A Comparison of:
Richard Pryor and Sinbad
Question; Is it what you accomplish that makes one great, or how you accomplish it. Richard Pryor and David Adkins or “Sinbad” are two of the most notorious comedians in American culture, but the lives they lived were on extreme ends of the spectrum. They both started out in or were kind of pushed into comedy when their real hopes and dreams fell short. Both of them served their country in the army for two years, and then jumped on the comedy circuit, traveling the country to play small gigs. Their struggle to become famous was similar in that they both worked extremely hard to get where they wanted to be. Their upbringing was altogether different though.
Sinbad grew up as the son of a minister in Benton Harbor, MI and went to a respectable high school where he excelled in basketball. He attained a scholarship to the University of Denver in hopes that it would open up some doors for him but he was cut off when he suffered a career ending knee injury. In 1983, he embarked on his self-subsidized “Poverty Tour” of comedy clubs across the U.S. His career started to take off, when he made several appearances on the talent show “Star Search”. He then landed a few small parts on T.V. show’s eventually catching the eye of Bill Cosby who put him on his new show “A Different World” in which he played a kind dorm director at an all black college. This led him into a few starring and co-starring roles in major motion pictures and made the name Sinbad, a household name across the country.
If I were to describe Sinbad’s style of comedy, I would have to say it to be much different than that of Richard Pryor. Sinbad’s humor is more family oriented. His homegrown humor is comparable to Bill Cosby, and his good hearted party nature is similar to Sammy Davis Jr. He is one who, like Pryor, has used his fame to help bring people together in a positive environment, such as his “Share the Dream” tour of historically black colleges and “The Sinbad Soul Festival” which performs all over the world.
Richard Pryor’s life on the other hand has been more dramatic than a Greek tragedy. His accomplishments in life are in total opposition with all of the tribulations that he faced to achieve them, beginning with his childhood.
When talking about hockey greatness of recent past, two names usually come up Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux. Their greatness was validated with inductions into the National League Hall of Fame where only the elite of the hockey world is considered. They did share some similarities; however it is some of the differences that made them each great in their own way.
Abbott and Costello were known as a double act or comedy duo, in which one comedian is considered the straight man and the other is called the comic or funny man. The straight man (Bud Abbott) was known to be intelligent and reasonable, in contrast the comic (Lou Costello) was commonly seen as a dumb and an unfortunate character ("Double Act"). Brooks Atkinson, in his Times piece describes:
The novel, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley first published in 1932, presents a very bleak out look of what future society will be like. The novel presents a future of where almost total conformity is a carefully guarded aspect of society. Even before one is "decanted" they are conditioned to fill a specific roll and to act a certain way.
The world was in utter shambles when Aldous Huxley wrote Brave New World. It was the middle of the depression, unemployment was high and the stock market low. It was the age of sterilizing the mentally ill, and the age of mass manufacturing by machines. Scientific progress was on the rise, and Henry Ford was considered a savior. Huxley's imaginary world of scientific perfection was far from perfect. The texture of his imaginary world is nearer to nightmare that to heaven on earth (Watts 72). In creating the prophecy, New World State, scientific evolution, in trying to create a superior society, is only as perfect as its' creator.
After winning a Steve Martin look-alike contest Bill began getting more involved in comedy. He was working as both a mechanical engineer and a stand up comedian. After some
The task which Shakespeare undertook was to mold the hateful constitution of Richard's Moral; character. Richard had to contend with the prejudices arising from his bodily deformity which was considered an indication of the depravity and wickedness of his nature. Richard's ambitious nature, his elastic intellect, and his want of faith in goodness conspire to produce his tendency to despise and degrade every surrounding being and object, even as his own person. He is never sincere except when he is about to commit a murder.
Huxley’s Brave New World is a dystopia. The world state is full of all the things one could ever want: happiness, security, sex. Yet still the world state would be the most horrible place to live in. Brave New World is a satirical novel exaggerating but also illuminating the truth. The reader becomes aware of the similarities between the World State and our current world and in the ways they differ. The novel makes the reader do more than just compare the real world to the world state; it made me aware of some essential things constituting being human. We need to have the full capacity and range to think and feel for ourselves to be able to orient ourselves and create an identity. Moreover, faults, natural processes, as well as books are what
Aldous Huxley satirizes several contemporary trends and values of his time when he foresaw the dangers of the advancement of science because it's associated with the advancement of humanity. "Brave New World" is a world of mass-production, even of people; it's a world society where values are a pleasure, order, and conformity. These values are held so there'll be no war, no conflict, no unhappiness.
Throughout his musical career, he earned many titles “Mr. Dynamite” and “The Godfather of Soul” known as the hardest working man in show business. His demeanor at times was often that of a tyrant, generous nature, tolerant, or at times demanding. He was the greatest entertainer during his time. He is known for his performances on stage. The cape act that he uses on stage came from the wrestler Gorgeous Geor...
Bob Saget, star from “Fuller House” feels sad because, Bill Cosby, the man who mentored him and influenced him, had his reputation tarnished forever. According to the Huffington Post, Nov. 25, 2015, Bob believes that Bill’s reputation can never be repaired. Over 50 women have come forward to accuse Bill of drugging them and then taking sexual advantage of them.
Would you like to be in a world where everyone is the same as you? Would you like to be in a world where everything you do is strictly controlled and criticized by the government? “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley is an amazing dystopian novel that has a subtext that plants ideas into the reader’s mind and makes them think, it has an amazing and unique plot, and it has a one-of-a-kind theme.
“If everything was perfect, you would never learn and you would never grow”. Imagine everything the world being like heaven , no violence and there is stability and identity. This are the identity on the novel of Brave New World a dystopia by English author Aldous Huxley . Brave New World is high in technology and and very futuristic comparing it to our present world. In Brave New World science is used in order to maintain stability and identity , and society is divided by five groups which they go from weakest to strongest , they consisting of deltas epsilons(lowest),gammas, betas,alphas(highest). In the Brave New World, Aldous Huxley shows how society commission, people’s beliefs using many characters throughout the novel. Brave New World,
Edna St. Vincent Millay's "What Lips My Lips Have Kissed, and Where and Why" is an effective short poem, which feeds on the dissonance between the ideal of love and its reality, heartbreak. In William Shakespeare's "Let Me Not to The Marriage of True Minds," the effectiveness is weakened by its idealiality and metaphysical stereotype. In contrast to Millay, Shakespeare paints a genuine portrait of what love should be but unfortunately never really is. This factor is what makes his poem difficult to relate to, thus weakening the effect on the reader. These poems were published quite far apart from each other, three-hundred and fourteen years to be exact, which might explain the shift in idealism. Though both circumnavigate the concept of love, the effect left within both writers based on personal affairs dramatically differentiates the personas of both speakers.
Although Cosby has had a university education and received many honorary degrees, which few achieve, nonetheless, he is associated more as a successful entertainer than a scholarly educator. Interestingly, Cosby has self-described himself more of a class clown than an academician during schooling. Cosby started his entertainment career as a stand-up comedian doing performances across America during his younger years. Comedians have a notorious talent for stirring up crowds and encouraging clamor from the audience. They compose jokes that anyone can relate to and, thus, reach broad demographics during their performances. The talent has remained with Cosby to present and is manifested within the tone of his speeches as well.
Every American high- school student knows the name of Shakespeare. The reason is fairly simple- Shakespearean studies are a necessity enforced by nationwide curriculum. However, one could say, albeit intense studies into his works, few of these students are well versed in Shakespeare’s personal life. Shakespeare had an unusual life- his unorthodox early childhood, strange teenage years, and mysterious “lost years-“that may surprise many.