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Brief Synopsis of Proposal: As a freshman at Harvard College with an intense interest in the thespian arts, I plan to do in-depth and ground-breaking research on an obscure regional playwright, William Shakespeare. Unbeknownst to the rest of Western society, he has turned out what may be the best plays in Greater Stratford-upon-Avon, if not up to and including all its suburbs...
...silver-section admission granted us a closer view than millions of Obama fans teeming on the National Mall, we were still in the most plebeian of ticketed areas. If we wanted the best possible spot, we were going to have to battle with 140,000 other early risers. And unbeknownst to us, we were also going to have to tolerate appalling police incompetence. And so late at night on January 19, I put on three pairs of pants, grabbed our precious, fancy-looking tickets and some American flags, and we hit the road. When multiple detours finally brought...
...wandering eye. Their struggling son, Barkley (Bryan Greenberg), is an immature graduate student still recovering from a recent divorce. When Barkley is kidnapped by Eli’s illegitimate son, Thaddeus James (Shawn Hatosy), his parents begin the difficult process of locating him and paying his ransom.Yet, unbeknownst to the Michaelsons, Barkley joins forces with his half-brother and together they conspire to extort two million dollars from Eli and Sarah. Why the sociopathic Thaddeus would suddenly decide to ally with his former hostage—or why the seemingly rational Barkley would go along with the plan?...
...action cuts to a borderline offensive and stereotypical white trash karaoke bar. And who should be called up to sing T-Pain’s hit “I Can’t Believe It” but a middle-aged Asian business man in a suit? Unbeknownst to poor Franklin, however, T-Pain looks on from a grainy TV in the VIP room. Franklin’s barely coherent performance is the straw that breaks the camel’s back, and T-Pain rushes out from the VIP to take over the mic and spit invective about...
...tough-talking character he played in the 1975 film of the same name. As a pimp surrounded by a group of kung fu--fighting prostitutes, Dolemite became a blaxploitation icon. Moore, however, found fault with the term, once telling a reporter, "I never heard The Godfather called 'Italian exploitation.'" Unbeknownst to many, Dolemite was first part of Moore's stand-up comedy routine, becoming a ghetto hero long before hitting the big screen. Moore...