This document discusses different examples of gallows humor, sick humor, and toilet humor in various works of literature and film. It provides examples from novels by John Irving, Terry Southern, and Lemony Snicket as well as films by Woody Allen, Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, and Quentin Tarantino. It also discusses how gallows humor can be grounded in real tragic events like the case of Alfred E. Packer who was sentenced to death for cannibalism. The document examines humor related to death, violence, sexuality, and bodily functions.
This document summarizes and provides examples of gallows humor, sick humor, and toilet humor from various works of literature and film. It discusses examples from works by Woody Allen, Alfred Hitchcock, John Irving, Stanley Kubrick, Monty Python, Terry Southern, Art Spiegelman, Quentin Tarantino, and Mark Twain that use black comedy and satire to comment on or make light of dark topics like war, violence, death, and human suffering.
This document provides brief summaries of the 86 films that have won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Some highlights include:
- Wings (1927) was the first film to win Best Picture and helped establish the Oscars. It was a silent film about a love triangle during WWI.
- Grand Hotel (1932) featured an all-star cast including Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, and John Barrymore in a story set in a Berlin hotel.
- Gone with the Wind (1939) was a hugely successful epic adaptation of Margaret Mitchell's novel about the American Civil War and Reconstruction. It won Best Picture and other awards.
- Casablanca (1942) is one of the most beloved films in
Three Men In A Boat Chapter 11-15 Summary Along With Character Sketches, Sett...Manas Deshpande
This document provides a summary of the novel "Three Men in a Boat" by Jerome K. Jerome. It outlines the plot, characters, and some key events in the story. The story follows three friends - J, Harris, and George - as they embark on a boating trip along the Thames river. Along the way, they encounter various comedic mishaps and observations of the places and people they pass. The summary concisely highlights the essential details about the novel's setting, main characters, and a few representative chapters/scenes.
This document provides information and examples for writing a film review article. It defines a film review as a critical report or evaluation published in a periodical. It lists several popular film review websites that were used for research. It then provides examples of film review article layouts from the magazines Empire and Total Film, focusing on sections for the film synopsis, critique and rating. Finally, it shares examples of layouts from the newspaper The Guardian. The document aims to aid in planning and structuring a film review article.
Action adventure films typically feature a hero who faces physical challenges, fights, and chases while struggling against dangerous opponents. The document provides examples of early action adventure films from the 1930s-1940s that featured heroes battling rivals, criminals, or villains through air duels, arson investigations, royal succession battles, and piracy on the high seas. It also summarizes several later action adventure films from the 1950s-2000s involving prison escapes, revenge against corrupt lawmen, terrorist sieges, Scottish rebellions against English rule, and cross-country road trips turned dangerous.
Three Men In a Boat (To say nothing of the dog)Shreyan Das
The chapter describes the three men getting lost in the Hampton Court maze after Harris attempts to guide a group through it. It details their failed attempts to navigate until they finally call an experienced maze keeper who rescues them. The story highlights the humorous misadventures and mistakes of the three men on their boating trip.
Frederick Douglass was born a slave in Maryland in the late 1820’s, he can only guess how old he is, like most slaves he did not know when he was born. Frederick was both a brilliant and a troublesome slave who had many masters before he escaped to freedom in his early twenties. He escaped slavery on his second attempt to run away to the Northern states, and not only did he teach himself how to read; he became a spell-binding orator and abolitionist, agitating for the end of slavery, and becoming a best-selling author, publishing three autobiographies, other books, and a newspaper. Some bigots claimed it was impossible for an ex-slave to be able to write that well, though they could not argue that it was not him making his speeches.
We learn what it was like:
• To be born and grow up as a slave.
• To be a plantation slave, and a city slave.
• For slaves to be denied the chance to learn how to read and write, and be educated.
• For slaves to sleep without beds, with little food and clothing.
• For slave women to be treated as unwilling concubines, and be continually sexually assaulted by their white masters, earning the contempt of their mistress.
• For slaves to be continually whipped by overseers, as encouragement.
• For masters to occasionally murder their slaves, without fear of punishment.
• To live in fear of having your family split apart and be sold in slave auctions, including young children.
Other incidents in his life include:
• How Frederick Douglass broke Master Covey, the slave breaker.
• How Frederick Douglass learned how to read and write, and eventually become a best-selling author and orator.
• His first impressions of New Bedford, Massachusetts, when he escaped slavery, when he was emancipated.
• Why he despised the cruel Christianity of his slave masters, and how it was very un-Christian.
Our blog on Frederick Douglass: http://www.seekingvirtueandwisdom.com/frederick-douglass-tells-us-about-his-life-as-a-slave-in-his-autobiography/
Please support our channel when purchasing these books from Amazon:
Booker T. Washington's Up From Slavery and The Life of Frederick Douglass
https://amzn.to/3ja2ITo
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, by Frederick Douglass
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Please share with your friends and associates!
The document provides character sketches of the three main characters (J, Harris, and George) and dog (Montmorency) from Jerome K. Jerome's 1889 humorous novel "Three Men in a Boat". It summarizes that the book details the boating holiday adventures of Jerome and two friends along the Thames between Kingston and Oxford, and was initially intended as a travel guide but became a comic novel. The characters were based on Jerome and his real friends, and they take a typical boating holiday of the time in a Thames camping skiff.
This document summarizes and provides examples of gallows humor, sick humor, and toilet humor from various works of literature and film. It discusses examples from works by Woody Allen, Alfred Hitchcock, John Irving, Stanley Kubrick, Monty Python, Terry Southern, Art Spiegelman, Quentin Tarantino, and Mark Twain that use black comedy and satire to comment on or make light of dark topics like war, violence, death, and human suffering.
This document provides brief summaries of the 86 films that have won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Some highlights include:
- Wings (1927) was the first film to win Best Picture and helped establish the Oscars. It was a silent film about a love triangle during WWI.
- Grand Hotel (1932) featured an all-star cast including Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, and John Barrymore in a story set in a Berlin hotel.
- Gone with the Wind (1939) was a hugely successful epic adaptation of Margaret Mitchell's novel about the American Civil War and Reconstruction. It won Best Picture and other awards.
- Casablanca (1942) is one of the most beloved films in
Three Men In A Boat Chapter 11-15 Summary Along With Character Sketches, Sett...Manas Deshpande
This document provides a summary of the novel "Three Men in a Boat" by Jerome K. Jerome. It outlines the plot, characters, and some key events in the story. The story follows three friends - J, Harris, and George - as they embark on a boating trip along the Thames river. Along the way, they encounter various comedic mishaps and observations of the places and people they pass. The summary concisely highlights the essential details about the novel's setting, main characters, and a few representative chapters/scenes.
