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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Frank Baum (1900)

Overview of the book

Frank Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” seems to be solely intended to entertain children but it has more meaning that what the author presents to the world. The book follows the adventure of a young girl, Dorothy, who has to embark on an adventure where she encounters and interacts with other characters, some of whom have supernatural powers. Dorothy, the protagonist, lives with her uncle and aunt because her parents passed away. They live in Kansas where she brought her Toto. Toto is Dorothy’s companion, and he accompanies ...

‘Batman: The Animated Series’ is among the most successful American animated television series. The comic superhero series was originally aired by Fox Television and produced by Warner Bros. Animation (Solomon, 262). The series has a total of eighty-five episodes. Unlike most animated films, the animated episodes in this series brought out the character of Batman to life, and made him seem to be more realistic. The animated characters in the film such as Scarface, Scarecrow, Batman Returns, the Penguin, and The Joker have successfully brought the character of Batman to life, made possible by making him appear more realistic through ...

In this paper I will look at the movie “The Wizard of Oz” through the Musical/ Fantasy/ adventure genre lens. The film is about a young girl who is whisked off into a magical place. A place that is full of witches, munchkins, flying monkeys and actual magic. It is a place of perilous adventure and colorful and interesting personalities. The movie can also be seen as a member of the Family film genre in that the ultimate message of the move is “there is no place like home” (The Wizard of Oz). The Wizard of Oz was a ...

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Effects on Children of Advertising
Our parents always tell us to watch what we say and do around children; why does this idea not apply to advertisers? Most are unaware that advertising to children is regulated, though it is not to the extent that one might think. Currently, congress controls the policies that regulate these ads. Thomas A. Barry describes in his article, “A Framework for Ascertaining Deception in Children’s Advertising,” the science behind how big business finds loopholes in their advertising contracts. It is very ...

Neoclassical art fundamentally depends on an agreement with a group of work that has achieved significant status. Neoclassical artists were comfortable and familiar with the classics and synthesized the traditions to a new form in each of their work as opposed to repeating work in lifeless reproductions (Palmer 2011, 16). Each neoclassical work selects some models among the various possible classics which best suit their intentions. Some of the major neoclassical arts are paintings by Jacques-Louis David and Gilbert Stuart. Various neoclassic and naturalist works demonstrate the blending of inspiration of the past with relevance to contemporary life.
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The New Hollywood era is largely considered a contradictory period in cinematograph. Indeed, it was the time when the talents of many directors were reconsidered for the sake of the growing demands of film industry. Some were disregarded and neglected, others found their niche on the background of the emerging trends and genres. There also existed some directors, however, who managed to established their own view regarding filmmaking and fight back the seemingly unstoppable and insatiable manufactory of patterned movies. One of these directors was George Lucas, a true auteur who did his best in reconsidering the obsolete fashions ...

The story of Eudora Welty introduces the exemplar of a truly selfless woman who is ready to sacrifice herself for the sake of the ones she loves. Thus, every time when she goes to town for the remedy for his little grandson, Phoenix Jackson virtually burns herself like the magical bird she was named after, and every time when she gets the remedy she hurries back to her grandson who is waiting for her (Welty, 1991). Furthermore, Phoenix simply cannot let herself die, since she is the only close person to that little boy. With that, until she is ...

Citizen Kane is an American film produced in 1941. It is directed, produced and co-written by Orson Wells, who also stars in the film as Kane. The film revolves around the life of Charles Foster Kane, a wealthy newspaper business magnate. As he dies in his palatial home, in Xanadu, Kane utters the word “Rosebud” which this triggers a search by a Newsreel reporter about his private life. The reporter, John Thompson, interviews Kane’s close friends and associates, making the story unfold as a series of flashbacks. Citizen Kane differs from most American movies of its era on several accounts; the film’ ...

I watched the December 22, 2011 West End production of Wicked at the Apollo Victoria Theatre in DVD. It was apparently a new casting headed by Rachel Tucker as Elphaba and Gina Beck as Glinda. The supporting roles were played by Matt Willis as Fiyero, Lillie Flynn as Nessarose, Adam Pettigrew as Boq, Christopher Howell as Dr. Dillamond, Julie Legrand as Madame Morrible, and Desmond Barrit as the Wizard of Oz.
The plot was a very interesting portrayal of a story having two sides. It was a retelling of the Wizard of Oz from the point of view of the original story's ...