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...conscious to the point of stylizing that awareness. The video is a celebration of celebrity qua celebrity, as well as an amalgamation of different cultural allusions, the familiarity of which render the viewer comfortable. ‘Telephone’ is pop music with the sizeable development of its use of brands like Miracle Whip, Virgin Mobile and Diet Coke in the video medium. The pieces of corporate sponsorship are not snuck-in and normalized, but focal points. Similarly, the self-awareness of multi-lingual subtitles and the reference to rumors of Gaga’s male genitalia are post...
Twain’s problematic use of comedic flexibility culminates in the novel’s controversial final scene. At the end of the novel, Jim is recaptured after a failed escape attempt and appears to be on the brink of being sold back into slavery. Miraculously, Jim is saved when Tom reveals that the whole escape plan was an elaborate game—Jim was already freed by his mistress on her deathbed. Some critics have criticized this ending as an evasion that allows Twain to avoid dealing with the evils of slavery, while others have defended the scene...
...challenging working through some of the communication with the BU sailors,” sophomore crew Alexandra Jumper said. “We had no experience sailing with our third skipper, so we just tried to use it as a learning experience for the rest of the season...
According to Fitzsimmons, Harvard does not aim to use the Z-list to admit legacy students. Instead, he says, the Z-list contains a greater proportion of legacies than the class in general since legacy students might be more willing to accept a spot on the Z-list...
...arguably greater importance, the wind farm promises to steer America toward use of alternative energy. Given that the movement for a wind farm in Nantucket Sound began in 2001 and has been very highly publicized, advocates for climate change mitigation cannot afford to lose this battle. Nor, it seems, can the planet...