This document provides information and examples for writing a film review article. It defines a film review as a critical report or evaluation published in a periodical. It lists several popular film review websites that were used for research. It then provides examples of film review article layouts from the magazines Empire and Total Film, focusing on sections for the film synopsis, critique and rating. Finally, it shares examples of layouts from the newspaper The Guardian. The document aims to aid in planning and structuring a film review article.
Action adventure films typically feature a hero who faces physical challenges, fights, and chases while struggling against dangerous opponents. The document provides examples of early action adventure films from the 1930s-1940s that featured heroes battling rivals, criminals, or villains through air duels, arson investigations, royal succession battles, and piracy on the high seas. It also summarizes several later action adventure films from the 1950s-2000s involving prison escapes, revenge against corrupt lawmen, terrorist sieges, Scottish rebellions against English rule, and cross-country road trips turned dangerous.
Three Men In a Boat (To say nothing of the dog)Shreyan Das
The chapter describes the three men getting lost in the Hampton Court maze after Harris attempts to guide a group through it. It details their failed attempts to navigate until they finally call an experienced maze keeper who rescues them. The story highlights the humorous misadventures and mistakes of the three men on their boating trip.
Frederick Douglass was born a slave in Maryland in the late 1820’s, he can only guess how old he is, like most slaves he did not know when he was born. Frederick was both a brilliant and a troublesome slave who had many masters before he escaped to freedom in his early twenties. He escaped slavery on his second attempt to run away to the Northern states, and not only did he teach himself how to read; he became a spell-binding orator and abolitionist, agitating for the end of slavery, and becoming a best-selling author, publishing three autobiographies, other books, and a newspaper. Some bigots claimed it was impossible for an ex-slave to be able to write that well, though they could not argue that it was not him making his speeches.
We learn what it was like:
• To be born and grow up as a slave.
• To be a plantation slave, and a city slave.
• For slaves to be denied the chance to learn how to read and write, and be educated.
• For slaves to sleep without beds, with little food and clothing.
• For slave women to be treated as unwilling concubines, and be continually sexually assaulted by their white masters, earning the contempt of their mistress.
• For slaves to be continually whipped by overseers, as encouragement.
• For masters to occasionally murder their slaves, without fear of punishment.
• To live in fear of having your family split apart and be sold in slave auctions, including young children.
Other incidents in his life include:
• How Frederick Douglass broke Master Covey, the slave breaker.
• How Frederick Douglass learned how to read and write, and eventually become a best-selling author and orator.
• His first impressions of New Bedford, Massachusetts, when he escaped slavery, when he was emancipated.
• Why he despised the cruel Christianity of his slave masters, and how it was very un-Christian.
Our blog on Frederick Douglass: http://www.seekingvirtueandwisdom.com/frederick-douglass-tells-us-about-his-life-as-a-slave-in-his-autobiography/
Please support our channel when purchasing these books from Amazon:
Booker T. Washington's Up From Slavery and The Life of Frederick Douglass
https://amzn.to/3ja2ITo
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, by Frederick Douglass
https://amzn.to/3mtkIKv
Please share with your friends and associates!
The document provides character sketches of the three main characters (J, Harris, and George) and dog (Montmorency) from Jerome K. Jerome's 1889 humorous novel "Three Men in a Boat". It summarizes that the book details the boating holiday adventures of Jerome and two friends along the Thames between Kingston and Oxford, and was initially intended as a travel guide but became a comic novel. The characters were based on Jerome and his real friends, and they take a typical boating holiday of the time in a Thames camping skiff.
The document discusses the villain archetype of the outcast. It provides examples of outcasts from literature including Cain from the Bible, Grendel from Beowulf, the Beast from Beauty and the Beast, Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights, Tom Riddle from Harry Potter, and Cady Heron from Mean Girls. The outcast is typically an outsider who feels neglected and seeks revenge through torturing or sacrificing others, but may ultimately find redemption.
This document provides a list of 213 scripts and plays that an Academy Award winning/nominated writer has worked on over their career. The scripts include 33 that won Oscars and 46 that were nominated. Some of the notable scripts and plays mentioned include 12 Angry Men, The African Queen, All About Eve, The Apartment, Casablanca, Chinatown, Citizen Kane, The Graduate, The Godfather, Gone With The Wind, and West Side Story.
The document lists the 10 greatest talkative gaming villains. It provides descriptions of each villain, highlighting what makes them memorable based on the taunts, insults and commentary they provide to antagonize the protagonist throughout the game. The top villain is GLaDOS from Portal, who is funny, manipulative and develops as a character over both Portal games to become partially redeemed while still remaining a psychopath.
The document provides summaries for several graphic novels that would be suitable for an adult library collection. The summaries describe the plots and themes of the graphic novels Watchmen, Daredevil: Born Again, Pride of Baghdad, All-Star Superman, Love and Rockets, One Hundred Demons, Safe Area Gorazde, DMZ, Criminal, Jack of Fables, Rex Libris, Wonder Woman collections by Jodi Picoult and Gail Simone, Shooting War, Black Hole, Abandon the Old in Tokyo, Spawn, and The Walking Dead. The graphic novels cover mature subjects and genres like war, crime, and horror and are recommended for their literary and artistic merits.
This document provides a list of the top 100 best first lines from novels as selected by the American Book Review. It includes the first lines from famous novels such as Moby Dick, Pride and Prejudice, 1984, and The Great Gatsby. The lines range from just a few words to a full sentence and provide intriguing openings that set the tone and context for the stories that follow.
From West Point in 1843 through the Mexican War. the tough years between the wars and then into the Civil War we follow West Pointers on their journey both fame and infamy.
The document describes the Titanic Quarter in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is a large waterfront redevelopment project comprising historic landmarks, film studios, education facilities, apartments, and a Titanic-themed attraction centered around land in Belfast Harbour. The 185-acre site was previously occupied by Harland and Wolff shipyard and is now famous for the Titanic Studios film studio.
The document discusses life in trenches during World War 1. It describes trenches as long narrow ditches where soldiers lived day and night, located between opposing German and Allied lines. Life in trenches was difficult, with little sleep, muddy and unsanitary conditions infested with rats and lice. A typical day involved standing guard before dawn and after dusk to be alert for enemy attacks, eating, cleaning duties, and brief rest periods between working all night doing tasks like repairing trenches. The document also includes an excerpt from a letter a soldier sent to his mother describing intense shelling during an attack where his company gained objectives but suffered losses.
