American Idol
“That rendition was impressive, but you do not look like an American Idol; however, we will give you one more chance. Welcome to Hollywood!” A person with a mediocre voice that is not stunningly attractive would have a harder time advancing to Hollywood on American Idol. As the judges say, an American Idol should be a distinct person with an exceptionally fantastic voice. Culture is the training or refining of intellectual faculties and the way of life for a particular people. My goal will be to critique the ideal of image on American Idol and discuss how people may or may not get though based on looks alone. In the entertainment industry, images of the “perfect” people are portrayed as women being skinny, tan, and firm and men being handsome, muscular, and original. Judges Randy, Paula, and Simon critique contestants on American Idol mostly based on their image.
Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul, and best-known Simon Cowell are the main judges on American Idol. They critique auditions in seven different cities where each performer sings and if well enough, receives the yellow ticket to Hollywood. However, “This show is called American Idol. It wasn’t good enough” is what many contestants hear. From the millions of people who try out, only a small percentage get though to the second round. The judges place those contestants into groups of three to perform on stage in front of a large audience. They eliminate hundreds of contestants to narrow the field down to jus...
The novel Frankenstein touches on many controversial ideas, knowledge as threat, secrecy of Victor about monster, rejection, abortion, that captivate the readers with its fascinating narrative. One of the important concepts that is touched over and over again is the passive role of the female characters. Almost all female characters, except for Safie, have passive roles; confused, abandoned, long-waiting, lover Elizabeth, loving, sacrificial mother Caroline Beaufort, wrongly accused Justine, enslaved mother of Safie, passive-listener Margaret Saville.
...nging, “I looked…upon Elizabeth as mine –mine to protect, love, and cherish” (23). Elizabeth is not the only women to be depicted as weak; Caroline Beaufort is also weak as well. When her father becomes poor he also becomes very ill and is taken care of by his daughter, but after he dies no one is there to take care of her. That was when “He came like a protecting spirit” (20) and saved Caroline from a continuance of a bad life. This indirectly shows how Caroline was weak because she was saved and “protected” by Frankenstein’s father.
Immanuel Kant was a famous German philosopher (1724-1804). His many philosophical writings influenced large population from all over the world. Even today, his works still form a major point of reference in research carried out in the modern world. His writings had a strong base such that they brought a new dimension in religion, law and history. Although all his writings were popular but Metaphysics of Morals was very influencing. Kant argued that our desires and emotions are categorically imperative, which means that they are conscience driven. His philosophy is closely related to the golden rule. It which states that an individual should always act in accordance to the outcome that will give him/her the best outcome, while Kant’s categorical imperative rule argues that actions must be universal for them to be classified as either moral or immoral. Through Kant’s categorical imperative we can distinguish between our
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American popular culture is quite serious because we find the “voices” that write, play, film, photograph, dance and explain our American history. George Lipitz notes that historians can learn a lot about the process of identity and memory in the past and present by deciphering the messages contained in popular culture forms such as films, television and music. As stated by George Lipsitz, people can either work for the economy and state, and against the population who take in the messages or they can work in a positive way as memories of the past and hopes for the future.
