Film Techniques of ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding’ * At the beginning of the film‚ she is very upset because she was different and of different culture to the kids in her school‚ but then the movie gradually shows that it is actually a positive because that is what Ian liked about her. * In the opening segment‚ there is the use of voiceover‚ which is a reflective technique. * What she said when in the first scene‚ she said she wanted to be blond girls‚ that later Ian likes her because she
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COMSTU100: Assignment 1 Location: Blackboard—Course Materials—Assignments Watch My Big Fat Greek Wedding‚ and respond to the following questions. http://ffilms.org/my-big-fat-greek-wedding-2002/ 1) Based on your understanding of cultural variations‚ please compare the U.S. American culture and the Greek culture in the following dimensions (Word limit: Short Answer): Individualism/collectivism Power distance Please use examples from the movie to support your arguments. 2) Previous
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The movie‚ My Big Fat Greek Wedding‚ is about two people from different cultures and how they come together to be married. Toula Portakalous‚ is a thirty year old‚ socially awkward shy women who works as a waitress in her family owned restaurant. She has never been in a proper relationship and her family wants nothing more than for her to get married to a Greek man‚ but after years of trying to get her to date they have slowly given up hope. After Toula takes a job at her aunt’s travel agency‚ she
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In My Big Fat Greek Wedding‚ I analyzed the scene where Toula’s family is having a party‚ and Ian Miller’s parents are going to come and meet the family for the first time. This is an extreme clash of individualistic vs. collectivistic culture. Ian’s parents seemed to be a traditional white‚ American couple with no sense of foreign food‚ customs‚ or culture of any kind. When the parents originally start walking up to the house‚ and there have to be at least 30 people outside partying‚ it is an
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out of the love for daughter and the young man’s inclusion‚ he helped them hold a big weeding and bought a house as a gift to this couple. Key Words：intercultural marriage‚ Greek culture‚ self-surrender‚ inclusive‚ religious Part 1: Introduction My Big Fat Greek Weeding is a romantic comedy film which is centered on Fotoula“Toula” Portokalos‚ a middle class Greek American woman who falls in love with a non-Greek upper class “White Anglo-Saxon Protestant” lan Miller. Toula is a dull girl‚ being
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The recovery after the terrorist attack 9/11 and the role of government in the US economy Outline I. Introduction Throughout history every society has faced the fundamental economic problem of deciding what to produce‚ and for whom‚ in a world of limited resources. In the 20th century‚ two competing economic systems‚ broadly speaking‚ have provided very different answers: command economies directed by a centralized government‚ and market economies based on private enterprise. A market
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Monica Manuel 4/24/2013 My Big Fat Straight Wedding hopefully won’t be straight anymore There is much controversy on the rights of same sex marriage ranging from religious viewpoints to the rights as individuals being able to obtain the same rights as heterosexual couples. In the essay “My Big Fat Straight Wedding” written by Andrew Sullivan‚ he asks his audience to see the option of gay marriage through the eyes of each person’s own individuality. In his essay‚ his language‚ tone‚ and arguments
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Cultural Anthropology Chapter 2 2. Construct a model of cross-cultural misunderstanding‚ using the information presented by Lee in this article. There are many cross-cultural misunderstandings including language barriers‚ the way people speak and interpret words‚ as well as actions performed. /ontah experienced these cross-cultural misunderstandings in the remotest corners of the Kalahari Desert‚ while living by the Bushman. Every year the people would slaughter an ox and feast and dance in celebration
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November 20‚ 2013 Cultural Anthropology Fr. Edgar Javier‚ svd Activity No.1 – November 6‚ 2013 1. Define the following terms: a. Anthropology “The word anthropology is derived from the Greek words anthropo‚ meaning “human beings” or “humankind‚” and logia‚ translated as “knowledge of” or “the study of.”1 Likewise‚ it is a study which comprises four subfields: the physical anthropology‚ archaeology‚ linguistic anthropology and cultural anthropology or ethnology‚ which constitutes
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