Morgan Freeman uses his private plane to regularly visit Clarksdale, Mississippi, the birthplace of the blues. In Clarksdale, Freeman opened Ground Zero Blues Club 14 years ago to help preserve the blues music and culture of the Mississippi Delta region that was an important part of his childhood. Ground Zero Blues Club has become a popular live music venue and tourist attraction, helping to revitalize Clarksdale's blues scene. Freeman's plane allows him to spend more time in Clarksdale involved in the community and ensuring the survival of an art form that has deep personal meaning for him.
Hi Everyone! I´m Freddy Chavez. This presentation is about my favorite movie that is "Braveheart". I think that we all seem this incredible movie of Mel Gibson.
The document provides a comparison of legends of ancient woman warriors and their modern portrayals in film. It summarizes several ancient legends including Camilla of Italy, Mulan of China, Joan of Arc of France, and Deborah Samson who fought in the American Revolution disguised as a man. It then analyzes themes, characters, and plots that are common across these legends and their modern film adaptations, such as Xena: Warrior Princess, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, and Kill Bill. Key findings include that while ancient legends focused on courage and wisdom helping communities, modern films emphasize personal motives like vengeance; and ancient legends lacked romantic relationships, which are prominent in modern films.
This document is an honors thesis presented by Tabitha L. Clark that examines her experience as a Marine Corps wife and seeks to provide insight into that lifestyle and culture. It begins by discussing the historical fascination with stories of soldiers but notes the lack of narratives about their families. The introduction argues for the importance of telling these untold stories and providing a more well-rounded perspective. The thesis then outlines the ethnographic and autoethnographic significance of combining personal experience and research to understand this community from the inside.
Word processor of the God by Stephen King Goliath by Neil Gaiman TanzeelRehman40
The document provides summaries of two short stories - "Word Processor of the Gods" by Stephen King and "Goliath" by Neil Gaiman. For the King story, it summarizes the plot where a man receives a mysterious word processor that allows him to manipulate reality but breaks down. He uses it to erase his disliked family members from existence. For the Gaiman story, it describes Goliath, a genetically engineered man who is sent on a mission to destroy attacking aliens. Both stories explore themes of how technology can impact humanity.
The document compares and contrasts the 1938 film Robin Hood starring Errol Flynn and the 2012 film The Hunger Games starring Jennifer Lawrence. Both films deal with a protagonist fighting against an oppressive regime - Robin Hood against Prince John and the Sheriff of Nottingham, and Katniss Everdeen against President Snow and the Capitol. While Robin Hood is set in medieval England and Panem is a dystopian future setting, both feature a forest as a safe haven and protagonists with remarkable archery skills who take from the rich and help the poor. The document also analyzes similarities between supporting characters in each film.
Hessians were German mercenaries hired by the British to fight in the Revolutionary War, totaling around 30,000 troops. Many Hessians were conscripts, debtors, or victims of impressment. They received low pay or only food for payment. Hessians made up about one-third of the British forces and included skilled troops like sharpshooters, musketeers, and fusiliers. After the war, around 5,000 Hessians settled in the US as many were unfit to return to Germany or were criminals. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow features the headless horseman, said to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper who lost his head in battle during the Revolutionary War.
The document provides character sketches of the three main characters in the novel "Three Men in a Boat": the narrator J, Harris, and George. It then summarizes the plot, explaining that the story follows three friends on a boating trip down the River Thames between Kingston and Oxford for leisure and enjoyment. The characters are based on the author and his real-life friends, and their humorous adventures and mishaps during the trip are chronicled in a comedic style.
Reflections on the Road: The Gaza Strip and a Photograph I Didn't Takeauspiciousloser85
- The document discusses the author's experience visiting Rafah, Gaza in 2003 after watching a documentary about growing up in Rafah.
- The author takes a tour of Rafah with activists living there and sees the destruction from demolished homes and the site where a journalist, James Miller, was killed by an Israeli tank.
- The author is invited into a home to photograph a bulldozer demolishing another home nearby but declines due to the risk of being shot by an Israeli sniper.
This passage lists the educational and professional background of an unnamed individual who:
- Graduated from the College of William & Mary and received a medical doctorate from Albany Medical College.
- Completed an internal medicine residency at Brown Medical School.
- Completed a cardiology fellowship at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center.
- Currently works as an assistant professor of cardiology.
The document provides initial thoughts and research from a student for an audio story project. It includes potential story ideas that were looked at, such as a haunted 18th century building and St. Crux Church in York. The student settles on the idea of creating a soundscape telling the story of someone being stalked in a haunted house. They feel this format will allow them to get creative with sound effects. Research into existing audio stories and haunted house sounds is mentioned. The student expresses positive initial feelings about the project and notes additional research may be needed.
Excelsior! - Stan Lee Tribute Comics Quiz by Chai Pe Quizaravindanil
Excelsior - Stan Lee tribute Comics quiz
CPQ Kids Series S1E5
at November 2018 edition of Chai Pe Quiz - The Cochin Quiz Club
By Aravind Anil, Denita Tresa Mendez & Muhasin Wahab
Date: 24 Nobember October 2018
Venue: H & C Reader Forum Hall, Durbar Hall Road, EKM South
The document provides summaries for 10 favorite films: Titanic, Gandhi, Ben-Hur, Braveheart, A Beautiful Mind, The Godfather, Gone With The Wind, The Sound of Music, The Last Emperor, and Gladiator. It summarizes the key plot points and characters for each film in 1-2 sentences.
FLAMBÉ Finals at Quizotic 2015 by Aryapriya GangulyAryapriya Ganguly
This document provides details about an academic quiz competition called "FLAMBÉ Open" held by Quizotic in 2015. It describes the format of the quiz, which consisted of 9 topics with 6 questions each, for a total of 54 questions. It then provides examples of 6 questions asked in the quiz, covering topics like the name of an animated character, identifying a film trope, identifying famous screenwriters and their works, and connecting various films that used unique casting methods. The questions are multiple choice and include requests to name people, works, genres, and other details to demonstrate one's knowledge.
The document discusses the villain archetype of the outcast. It provides examples of outcasts from literature including Cain from the Bible, Grendel from Beowulf, the Beast from Beauty and the Beast, Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights, Tom Riddle from Harry Potter, and Cady Heron from Mean Girls. The outcast is typically an outsider who feels neglected and seeks revenge through torturing or sacrificing others, but may ultimately find redemption.
