Orange County. Hollywood was a small city with a post office, hotel, and a couple markets before the film industry took Hollywood by storm in the 1900s. Prior to Hollywood, major film companies were located in New Jersey. Filmmakers ventured to Los Angeles, California to break free from harsh movie producing patents and rules imposed on them by the Edison Motion Picture Company. The beautiful weather and diverse terrain of California were also ideal filming locations. Hollywood is an example of
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Demographics of Police Diversity in Los Angeles, Dallas, and New York City. In the early 40s in Los Angeles there were a lot of cultures, races, and people coming in and out of LA during WWII. many young Latino men were staring to get out and go to clubs, bars, and movies because they were not content to stay within their “barrios”, and started wearing big suites (zoot suits) and cutting their hair differently, to stand out. Around this time young army men were stationing in Los Angeles due to the war, and
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Idea When Watching Kick Ass 2 Me and Alice noticed there were so many questions unanswered (many open Endings) What happened to Hit girl after Kick Ass 2 Uncle Ralphie was a loose end so he can be made into a valid badguy The hero roaster is rather small so integrating a few new characters many comic book issues to be adapted into film Put the issues into 40 minute long TV show miniseries if pilot takes off. one of the ideas was to get big name hollywood actor to create a small buzz about
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Geography of Los Angeles’ Public School System When discussing Los Angeles, most people think of its enormous wealth: Hollywood, movie stars, bikinis, Lamborghinis, and multi-million dollar homes. However, Los Angeles is a city of extremes, and the wealth is even more pronounced when compared to the city’s poverty. In all aspects of life, there is a disparity between the very rich and the very poor. This disparity is most apparent in our public schools. While some public schools in Los Angeles are
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In West Side Story’s opening scene ‘The Prologue’ we are introduced to two rival gangs The Jets and The Sharks. We see the Jets for the first time as they move swiftly and calmly through their neighbourhood performing smooth low level step ball changes and drag walks. Their movements develop, becoming bigger and sharper and when they meet their enemy for the first time they freeze in a low confrontational lunge which is mirrored by the musical accompaniment suddenly changing to silence. New York
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Zach Kuhn Writing for TV and film 9/8/14 Movie Analysis Spaceballs At about 7 minutes in we meet our hero, Lone Star, who seems to be lazy and slow. He is motivated by cash because he lost a lot gambling. When first meeting the princess he is rude and selfish, but throughout the movie that changes for the better. He struggles to find out who he really is because he lost his parents, but he finds out near the end that he is a prince. He goes on to defeat Planet Spaceballs and
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Territorial expansion of the United States in the 19th century affected the lives of all Americans in different ways. There was hope, prosperity, and opportunity in the eyes of many, while the livelihood, history, and culture of others was systematically oppressed. Westward expansion began with the Market Revoultion in 1815 (The West, slide 6). Americans began industrializing the country and expressed a desire to acquire new land to settle. Through hard work in settling new lands, Americans would
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Chicago Latin Kings The Almighty Latin King Nation, founded in Chicago by young Puerto Rican males in the 1950s, is now the largest Hispanic street gang in the city. A man known as Papa King and his partners Jose Rivera (Cadillac Joe), Eddie Rodriguez (Tiger), Joe Gunn, and Fast Eddie, formed the gang. These five men are known as the King of Kings because they are the original Latin Kings of Chicago. They created the organization with the intention of protecting Puerto Ricans from the discrimination
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“‘Boy, I got vision and the rest of the world wears bifocals, ’” says the famous Butch Cassidy, played by Paul Newman, from the movie, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Put in theaters in 1969, this western film became a hit amongst audiences across the country. Directed by George Roy Hill, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid qualifies as a western because the film provides moviegoers with large and dry landscapes, old-fashioned crime, and a partner who plays the role as a sidekick. In Butch Cassidy
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Arely Renteria Mr. Williams English 12 October 13, 2014 Da Hood Life Did you know the ages in which most gang members are between 13 and 21? Very interesting right? Another one, your ethnicity or where you are from does not exclude you from being part of a gang. Then again there are many other reasons as to why teens join gangs. It is not because of your age or ethnicity, but because of peer pressure, family members, and the need of excitement in their life. Many people experience peer pressure
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