Talk about obsessions! Author Gregory Maguire was so enthralled by the 1939 film version of L. Frank Baum's "The Wizard of Oz" that he devoted an entire novel to the back-stor...
Of the many live performances I have been able to see, by far my favorite is Wicked. I have always been drawn to plays that are fantasy-based versus those that focus on reali...
The soundtrack of my life
1: I listen to all sorts of music I don't mind if it is Rock, Pop just as long as it calls to me. Like Westlife, some of there songs I really li...
Victor Fleming directed The Wizard of Oz in 1939, based on the novel by L. Frank Baum. Judy Garland was the star of the film playing Dorothy, and her helpers were played by Fr...
Biography
He was born Jacob Gershovitz in Brooklyn, New York to Russian Jewish immigrant parents, the second of four children. In 1910, the Gershowitzes had acquired a piano...
As long as there has been genre criticism, critics have pondered the existence of genre evolution. Certainly none would argue that the content, style, and structure of genre f...
“I know I'm who I am today because I knew you.” This line from the Broadway musical Wicked sums up Robert Adams’ article “Existence, Self Interest, and the Problem of...
The 1939 film, The Wizard of Oz', was a colour and sound explosion that is as cherished today as it was when it was first released. But what a lot of the public doesn't real...
New York, New York
Sirens and busy city sidewalks; yellow taxis and the subway; delis and hot dog stands on every corner; Central Park covered in a blanket of snow; Broadway...
Summary:
Mildred Pierce, by James M. Cain, begins in pre-Depression California, and ends during World War II times, also in California. The main character, Mildred Pierce,...
John Anthony Burgess Wilson was born on February 25, 1917, in Manchester, England. He was raised up by this aunt and later by his stepmother. He studied at Xaverian College a...
If there are two films that have truly endured the every changing diversity of entertainment in this country from the time of their creation all the way to present day, they w...
John Anthony Burgess Wilson was born on February 25, 1917, in Manchester, England. He was raised up by this aunt and later by his stepmother. He studied at Xaverian College a...
My ISP will be on "The Garden of Earthly delights". The question I have formulated is
Analyse Bosch's "Garden of delights" with reference to the concept of human sin, or po...
changed the face of poetry. He has been regarded as the most celebrated poet of his era. This Nobel Prize winning poet is credited with viewing the world as it appe...
T.S. Eliot changed the face of poetry. He has been regarded as the most celebrated poet of his era. This Nobel Prize winning poet is credited with viewing the wor...
Since its founding in the 1930s, the Rastafarian movement has grown to the point where it has become a major cultural and political force in Jamaica. During its existence, the...