This document provides a list of 213 scripts and plays that an Academy Award winning/nominated writer has worked on over their career. The scripts include 33 that won Oscars and 46 that were nominated. Some of the notable scripts and plays mentioned include 12 Angry Men, The African Queen, All About Eve, The Apartment, Casablanca, Chinatown, Citizen Kane, The Graduate, The Godfather, Gone With The Wind, and West Side Story.
The document lists the 10 greatest talkative gaming villains. It provides descriptions of each villain, highlighting what makes them memorable based on the taunts, insults and commentary they provide to antagonize the protagonist throughout the game. The top villain is GLaDOS from Portal, who is funny, manipulative and develops as a character over both Portal games to become partially redeemed while still remaining a psychopath.
The document provides summaries for several graphic novels that would be suitable for an adult library collection. The summaries describe the plots and themes of the graphic novels Watchmen, Daredevil: Born Again, Pride of Baghdad, All-Star Superman, Love and Rockets, One Hundred Demons, Safe Area Gorazde, DMZ, Criminal, Jack of Fables, Rex Libris, Wonder Woman collections by Jodi Picoult and Gail Simone, Shooting War, Black Hole, Abandon the Old in Tokyo, Spawn, and The Walking Dead. The graphic novels cover mature subjects and genres like war, crime, and horror and are recommended for their literary and artistic merits.
This document provides a list of the top 100 best first lines from novels as selected by the American Book Review. It includes the first lines from famous novels such as Moby Dick, Pride and Prejudice, 1984, and The Great Gatsby. The lines range from just a few words to a full sentence and provide intriguing openings that set the tone and context for the stories that follow.
From West Point in 1843 through the Mexican War. the tough years between the wars and then into the Civil War we follow West Pointers on their journey both fame and infamy.
The document describes the Titanic Quarter in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is a large waterfront redevelopment project comprising historic landmarks, film studios, education facilities, apartments, and a Titanic-themed attraction centered around land in Belfast Harbour. The 185-acre site was previously occupied by Harland and Wolff shipyard and is now famous for the Titanic Studios film studio.
The document discusses life in trenches during World War 1. It describes trenches as long narrow ditches where soldiers lived day and night, located between opposing German and Allied lines. Life in trenches was difficult, with little sleep, muddy and unsanitary conditions infested with rats and lice. A typical day involved standing guard before dawn and after dusk to be alert for enemy attacks, eating, cleaning duties, and brief rest periods between working all night doing tasks like repairing trenches. The document also includes an excerpt from a letter a soldier sent to his mother describing intense shelling during an attack where his company gained objectives but suffered losses.
Morgan Freeman uses his private plane to regularly visit Clarksdale, Mississippi, the birthplace of the blues. In Clarksdale, Freeman opened Ground Zero Blues Club 14 years ago to help preserve the blues music and culture of the Mississippi Delta region that was an important part of his childhood. Ground Zero Blues Club has become a popular live music venue and tourist attraction, helping to revitalize Clarksdale's blues scene. Freeman's plane allows him to spend more time in Clarksdale involved in the community and ensuring the survival of an art form that has deep personal meaning for him.
Hi Everyone! I´m Freddy Chavez. This presentation is about my favorite movie that is "Braveheart". I think that we all seem this incredible movie of Mel Gibson.
The document provides a comparison of legends of ancient woman warriors and their modern portrayals in film. It summarizes several ancient legends including Camilla of Italy, Mulan of China, Joan of Arc of France, and Deborah Samson who fought in the American Revolution disguised as a man. It then analyzes themes, characters, and plots that are common across these legends and their modern film adaptations, such as Xena: Warrior Princess, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, and Kill Bill. Key findings include that while ancient legends focused on courage and wisdom helping communities, modern films emphasize personal motives like vengeance; and ancient legends lacked romantic relationships, which are prominent in modern films.
This document is an honors thesis presented by Tabitha L. Clark that examines her experience as a Marine Corps wife and seeks to provide insight into that lifestyle and culture. It begins by discussing the historical fascination with stories of soldiers but notes the lack of narratives about their families. The introduction argues for the importance of telling these untold stories and providing a more well-rounded perspective. The thesis then outlines the ethnographic and autoethnographic significance of combining personal experience and research to understand this community from the inside.
Word processor of the God by Stephen King Goliath by Neil Gaiman TanzeelRehman40
The document provides summaries of two short stories - "Word Processor of the Gods" by Stephen King and "Goliath" by Neil Gaiman. For the King story, it summarizes the plot where a man receives a mysterious word processor that allows him to manipulate reality but breaks down. He uses it to erase his disliked family members from existence. For the Gaiman story, it describes Goliath, a genetically engineered man who is sent on a mission to destroy attacking aliens. Both stories explore themes of how technology can impact humanity.
The document compares and contrasts the 1938 film Robin Hood starring Errol Flynn and the 2012 film The Hunger Games starring Jennifer Lawrence. Both films deal with a protagonist fighting against an oppressive regime - Robin Hood against Prince John and the Sheriff of Nottingham, and Katniss Everdeen against President Snow and the Capitol. While Robin Hood is set in medieval England and Panem is a dystopian future setting, both feature a forest as a safe haven and protagonists with remarkable archery skills who take from the rich and help the poor. The document also analyzes similarities between supporting characters in each film.
Hessians were German mercenaries hired by the British to fight in the Revolutionary War, totaling around 30,000 troops. Many Hessians were conscripts, debtors, or victims of impressment. They received low pay or only food for payment. Hessians made up about one-third of the British forces and included skilled troops like sharpshooters, musketeers, and fusiliers. After the war, around 5,000 Hessians settled in the US as many were unfit to return to Germany or were criminals. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow features the headless horseman, said to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper who lost his head in battle during the Revolutionary War.
The document provides character sketches of the three main characters in the novel "Three Men in a Boat": the narrator J, Harris, and George. It then summarizes the plot, explaining that the story follows three friends on a boating trip down the River Thames between Kingston and Oxford for leisure and enjoyment. The characters are based on the author and his real-life friends, and their humorous adventures and mishaps during the trip are chronicled in a comedic style.
Reflections on the Road: The Gaza Strip and a Photograph I Didn't Takeauspiciousloser85
- The document discusses the author's experience visiting Rafah, Gaza in 2003 after watching a documentary about growing up in Rafah.
