Film and television not only reflect society, but also act as a catalyst to how we view and react to a variety of circumstances in our own lives. Both artistic mediums offer different perspectives of the world. Narrative television and film involve fictional characters meant to portray actual life, or at least an interpretation of it. Yet when analyzing well-developed … [Read more...] about Girls on Film: Debunking Over-Analysis of Female Characters
Archives for 2013
Mickey D’s and WMDs: Game of Post-Cold War Thrones
A recent Buzzfeed article illustrating the current political exchanges between Obama and Putin regarding Syria via The Hills gifs made its rounds around Facebook. It was actually quite helpful to see Obama assigned the angsty face of Lauren Conrad while Putin was portrayed with the unfortunate malpractice warning that is Heidi Montag. Though most of my Facebook friends were … [Read more...] about Mickey D’s and WMDs: Game of Post-Cold War Thrones
The Book Is on the Table: What Book?
In Brazil, every student of English as a second language hears the phrase “The book is on the table” at some point during their studies. The sentence has been so overly used during English classes, especially when teaching prepositions, that it has become a nation-wide joke. The belief is that if one knows how to say “The book is on the table,” then one knows how to speak … [Read more...] about The Book Is on the Table: What Book?
Chasing the Unicorn: We’ll Go To Very Distant Lands
Every week, Lilian Min muses on reality + sci-fi/fantasy fiction narrative and fantastical world building in her column "Chasing the Unicorn." Recently in class, we were discussing an unusual phenomena: the explosion of tweets from Japan during a television screening of animation maestro Hayao Miyazaki's "Castle in the Sky." To which one person in my class actually voiced … [Read more...] about Chasing the Unicorn: We’ll Go To Very Distant Lands
Modern Classics: The End
By Ashley Huggins Just as every good novel comes to an end, so does my college career. As graduation quickly approaches, I cannot help but think of my experience at USC in a novelistic way, with this event marking the final chapter. In the end, though, it all ends. Elizabeth and Darcy find their happy ending, Romeo and Juliet reach their unhappy fate, Harry Potter vanquishes … [Read more...] about Modern Classics: The End