Author: chris

What are the benefits or drawbacks to watching the films Gangs of New York and Modern Times as part of our discussions of this time in American history?

The two movies we have watched up to this point in the semester, Gangs of New York and Modern Times, both deal with disadvantaged groups coping with tremendous change and upheaval in America. Your first major writing assignment is to analyze one (not both) of these movies and what it says about the struggles of the group it represents, either newly-arrived immigrants or the working poor. Using at least two other course readings, analyze how well this fictional movie seems to represent the social changes occurring during the period it presents. What are the benefits or drawbacks to watching this film as part of our discussions of this time in American history? Does it belong in a CH 203 course?

Write about the connection between MoMa and Yoko Ono since she had engagement with MoMa dates to her arrival onto the New York art scene in the late 1950s and early 1960s.(list 3 art works, then detail write one display in the Yoko Ono: One Woman Show 1960-1971 at The MoMa (very important))

Write about the connection between MoMa and Yoko Ono since she had engagement with MoMa dates to her arrival onto the New York art scene in the late 1950s and early 1960s.(list 3 art works, then detail write one display in the Yoko Ono: One Woman Show 1960-1971 at The MoMa (very important))

Describe at least three ways music is used to create a sense of community at the Blue Jay, and how these relate to issues facing the gay community in the immediate years after the Stonewall protests.

Music is used in a variety of ways in this film. In a 4-5 double-spaced paper, describe at least three ways music is used to create a sense of community at the Blue Jay, and how these relate to issues facing the gay community in the immediate years after the Stonewall protests.

Analyze any one movie or TV series or type of movie or TV series in cultural terms .

1) Analyze any one movie or TV series or type of movie or TV series in cultural terms (this can refer to anything political, any myths of the society, any implicit beliefs or ideologies regarding such things as class, race, gender, success or failure, and so on)—following class discussion and basing your analysis on the ideas, claims, and/or concepts of any two related essays from chapters four and six: your selection can include not only the unassigned essay for the summary but any others from chapters four or six that you may have read on your own (obviously, you can choose any assigned essay as well). Your central goal is analyze the film/TV series or type of film/TV series as a cultural sign—that is, how it reflects, questions, explores, or accepts (implicitly and explicitly) the values, or some values, of the culture using the ideas of the two essays to help establish the frame of reference or the concepts that help you develop this analysis and interpretation. You can write on any movies or TV series, although your choices should have something to do with American culture, directly or indirectly, or should be relatively recent