The AI industry is selling that smiley face hard. Consider howTheDaily Showrecently skewered the hype, as expressed by industry leaders. Silicon Valley’s VC in chief, Marc Andreessen: “This has the potential to make life much better … I think it’s honestly a layup.” Altman: “I hat...
In the Nicolas Cage movie "Next," there's a dramatic scene at the Grand Canyon. Then, the characters jump into a car and mere minutes later are at Long Beach Harbor, which is 500 miles away. The granddaddy of mangled geography is the 1959 Cary Grant thriller "North by Northwest." In...
What is an example of chiasmus in Hamlet? The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock uses dramatic monologue. Discuss how this technique reveals Prufrock's character. Who has the most lines in "Twelfth Night"? What is a verse in poetry? What is emotional realism in literature? What is the diffe...
Yet Anora (Movie, Comedy) is far from a Cinderella story. With a mix of weighty realism and light-hearted vivacity, the film lays bare the societal injustices that ultimately exclude the titular Anora from the world she fights for a place in. Star Mikey...
Such a critical aspect is key in preventing materialism, as Patrice Haynes suggests, from lapsing into a “naïve realism”, where thought rests in sheer givens such as Being, Life, Sexual Difference, Matter, Vitality, which assume “access to a non-dialectical positivity” requiring a “...
What is a trope in theatre? What is magical realism in theatre? What is humanitarian journalism? What does catharsis mean in theater? What are the chief characteristics of Renaissance drama? What is the dramatic structure of Hamlet? What is the history of pantomime?
1)Dramatic ironyis when the audience is aware of a situation but the characters are not. 2)Verbal ironyis when something is said that does not match the situation. For example, you might say, "I hope we can find a seat" when you walk into an empty venue. ...
Realism became the general mode of expression, or at least the most dominant, in the 1800s and it stretches up until the present day. It is not nearly as dominant today, and its demise was predictable as people wanted something new and different. Modernism, surrealism and postmodernism have ...
Magicalrealismis also on display. Throughout much of the film, things look to be as one would expect in the real world. However, magical elements are added that heighten the world. The clearest example would be the death bunny scene where a rabbit slaughters men. ...
Yet Anora (Movie, Comedy) is far from a Cinderella story. With a mix of weighty realism and light-hearted vivacity, the film lays bare the societal injustices that ultimately exclude the titular Anora from the world she fights for a place in. Star Mikey...