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In the movie “The Philadelphia Story” the character of Macaulay Conner personifies the prejudices of those not in the upper class. Three of his opinions were changed in the course of this movie.  Read More »

A comedy of manners often targets the upper class; satirizing social standards, it reveals the true characters beneath their mask of social acceptability. The movie “The Philadelphia Story” is generally considered a comedy of manners. It fits the previously mentioned formula in several ways.  Read More »

The character Lisa Freemont is observant, thoughtful and brave. This is demonstrated through her actions both conscious and involuntary. I will also demonstrate this through dialogue.  Read More »

The crucial scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark is the scene in which Belloq performs an ancient Hebrew ritual to open the Ark destroying himself and the Nazis in the process. However, Indiana Jones and Marion are spared because they close their eyes.  Read More »

In the movie “Raiders of the Lost Ark” Belloq calls himself a shadowy reflection of Indiana Jones. Indiana Jones and Belloq have similar goals but entirely different motives. Also only one of them is usually considered heroic.  Read More »

The 19th century poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge said “it is the willing suspension of disbelief for the moment which constitutes poetic faith”. In other words despite the fact that many of the things in this film are clearly quite unrealistic, the audience, nevertheless, is able to willingly suspend their disbelief in order to enjoy the movie.  Read More »

In the movie “The Music Man” Professor Harold Hill uses a variety of propaganda techniques. However the song “Ya Got Trouble” his methods are particularly persuasive and faulty. His techniques are quite interesting.  Read More »

In the musical movie The Music Man the songs play a very important role in the plot. They have two main purposes. Without them the play would probably not have become as famous as it did.  Read More »