Charlie Chaplin’s Theatre and Vaudeville
The new #5MinuteHistory is out and it explores the theatre of Charlie Chaplin's youth in order raise aware for an endangered British venue, The Coronet. Although one almost always thinks about cinema when they think of Chaplin, his roots were in the British Music Hall tradition and the Vaudeville scene in the ...
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Tracy Chapman – Debut Album (1988) Track by Track Review
Considering just how vapid and empty so much of the popular music produced during the eighties actually was, Tracy Chapman’s eponymous album from 1988 is something of a revelation. Utterly timeless in its production, it captured, over the course of its eleven tracks, Chapman’s deep sympathy for the poor and her ...
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CFP: The Making of the Trans-Appalachian West
[caption id="attachment_1424" align="aligncenter" width="1280"] Image by Valerius Tygart[/caption] Call For Papers The Making of the Trans-Appalachian West: Society, Culture, and Peoples, 1754-1832 Edited by Darren R. Reid (Coventry University) "More than an extension of the British colonial backcountry, ...
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Transformers: Age of Extinction – Textbook Machismo
Transformers 4 drips with misogyny – it practically oozes from the movie’s every pore. It is an utterly overpowering presence in this film, swamping even the titular transforming robots who serve as the canvas upon which direct Michael Bay paints his deeply, deeply sexist colours. To be clear, the issue isn’t ...
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5 Minute History: Charlie Chaplin’s Early Years | Micro Documentary
Watch the 5-minute history #MicroDocumentary on Charlie Chaplin's early years by clicking play or download the film from iTunes. Remember to subscribe to The Artist in American History podcast for more open-access educational content. Charlie Chaplin, one of the earliest auteur's, true geniuses, of cinematic ...
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Robocop Under the Microscope – Critical Review
1987's Robocop was a savage commentary upon the state of western civilisation. In the wake of Happy Days, the Beach Boys's resurgence and, of course, Reagan and Thatcher, the power of conservatism loomed large but just as revolutions are prone to breed their own counterrevolutions, the status quo, particularly that type ...
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Wonder Woman: The Making of a Feminist Superhero #YesAllWomen | Lecture
Click Here to Download from iTunes Last year when Gal Gadot was cast as Wonder Woman in the forthcoming superhero mashup movie, Batman V Superman, a shocking large proportion of the online commentaries concerning the news concerned Ms. Gadot’s physical appearance. Gadot, who is best known for her role as ...
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