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    Analyzing Moulin Rouge

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    Moulin Rouge is celebrated for its art direction‚ music‚ and performances. One of its biggest endeavors is the set design. With a combination of real sets and computer generated images‚ Moulin Rouge manages to showcases a 19th century Paris‚ France as a world of moral decadence but undeniable beauty. The set design further pushes the message of France‚ at this time‚ being a place of plague‚ poverty and sin; but also a place of art‚ music and beauty. In the introduction of the film‚ we see an elaborate

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    Cambodians Under Pol Pot

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    North and South Vietnam. North Vietnam was a Communist country while South Vietnam was advised by the U.S. The Khmer Rouge‚ a group of Communist rebels‚ was led by Pol Pot. They soon took over Cambodia‚ killing hundreds of thousands of people. They transformed the country into a Communist society. The people of Cambodia rebelled because of the harsh dictatorship. Within days of the Khmer Rouge taking over‚ changes were made. New policies were created stating that the entire population should become

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    decades‚ Cambodia has suffered through war‚ political disorder and genocide. On April 17th 1975 after winning the civil war‚ the Khmer Rouge gained the control of the Phnom Penh. This communist guerrilla group led by Pol Pot would cause unimaginable devastation and misery throughout Cambodia for the next three years‚ eight months and twenty days. The Khmer Rouge forced the people of Cambodia to the countryside and to labor camps. Families were separated‚ children taken away from their parents

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    Fiorella Navarro Period 3B Mr.Bailey 5/2/13 “Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely.” Macbeth and Pol Pot Lord Acton’s quote‚ “Absolute power corrupts absolutely‚” relates to Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Pol Pot. Having power drives certain individuals to to turn against the less powerful. Two such examples are Pol Pot and Macbeth. The play Macbeth by Shakespeare is one of the best examples of how too much power can corrupt certain individuals. When Macbeth hears the witches’ prophecies in

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    southeast asian people

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    BALAOING‚ Patrize Aerielle A. BSTM 2-1D Lee Kuan Yew‚ GCMG‚ CH (born Harry Lee Kuan Yew‚ 16 September 1923)‚ is a Singaporean politician. He was the first Prime Minister of Singapore‚ governing for three decades. He is also widely recognised as the founding father of modern Singapore. Hồ Chí Minh (19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969)‚ born Nguyễn Sinh Côn‚ or Nguyễn Sinh Cung‚ also known as Nguyễn Tất Thành and Nguyễn Ái Quốc‚ was a Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader who was prime minister (1945–1955)

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    childhood‚ where the impact and influence of the communist government‚ the Khmer Rouge‚ fuels the anger and perpetual loathing of the regime which she claims to be the sole reason of the separation of her family‚ in addition to her many problems that she now faces. Although she is positioned into a state of danger and vulnerability‚ Loung continues to feed her images of spite and anger with the cruel intentions of the Khmer Rouge‚ defining her purpose of survival and hope.

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    History of Moulin Rouge

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    classicism of that period. Moulin Rogue takes place in Montmarte (an area within the city of Paris). Crowning the Montmartre- based world of commercial entertainment was Joseph Oller and Charles Zidler’s landmark music hall‚ the Moulin Rouge. When the Moulin Rouge opened its door on the Place Blanche at the foot of Montmartre on the 6th of October 1889‚ all Paris turned out. Highbrow and lowbrow society alike mobbed the ‘Palace of Women’ before the paintwork was dry on its extravagantly decorated

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    Cambodian genocide and the holocaust were two of the most brutal genocide we come to think about today. Cambodian genocide occurred in Cambodia and everything began and happened after a war. It was and inner war going ahead inside Cambodia and the Vietnam was additionally having one and this is the thing that prompted genocide. When Cambodia was seen as a frail power they began to get demise dangers from all over and this made them essentially surrender. They needed to surrender on the grounds that

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    bases in Cambodia. What characterized the Khmer Regime is its great violence and the auto genocide that occurred during this period. Pol Pot’s obsession with enemies coming from Vietnam was one of the reasons for so many deaths. Communism in Cambodia was a form of extreme Maoism. It was more Maoist then in China itself. What led to the creation of Maoism‚ how it developed and grew‚ and why did it collapsed are the questions. No one knows how old are the Khmer people‚ society and culture. However‚ modern

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    Economic History of Cambodia

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    independence‚ securing aid and investment from a number of countries. Bombing during the Vietnam War damaged rice production. Lon Nol had a policy of liberalising the economy. This was followed by the victory of the Khmer Rouge and the emptying of the cities. After the defeat of the Khmer Rouge‚ a Five Year Plan was adopted‚ aiming to improve agriculture‚ industry and distribution‚ with a slogan of "export and thrift". Today‚ Cambodia remains a largely agricultural economy and industrial development is

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