- The author takes a tour of Rafah with activists living there and sees the destruction from demolished homes and the site where a journalist, James Miller, was killed by an Israeli tank.
- The author is invited into a home to photograph a bulldozer demolishing another home nearby but declines due to the risk of being shot by an Israeli sniper.
This passage lists the educational and professional background of an unnamed individual who:
- Graduated from the College of William & Mary and received a medical doctorate from Albany Medical College.
- Completed an internal medicine residency at Brown Medical School.
- Completed a cardiology fellowship at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center.
- Currently works as an assistant professor of cardiology.
The document provides initial thoughts and research from a student for an audio story project. It includes potential story ideas that were looked at, such as a haunted 18th century building and St. Crux Church in York. The student settles on the idea of creating a soundscape telling the story of someone being stalked in a haunted house. They feel this format will allow them to get creative with sound effects. Research into existing audio stories and haunted house sounds is mentioned. The student expresses positive initial feelings about the project and notes additional research may be needed.
Excelsior! - Stan Lee Tribute Comics Quiz by Chai Pe Quizaravindanil
Excelsior - Stan Lee tribute Comics quiz
CPQ Kids Series S1E5
at November 2018 edition of Chai Pe Quiz - The Cochin Quiz Club
By Aravind Anil, Denita Tresa Mendez & Muhasin Wahab
Date: 24 Nobember October 2018
Venue: H & C Reader Forum Hall, Durbar Hall Road, EKM South
The document provides summaries for 10 favorite films: Titanic, Gandhi, Ben-Hur, Braveheart, A Beautiful Mind, The Godfather, Gone With The Wind, The Sound of Music, The Last Emperor, and Gladiator. It summarizes the key plot points and characters for each film in 1-2 sentences.
FLAMBÉ Finals at Quizotic 2015 by Aryapriya GangulyAryapriya Ganguly
This document provides details about an academic quiz competition called "FLAMBÉ Open" held by Quizotic in 2015. It describes the format of the quiz, which consisted of 9 topics with 6 questions each, for a total of 54 questions. It then provides examples of 6 questions asked in the quiz, covering topics like the name of an animated character, identifying a film trope, identifying famous screenwriters and their works, and connecting various films that used unique casting methods. The questions are multiple choice and include requests to name people, works, genres, and other details to demonstrate one's knowledge.
Agatha Christie was a renowned English writer known as the "Queen of Crime." She was born in 1890 in Devon, England and went on to write 80 crime novels, 19 plays, and several short stories. Some of her most famous works included Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile, and The Mousetrap play which holds the record for the longest initial run. Christie introduced iconic detective characters like Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple who solved mysteries in her stories. Her works have been widely adapted for film and theater and she remains the best-selling novelist of all time with over 2 billion copies sold. Christie passed away in 1976 at age 85, leaving behind a prolific literary career spanning over
This document contains 26 multiple choice or fill-in-the-blank questions testing knowledge of 6 popular fantasy fandoms: Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, The Hunger Games, Divergent, and Percy Jackson. Correct answers are provided for each question. The questions cover a range of topics including characters, plots, locations, and works within each fictional universe.
If you don't know what to watch or you just want to see the top Netflix series, here are the second top 25 Netflix series to watch in 2022.
part 1 https://www.slideshare.net/DylanCorneillie/top-25-netflix-series-to-watch-in-2022
the next 25 coming soon in part 3.
Netflix is a subscription-based streaming service that allows our members to watch TV shows and movies without commercials on an internet-connected device.
This document contains a quiz with multiple choice questions on various topics. It begins with an introduction by Bhaskar Sharma of Blogbusters, and includes sections on engaging rules and answering questions. The questions cover topics like natural disasters, literature, films, music and more.
The document describes a legend about the construction of Kumbhalgarh Fort in India. According to the legend, the ruler was unable to complete the fort's construction until a voluntary human sacrifice was made. A pilgrim volunteered and was ritually decapitated, with the fort being built where his head fell and the rest of his body. [END SUMMARY]
This quiz was conducted at IIT BHU Varanasi on 7th February 2015 as a part of the Quizzing Championship for the session 2014-15. This is a 18+ quiz and contains adult content.
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The document discusses many genres and styles of comedy films. It notes that slapstick and visual gags were popular in silent films, while screwball comedies featuring witty banter became popular after sound was introduced. Many genres use humor to satirize or parody other topics, like the American Dream, particular movie genres, or social situations. Overall, the document provides a wide-ranging overview of the long history and diverse types of comedy seen in cinema over the decades.
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The document describes a quiz being conducted by Kartik Shankar, including rules for 12 multiple choice questions on topics like movies, sports, and history. It provides clues and answers for each question, testing knowledge on films, characters, events, and people. The quiz is meant to be lighthearted and fun for the participants.
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1. The document discusses the health benefits of humor and laughter, summarizing various research findings. It explores the work of researchers who have studied how humor can reduce stress, increase blood circulation, and boost the immune system.
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- Early sitcoms in the 1950s focused on idealized family stories but then expanded to include more varied family structures.
- Popular early sitcoms included I Love Lucy, The Goldbergs, and Amos 'n' Andy.
- Sitcoms have explored a range of settings and topics through various genres like animated shows, fantasy, career-focused plots, and non-traditional families.
- Modern sitcoms often focus on young independent adults and their lives rather than traditional family units. This appeals to advertisers.
- Sitcoms employ various
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2) Parodies are difficult to write as they must mimic another work's style while also being entertaining and making criticism. Famous parodists mentioned include Lewis Carroll, Mark Twain, and Monty Python.
3) Parodies of children's literature are commonly used in advertising and media as these stories are widely recognizable references. Examples parody works like Where the Wild Things Are, The Wizard of Oz, and Goodnight Moon.
1. The document discusses various types of paradoxes throughout history including a Texas law that forbids executing the insane but a prisoner refusing medication to stay sane.
2. Gilbert and Sullivan often used paradoxes for comic effect, composing a song about how paradoxes mock common sense.
3. Greek philosophers wrestled with famous paradoxes like Epimenides the Cretan stating "All Cretans are liars" which is paradoxical if true or false.
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2) Speakers at an ASU symposium discussed topics like how Carroll's stutter influenced his writing and relationships with children like Alice Liddell, as well as astronomical and linguistic references in the books.
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This document discusses the importance of humor in education. It argues that humor fosters critical thinking, catches students' attention, increases retention of material, and relieves stress. It provides many examples of how teachers have incorporated humor, such as discussing "ludicrous laws," analyzing song lyrics, and accepting only written absence excuses. The document also highlights children's literature that uses techniques like exaggeration, wordplay, and parody to engage students. Overall, it advocates for balancing educational pressures with creating a fun environment that promotes learning.
