The modernist film The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) and the post-modernist film La La Land (2016) demythologize the romantic musical genre by separating the once infatuated romantic leads of each respective film in order to refute the genre’s idealistic myth that achieving one’s dreams always occurs perfectly with the lover they originally shared them … [Read more...] about Genre Evolution of the Romantic Musical
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S.C. vs. ‘SC: an Investigation of the Relationship between the University of Southern California, and South-Central Los Angeles
The University of Southern California has been my dream school since I was a freshman in high school. At fourteen years old, a family friend asked me what my dream career was, and I told her that I wanted to be a film director. She then recommended that I go to USC, because it’s the best film school in the world. So, I worked tirelessly throughout high school to affirm … [Read more...] about S.C. vs. ‘SC: an Investigation of the Relationship between the University of Southern California, and South-Central Los Angeles