History of Cebuano Cinema I. Pre-War A. Theaters * Teatro Junquera * Cebu’s oldest theater having been established in 1895‚ was renamed Cine Oriente * Founded by Gen. Inocencio Junquera(1893-1895)‚ a civil and political governor of Cebu‚ Philippines * located at the junction of Colon and Osmeña Blvd. had staged dulaang binisaya‚ “Gugma sa Yutang Natawhan” by Vicente Sotto( January 2‚ 19020 * Cine Royo * built by Pedro Royo from a former cockpit
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In the world of literature‚ various authors often utilize an assortment of unique writing tools to develop a strong relationship between him/herself and the reader. This relationship between author and audience is the most important that an author must consider when writing his/her literature. Especially true in detective fiction‚ authors are frequently searching for matchless ways to keep their audience involved and searching for the next piece of evidence. This is particularly the case when dealing
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Baz Luhrmann’s film‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ is very successful as an appropriation of the original play by Shakespeare. Transforming the pre-16th century play into a contemporary popular culture film was done creatively by keeping the same values and language‚ but changing the context. This is illustrated by the use of anachronisms. For instance‚ daggers and swords are replaced by guns as well as cars stand in for horses. The disputes between members of the two families (the Capulets and the Montagues)
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Trapped Context: Alice is sitting on her couch in her room in the Janet Clark Hall at the university. She reflects about her dad fussing over the phone about her safety. Setting: The entrance door to the apartment is downstage left and a sofa and a table are centre stage. Her computer table is located next to the door. The orange‚ brown and beige stripes were like the feature of the room as it was the university emblem. Lights on. The lyrics of Will SmithsParents just don’t understand’ are playing
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Warriors in Disguise Most frequently‚ the common conception of the word “hero” automatically refers to Marvel characters of beyond-human abilities pulverizing deformed aliens on top of the Empire State Building. There are expectations of those who save the world‚ but heroes can be within anyone and everyone. We‚ as a society‚ soon lose sight of what it really means to be a hero‚ and real heroes lose the degree of respect they deserve. Glorious heroes aged from centuries ago and had set the path
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author Truman Capote‚ right down to the trademark lisp. Yet he was also able to bring something of himself to the role (for which he won an Oscar). The physical resemblance helped‚ of course (as it did for Helen Mirren in her role as Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen or David Strathairn‚ who played famed television reporter Edward R. Murrow in Good Night‚ and Good Luck). But it’s not essential. Anthony Hopkins looks nothing like Richard Nixon‚ but he brilliantly captured the former president’s essence
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Phenomenal Women The Poem I have chosen is Phenomenal Woman by Maya Angelou. I chose this poem because it not only emphasizes the pressures society places on women but how one may overcome them. The poem helps recognize that one does not need only the stereotypical beauty that society portrays in order to feel confident. The begging of the poem begins almost in a reverse fashion‚ with a pretty women asking a potentially "normal" women where her secret to happiness lies. The poet uses the
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Fahrenheit. Needless to say that even in the coldest night of the year‚ a snowball would melt and evaporate long before you could finish humming a few bars of “Silent Night.” Ever since I fell in love with Hans Christian Andersen’s tale of “The Snow Queen‚” I had never desired anything more in my life than to hold a snowball and admire its untarnished purity on the palm of my hand. “Is there anything else that you want us to bring back as your present‚ except for that?” my mom would ask. My parents
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Queen Isabella I I am Queen Isabella the first of Spain. I am the daughter of King John the second of Castille and Isabella of Portugal‚ I am also married Ferdinand of Aragon.When I was thirteen I lived in the royal court. When King Henry died my husband and I became rulers and united Spain. I am very intelligent but my education was limited because of my gender. I did not think it was fair that I had a limited education‚ so I began to study Latin when I became thirty years old.
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family and friends‚ as a group activity. The cultural idea of seeing a movie is so culturally ingrained that people actually will spend 20$ on a movie ticket . Movie theaters are probably one of the few remaining “push” innovations‚ along with magazines and newspapers. You have to show up at a certain time‚ to a certain selection of movies‚ and pay by the movie. Movies are highly advertised (although I am told that LA had way more movie advertising than other US cities‚ which I had never really noticed
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