This document provides examples of political humor from various politicians and eras. In 3 sentences: It discusses jokes and self-deprecating humor used by presidents like Reagan, Kennedy, Ford, and Carter. Examples show how humor has been used to make political points or relieve stress. The document also analyzes portrayals of politicians through satire and parody, as well as trends in political correctness over time.
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2. The story of Tom Ross who was originally named Tikvah Rosenberg but changed his name when immigrating to the US to avoid antisemitism, and later changed it back to reclaim his cultural heritage.
3. Different types of names including stage names, pseudonyms, derived names, and examples of each.
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Introduction
In the realm of entertainment, few names resonate as Orpah Winfrey Dwayne Johnson. Both figures have carved unique paths in the industry. achieving unparalleled success and becoming iconic symbols of perseverance, resilience, and inspiration. This article delves into the lives, careers. and enduring legacies of Orpah Winfrey Dwayne Johnson. exploring how their journeys intersect and what we can learn from their remarkable stories.
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Early Life and Backgrounds
Orpah Winfrey: From Humble Beginnings to Media Mogul
Orpah Winfrey, often known as Oprah due to a misspelling on her birth certificate. was born on January 29, 1954, in Kosciusko, Mississippi. Raised in poverty by her grandmother, Winfrey's early life was marked by hardship and adversity. Despite these challenges. she demonstrated a keen intellect and an early talent for public speaking.
Winfrey's journey to success began with a scholarship to Tennessee State University. where she studied communication. Her first job in media was as a co-anchor for the local evening news in Nashville. This role paved the way for her eventual transition to talk show hosting. where she found her true calling.
Dwayne Johnson: From Wrestling Royalty to Hollywood Superstar
Dwayne Johnson, also known by his ring name "The Rock," was born on May 2, 1972, in Hayward, California. He comes from a family of professional wrestlers, with both his father, Rocky Johnson. and his grandfather, Peter Maivia, being notable figures in the wrestling world. Johnson's early life was spent moving between New Zealand and the United States. experiencing a variety of cultural influences.
Before entering the world of professional wrestling. Johnson had aspirations of becoming a professional football player. He played college football at the University of Miami. where he was part of a national championship team. But, injuries curtailed his football career, leading him to follow in his family's footsteps and enter the wrestling ring.
Career Milestones
Orpah Winfrey: The Queen of All Media
Winfrey's career breakthrough came in 1986 when she launched "The Oprah Winfrey Show." The show became a cultural phenomenon. drawing millions of viewers daily and earning many awards. Winfrey's empathetic and candid interviewing style resonated with audiences. helping her tackle diverse and often challenging topics.
Beyond her talk show, Winfrey expanded her empire to include the creation of Harpo Productions. a multimedia production company. She also launched "O, The Oprah Magazine" and OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, further solidifying her status as a media mogul.
Dwayne Johnson: From The Ring to The Big Screen
Dwayne Johnson's wrestling career took off in the late 1990s. when he became one of the most charismatic and popular figures in WWE. His larger-than-life persona and catchphrases endeared him to fans. making him a household name. But, Johnson had ambitions beyond the wrestling ring.
In the early 20
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Introduction
The notion of Dwayne Johnson kidnapping seems straight out of a Hollywood thriller. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, known for his larger-than-life persona, immense popularity. and action-packed filmography, is the last person anyone would envision being a victim of kidnapping. Yet, the bizarre and riveting tale of such an incident, filled with twists and turns. has captured the imagination of many. In this article, we delve into the intricate details of this astonishing event. exploring every aspect, from the dramatic rescue operation to the aftermath and the lessons learned.
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The Origins of the Dwayne Johnson Kidnapping Saga
Dwayne Johnson: A Brief Background
Before discussing the specifics of the kidnapping. it is crucial to understand who Dwayne Johnson is and why his kidnapping would be so significant. Born May 2, 1972, Dwayne Douglas Johnson is an American actor, producer, businessman. and former professional wrestler. Known by his ring name, "The Rock," he gained fame in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) before transitioning to a successful career in Hollywood.
Johnson's filmography includes blockbuster hits such as "The Fast and the Furious" series, "Jumanji," "Moana," and "San Andreas." His charismatic personality, impressive physique. and action-star status have made him a beloved figure worldwide. Thus, the news of his kidnapping would send shockwaves across the globe.
Setting the Scene: The Day of the Kidnapping
The incident of Dwayne Johnson's kidnapping began on an ordinary day. Johnson was filming his latest high-octane action film set to break box office records. The location was a remote yet scenic area. chosen for its rugged terrain and breathtaking vistas. perfect for the film's climactic scenes.
But, beneath the veneer of normalcy, a sinister plot was unfolding. Unbeknownst to Johnson and his team, a group of criminals had planned his abduction. hoping to leverage his celebrity status for a hefty ransom. The stage was set for an event that would soon dominate worldwide headlines and social media feeds.
The Abduction: Unfolding the Dwayne Johnson Kidnapping
The Moment of Capture
On the day of the kidnapping, everything seemed to be proceeding as usual on set. Johnson and his co-stars and crew were engrossed in shooting a particularly demanding scene. As the day wore on, the production team took a short break. providing the kidnappers with the perfect opportunity to strike.
The abduction was executed with military precision. A group of masked men, armed and organized, infiltrated the set. They created chaos, taking advantage of the confusion to isolate Johnson. Johnson was outnumbered and caught off guard despite his formidable strength and fighting skills. The kidnappers overpowered him, bundled him into a waiting vehicle. and sped away, leaving everyone on set in a state of shock and disbelief.
The Immediate Aftermath
The immediate aftermath of the Dwayne Johnson kidnappin
The Unbelievable Tale of Dwayne Johnson Kidnapping: A Riveting Saga
Gallows Humor, Sick Humor, and Toilet Humor
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GALLOWS HUMOR, SICK HUMOR,
AND TOILET HUMOR
by Don L. F. Nilsen
and Alleen Pace Nilsen
2. • The Grim Reaper
appears in the Ancient
Greek, Judaic, and
Biblical religions.
• Christians in the
medieval Iberian
Peninsula also
perceived the Grim
Reaper as a religious
icon.
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3. The Black Death
and “Danse Macabre”
Death images are
disturbing, but there is
also something
humorous or comical
about them.