I am doing my writing assignment on the reality tv show Keeping up with the Kardashians, the episode I chose was “Kim turns into a diva”. I watched the episode on tv and re watched it online to get the information I needed. In this episode Kim is viewed as a diva because she slowly starts acting more and more like a diva. She goes as far as to gloat about being the top google and AOL search on the internet. The more she starts becoming a diva the more her sisters Khloe and Kourtney make fun of her. Khloe continuously tells Kim she is full of herself and up her own ass. Overall I was able to find a situation for each of the categories I will present an interaction where Kourtney finds messages on Scott’s phone, the social construction of reality
When we think of the NICU environment, we must first think of the newborn infant coping with health issues, a stressful and stimulating environment, and an unnatural separation from the mother and the father. In addition to attending to the infants medical need, its essential that we work towards alleviating the discomfort that the baby might feel by facilitating physical and emotional closeness between the baby and his or her parents. Bonds between parents and the infant are among the most enduring, fundamental aspects of human experience. Premature births, or any other health conditions that result in NICU hospitalization, can disrupt the natural attachment process. As nurses, we have the incredible opportunity to be the facilitators of bonding
Happiness. A sensation that is not of any materialistic value, but above all else in the world, it is a common asset that society continuously pursues to achieve. But how does one know if they possess true happiness? Is it just a feeling? And if someone does not feel happy, how can they go about achieving that feeling? These questions can be answered through analysis of two writings: the essay The Four Secrets to Making Our Own Happiness by Jane McGonigal and the song Better Than by The John Butler Trio. These literary pieces approach a common idea as how to achieve perpetual contentment with one’s life. With intentions to allow their audiences to evaluate his or her own life view of happiness, both pieces persuade their audiences through different
To illustrate, we can begin with how media affects our personal perception of self-image i.e self-worth and acceptance. Media enjoys being able to influence what we do in order to benefit those that are trying to advertise a certain idea or object. Many times, the idea that is trying to be demonstrated is the perception of “true beauty.” What many people don't know or tend to forget at a moment of awe, is that these idea's of beauty are conveyed at many times through woman and men with a well amount of make-up and Photoshop done to them. They have been completely transformed from their original natural looks, to match a perfection that is not possible naturally nor realistically. For example, Global Democracy three years ago, presented a time-lapse video that serves to highlight the post-production techniques used in the alteration of an image via use of the software Photoshop. The model was unrecognizable after th...
Turning someone’s health for entertainment show is unethical. The NBC show “The Biggest Loser” has been accused of putting entertainment before health with its focus on competitive weight loss where contestants absolutely at a greater risk of exhaustion, dehydration, and stress to win cash.
People are so obsessed with this image that they will often take drastic measures, such as, plastic surgery, liposuction, and extreme dieting to achieve an impossible standard of beauty. Hedges exemplifies this phenomena with the reality television show The Swan, a program where two “ugly ducklings” are given a professional plastic surgery team, dietician, physical trainer, and a therapist in order to compete for a chance to move on to the show’s final beauty pageant. The show wants us to believe that the competitors will have a much “better” life, but Hedges argues that the real message of the show is, “. . .once these women have been surgically ‘corrected’ to resemble mainstream celebrity beauty as closely as possible, their problems will be solved” (Hedges, 2009, 25). We have deceived ourselves into believing that if we do everything in our power to resemble celebrities then we can live in their fantasy reality of carefree and continuous happiness; our problems will miraculously vanish. The reality that the celebrities supposedly live in promotes an impossible ideal that we have gladly accepted and ultimately have begun to believe this is how reality should be. We have created the mindset that we should all aim to become celebrities and everything else should be second. In The Swan, the woman who does not win the
Reality television is now one of the most consumed television genres broadcasted to the general public. Over time, reality television is more about mindless watching, and creating the most unrealistic environment possible, rather than creating a show for an important purpose. Today, shows like Beauty and the Geek, Big Brother, and every other reality show fit into this mold, but when viewed critically, lessons appear. In the case of TV today reality shows depict an altered reality, but even though they are unrealistic they promote important life lessons and messages.
The Bachelorette is a reality TV series geared to attract an audience that’ll fall helpless for a cheesy love story, constant drama and a happy ending. The producers implicitly value beauty and status over personality and genuine love. Through analyzing the appearance, race, social expectations and economic status of the contestants and chosen Bachelorettes, I determined the show is most likely phony. Social status and beauty standards are inevitable, as people seem to be blinded by their vanity and shallow morals.
Throughout the readings several theories are found on how to individuals achieve the genuine definition of happiness. With the hypotheses of many, it seems almost impossible to define happiness. Is it the thoughtful acts for others? Does it depend on an individual’s mindset? Michael Wiederman, Holy Schiffrin, S. Nelson, and Camille Noe Pagan, all provide many plausible theories of how to find the truth behind individuals’ happiness in their writings.
First, one must ponder a couple of questions: who defines beauty in today’s culture and society? Does the mass media industry define beauty? Everywhere one turns in advertisements, commercials, TV shows, movies, magazines, etc. someone is telling us what “beauty” is. The allure of celebrities and the beauty they exude, definitely influences the beauty those in the Western culture strive to be and are attracted too. Television, movies, magazines, advertisements that come from the Western culture have influenced cultures around the world. Due to the high i...