth which...
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