Consider “Danse
Macabre” by Camille
Saint-Saëns in Walt
Disney’s “Fantasia.”
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4. The Devil’s Interval in Music
(Between the 4th
and the 5th
)
DANSE MACABRE BY CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcOZmtbLRP0&feature=related
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The Nursery Rhyme
• Ring around the rosies,
• Pocket full of posies,
• Ashes to Ashes,
• We all fall down.
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Is Gallows Humor fantasy, or is it reality?
• In Terry Southern’s The Magic Christian, Guy
Grand buys a huge newspaper company and
converts the newspaper entirely to readers’
opinions.
• In Joseph Heller’s Catch-22, Osarian protests
the brutality of war by sitting naked in a tree.
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• In John Barth’s The Floating Opera, Todd
Andrews contemplates his own suicide as he
works out a puzzle involving $3 million and 1129
pickle jars filled with excrement.
• Thomas Pynchon in his Gravity’s Rainbow tells
a joke about a boy born with a golden screw in
his navel. A voodoo doctor finally gives him a
potion that sends him into a wild dream, and
when he wakes up, the golden screw is gone.
• In ecstasy, he jumps out of bed and his bottom
falls off.
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WOODY ALLEN
• Woody Allen’s Bananas makes fun of
the military solutions that the United
States invokes on third-world
countries.
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• As a parody of a parody, the
movie also contains Howard
Cosell’s play-by-play
description, as though on Wide
World of Sports, of the
consummation of the marriage
of Fielding Melish and Norma,
an ingenue devoting her life to
third-world causes.
14. • Other Woody Allen movies that include black humor are
• Annie Hall
• Crimes and Misdemeanors
• Deconstructing Harry
• Love and Death
• Mighty Aphrodite and
• Zelig
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ALFRED HITCHCOCK
• Alfred Hitchcock’s The Trouble with Harry is a
fairly early example of black comedy based on
mis-identification. Harry Rogers is an apparent
murder victim whose body is found over and
over again, buried, exhumed, and reburied. In
the anticlactic ending, Harry is discovered not to
have been murdered at all.
• Other examples of Hitchock’s Gallows Humor
include Rebecca, and The Birds, both based on
novels by Daphne DuMaurier.
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JOHN IRVING
• In John Irving’s The World According to Garp,
Robin Williams plays the role of T.S. Garp, while
Glenn Close plays the role of Garp’s mother,
Jenny.
• Jenny was a nurse who got herself pregnant by
taking advantage of an injured and dying
soldier, Technical Sergeant Garp, who had been
brought in from his downed airplane with a
permanent erection.
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• Jenny has a very detached attitude towards
sexuality, as can be seen when she
conducts an asexual interview with a
puzzled prostitute.
• When she writes a book that becomes a
feminist bestseller, she uses the profits to
found a shelter for abused women--and one
man--a transvestite named Roberta (played
by John Lithgow). Roberta used to be a
wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles.
Roberta appears to be the most “normal”
person in the shelter.
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• Everyone else in the shelter has had
her tongue cut out in honor of a little
girl who had been raped and had had
her tongue cut out so she could not
tattle.
• So all of the ladies in the shelter had
their tongues cut out in honor of the
little girl.
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• Garp’s heritage as the son of a pilot is a
motif that runs throughout the movie. It
opens with a happy scene of Baby Garp
being tossed again and again into the air.
• During his childhood, Garp tries to fly by
jumping off a building. When he gets
married and he and his wife are out with the
real estate agent looking at a house to buy
and a small plane crashes into the roof,
Garp knows this is the home for them
because of the infinitesimal chances of the
same house being hit twice by an airplane.
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STANLEY KUBRICK
• Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove or:
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and
Love the Bomb satirizes war. At one
point, a fight breaks out between the
characters and the group is severely
admonished, “You can’t fight in here;
this is the war room”
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• The missile complex in Dr. Strangelove is
named Laputa. Hydrogen bombs that are
being prepared for “Operation Drop Kick”
are named “Hi There” and “Dear John.” POE
is an acronym for both “Peace on Earth” and
“Purity of Essence.”
• Closing of the Doomsday Gap is seen as a
deterrent to war.
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MONTY PYTHON
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a satire
about the romances, the wars, and the
quests of the Middle Ages.
• When King Arthur fights the Black Knight,
he cuts off the knight’s arms and both of
his legs, but the Black Knight still taunts
King Arthur and wants to continue to fight.
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• During their adventures, the knights have
to cross the bridge of death, where three
questions are asked: “What is your
name?” “What is your quest?” and “What
is your favorite color?” Much of the humor
comes from how difficult these questions
become for some of the knights.
• The violence, killing, and bloodshed are all
justified in the name of Christianity. In an
anachronistic ending, the police arrive,
dressed in modern British uniforms, and
load King Arthur and the others into a
paddy wagon.
29. There is also a plague scene with men
pulling carts through the village shouting
“bring out your dead.
When a sick man is thrown onto the cart,
he protests, “I’m not dead yet.”
So somebody hits him on the head.
Now he is dead.
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• Characters in Monty Python’s The Life of
Brian are given such names as Nautius
Maximus, Biggus Dickus, and Incontinentia
Buttocks.
• The movie takes place in Bethlehem during
the time of Christ--or more specifically, on
Saturday afternoon at tea time.
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• The film satirically targets
religion, ritual, and blind faith.
When Brian of Nazareth is asked
if he is the Messiah, he says,
“No,” and the villagers respond,
“Only the true Messiah denies his
divinity.” Brian becomes a
sacred icon, along with his sandal
and his gourd.
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• When the Christians ask, “What have
the Romans ever done for us?” the
response is “aqueducts, sanitation,
roads, irrigation, medicine, education,
wine, public baths, peace.”
• There is confusion over whether Myrrh
is a “balm” or a “bomb.” The Israelites
are referred to as the “Red Sea
pedestrians.”
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• When the Christians write on the walls of
the palace, “Romans eunt domus,”
meaning “Romans go home,” the Romans
who see the graffiti are totally oblivious to
the meaning as they go about correcting
the grammar.
• The movie ends with Brian and other
Christians hanging from crosses, but
doggedly singing, “Always Look on the
Bright Side of Life.”
35. BOB SAGET IN THE ARISTOCRATS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_cKCK6Blv0
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TERRY SOUTHERN
• Terry Southern’s The Magic Christian targets
capitalism, war, violence, and gender roles.
• Peter Sellers plays Sir Guy Grand, the
Richest Man in the World; Ringo Starr plays a
homeless person who becomes Youngman
Grand, Sir Guy’s son and heir.
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• In the movie, heavy artillery is used for the hunting of pheasants, and
during the war games in the living room, all the furnishings get blown
up.
• To demonstrate Sir Guy’s richness, a restaurant episode shows the
waiters ignoring all the other patrons while giving full attention to Sir
Guy. Sir Guy is equipped with a wet suit and safety belts, and after a
lusty battle with caviar meatballs, has to be hosed down.
• Sir Guy fills a large tank full of excrement and then throws $100 bills
into the excrement to see if men in suits will dive in after the money.
They do.
• In a boxing match, the fighters end up kissing each other, and the
announcer says that the crowd seems to be sickened by the sight of no
blood.
44. Jim Stafford’s Deadpan Gallows Humor:
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=YOUTUBE+jim+stafford+malaguena&vie
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QUENTIN TARANTINO
• Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction is a
parody targeting pulp fiction, religion,
and the criminal world.
• The setting is Los Angeles, some of it
at Jack Rabbit Slim’s place--“a wax
museum with a pulse.”
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• Four interlocking stories circle around a cast of
bumbling robbers, real gangsters, the Boss, and the
Boss’s wife, whose hairdo and dress are perfect for
the cover of a sleazy novel.
• In all the episodes, Marsellus, the Boss, watches
jealously over Mia, his wife. A man who gives her a
foot massage is later pushed from the roof of a
building.
• Mia is so passive and ineffectual that viewers don’t
know whether the phrase “taking care of the Boss’s
wife,” means killing her, protecting her, or providing
her with sex.
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• In a memorable scene, two gangsters go over a
speed bump, causing a gun to go off in the face
of a man they were guarding in the back seat of
the car.
• Almost as shocking is the history of Butch’s
gold watch. His father, who during the war was
captured and held as a POW, hid the precious
gold watch in his anus for five years. Just
before being executed, he passed it on to
another POW who also hid it in his anus for a
number of years. At last, the watch makes its
way home and the grateful and loving Butch
keeps it on his bedside table.
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• The violence of Pulp Fiction is almost
like the violence in a Tom-and-Jerry
cartoon. In one scene, bullets whiz
back and forth, but through what looks
like divine intervention, Vince and
Jules remain alive and unharmed.
• Also, right out of a cartoon is the scene
where Butch is looking for a weapon.
First, he finds a hammer, then a bat,
then a chainsaw, and finally a huge
Samarai sword.
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MARK TWAIN’S “WAR PRAYER”
• “O Lord our God,
• Help us to tear their soldiers to bloody
shreds with our shells;
• Help us to cover their smiling fields
with the pale forms of their patriot
dead;
• Help us to drown the thunder of the
guns with the shrieks of their wounded,
writhing in pain;
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• Help us to lay waste their humble
homes with a hurricane of fire;
• Help us to wring the hearts of their
unoffending widows with unavailing
grief;
• Help us to turn them out roofless with
their little children to wander
unfriended the wastes of their
desolated land…;
• For our sakes who adore Thee, Lord,
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• Blast their hopes,
• Blight their lives,
• Protract their bitter pilgrimage,
• Make heavy their steps,
• Water their way with their tears,
• Stain the white snow with the blood of their
wounded feet!
• We ask it, in the spirit of love, of Him Who is the
Source of Love, and Who is the ever-faithful refuge
and friend of all that are sore beset and seek His aid
with humble and contrite hearts.
• Amen.
• (Twain 16-37)
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THE GROUNDING OF GALLOWS HUMOR
• Sometimes gallows humor is grounded
in reality.
• In 1883 Judge M. B. Gerry sentenced
Alfred E. Packer to death for
cannibalism during a Colorado
snowstorm.
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• A reporter ran from the courtroom to a
local bar and announced that the
Judge had said,
• “There were only seven Democrats in
all of Hinsdale County and you, you
son of a bitch, ate five of them.”
• This quote was picked up across the
nation and made both Judge Judge M.
B. Gerry and Alfred E. Packer famous.
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• At the University of Colorado in Boulder, the
student cafeteria is named the Alfred Packer
Grill, and they sell souvenir seatshirts saying
“Serving all of Mankind,” and “Keep Your
Eyes on Your Thighs.”
• In the cafeteria there used to be an “Alfred E.
Packer” plaque.
• But it was taken down, because it was felt to
be “in poor taste.”
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EVELYN WAUGH
• Evelyn Waugh’s The Loved One satirizes the
commercialization of death by showing how the
California funeral industry turns burials into
Hollywood extravaganzas.
• At Whispering Glades, caskets come in three
grades: waterproof, moisture proof, and
dampness proof.
• The park is divided into zones, each having its
own work of art. The “Poet’s Corner” for
example has “Xanadu Falls” and is dedicated to
Homer.
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• The movie becomes darker as it focuses on Aimee
Thanatogenous, whose first name is French for
“beloved,” and whose last name relates to
Thanatos, the Greek God of death.
• When the Guru Brahman sarcastically tells her to go
to his office on the 14th floor, and jump out of the
window. She does so.
• As she jumps, injects herself with embalming fluid,
just to make sure she has an appropriate death.
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DEDICATIONS TO LEMONY SNICKET BOOKS
• To Beatrice—Darling, Dearest, Dead…
• For Beatrice—You’ll always be in my heart, in my mind, and in your
grave.
• For Beatrice—When we were together I felt breathless. Now you are.
• For Beatrice—Our love broke my heart, and stopped yours.
• For Beatrice—When we met, my life began. Soon afterwards, yours
ended.
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• For Beatrice—Summer without you is as cold as
winter. Winter without you is even colder.
• To Beatrice—My love flew like a butterfly,
• Until death swooped down like a bat.
• As the poet Emma Montana McEllroy said:
• “That’s the end of that.”
• For Beatrice—When we met, you were pretty, and I
was lonely. Now, I’m pretty lonely.
• For Beatrice—Dead women tell no tales. Sad men
write them down.
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QUESTION: WHO IS BEATRICE?
• At age 9, Dante Aligieri met Beatrice Portinari, and fell in love.
• The greeted each other on the street for 16 years.
• Dante was promised to another woman, Gemma.
• In 1290, at age 25, Beatrice died.
• Dante took refuge in writing to and about Beatrice.
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• Dante dedicated his Divine Comedy to
Beatrice, who served as his guide
through Paradise.
• With Gemma, he had a daughter
named Antonia
• She became a nun, and took the name
of Sister Beatrice.