A duel for the decades, War Paint highlights the not only the revolution of the makeup industry but the revolution two women who changed the makeup industry forever, Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden. The star-studded cast included Patti Lupone, a two-time Tony award winner, as Helena Rubinstein, while her costar Christine Ebersole, a two-time Tony Award winner as well, played Elizabeth Arden. Rubinstein and Arden were both very famous in the makeup world and created their own brand and makeup that women still use today. The first scene opened with young women working at Arden’s store frantically getting ready for her arrival. Strutting with elegance, Elizabeth Arden, played by Ebersole, made her way down the winding staircase demanding all the attention in the room. Throughout the show, Ebersole showed great vocal range and power. Her voice soared above the notes and came out in such a clear bell-like tone, especially during the “Finale.” Lupone, on the other, belted with such amazing vibrato in her feature songs as Helena Rubinstein. She …show more content…
During the scenes in Arden’s shop, the light was always pink, recalling back to her famously pink lipsticks and color brand. It in return matched the set design, and they complemented each other perfectly. Another instance that left me in awe during this show was during the song “Fire and Ice.” This highlights the scene where Revlon takes a sponsorship on the show “$64,000 Question,” that Arden and Rubinstein had originally denied. This skyrocketed Revlon’s popularity, making it major competition for these two makeup brands. Rubinstein and Arden decided to tune in for the promotion and while they were watching, the lighting on their face was fuzzy almost as if they were truly looking at a television. All in all, the work that both David Korins and Kenneth Posner put in really made the scene and brought everything
Racism through the years has provided places around the world with a shameful past that even today, racial reconciliation is still only in its beginning phase. Legends such as Rosa Park, Martin Luther king, and Malcolm X sacrificed their own life daily to pave a brighter future for America. However there is only so much people can do to change the ways of the world, the rest is up to the moral ethics of everyday citizens. The novel, Elizabeth and Hazel: Two Women of Little Rock, makes me question society in the past and present. If today; years after racism was said to be over, two people can not move on from their horrid past, how is the rest of the world supposed to? Recent events have proven that racism still exists and will always exist
Voltaire's Candide is a story about a young man learning about the realities of the world; realities he never could have believed to happen in life because his education heavily involves the idea that this is the "best of all worlds." Salter Street Films' Lexx is a story about a group of misfit adventurers and the calamity that befalls them after they steal the Lexx, a Manhattan-sized insect with the ability to destroy planets. Though the two stories have more in common than one might expect, given the difference of medium, much more is different between the two, even with satire present in both
Voltaire, more formally known as Francois-Marie Arouet, was a writer, philosopher and historian in the Age of Enlightenment. The Age of Enlightenment was the period of time from the late seventeenth century through early nineteenth century in which European thinkers and philosophers began to question and contradict typical styles of thinking. The belief behind this new Enlightenment thinking was that the human race could better themselves through simply creating reasonable change.
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines satire as: “literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn.” Besides this definition satire can also be seen as the particular literary way of making possible the improvement of humanity and its institutions. In the three works: Moliere’s “Tartuffe,” Voltaire’s “Candide,” and Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” the authors indirectly criticize and ridicule human behavior and characteristics but with the goal for improving these faults rather than just demolishing them.
Use of Satire to Target Religion, Military, and Optimism in Voltaire's Candide. In his work, Candide, Voltaire uses satire as a means of conveying his opinions about many aspects of European society in the eighteenth century. Voltaire successfully criticizes religion, the military, and the philosophy of optimism. Religious leaders are the targets of satire throughout Candide.
Use of Irony, Satire, and Symbolism in Candide. In the novel, Candide, Voltaire uses many literary writing tools to prove the points in which he believes. Some of these literary tools are irony, satire, and symbolism. Through these tools, Voltaire proves that greed is a universal vice, and usually ends in one's own destruction.
Satire, one of writing's most incomprehensible genres. On the outside, Satire may seem to be just an overly dramatic story. However, on the inside, Satire is a profound form of social commentary that stresses societal issues through over exaggeration. One of the genre's most famous literary works is Candide by Voltaire. Many people may interpret the novel as a tale about the misadventures of a boy named Candide attempting to be with his true love, Madame Cunégonde. Yet, a closer analysis of the book indicates that the author attempts to convey his perspective on life through the novel. Since Voltaire lived at a time of religious turmoil and monarchs, such as the enlightenment and King Frederick the Great, it is
There are times in life when we need to be creative and think out of the box and there is no exception to the rule when it comes to film making. Being creative helps solve issues of replicating or simulating lighting effects that might be seen in everyday life. Scott has proven with his cinematography and, more specifically, aptitude for lighting and composition to be a powerhouse within the
Of course Emily Mouton looked hilarious in her big obnoxious orange dress too, if anyone can pull that off it was her character Ernestina. Finally, all the waiters and waitresses corresponding colors looked fantastic, especially when they were dancing, no distractions because they were all the same color! My OCD was not bugging me on that because believe me if they had a shade off I would have noticed.
In Candide, Voltaire explores the ideas of paternalistic optimism and uses satire as a method of social commentary. His story follows the misery of one man as he pursues his one and only love and the happiness that he eventually finds. By framing the novel around a biblical story and having Candide lose and regain paradise, Voltaire suggests that one must cultivate their own perfect world as opposed to optimistically enduring the present in the hopes of a better future.
Voltaire was a writer who wanted traditions reshaped. He wanted people to have rational thought and accept process. In Voltaire’s novel, Candide, He wrote the protagonist in the satire to be an optimistic character who believes that all evil will be balanced by the good. Candide, the protagonist came to the final conclusion that “we must cultivate our garden” Voltaire, Candide, (NY: Penguin: 1961.),96. This statement can be interpreted in many different ways but the one that sticks out would be to take care of yourself and the world will go on.
Satire is the most powerful democratical weapon in the arsenal of modern media. Sophia McClennen, the author of America According to Colbert: Satire as Public Pedagogy, describes it as the modern form of public pedagogy, as it helps to educate the masses about current issues (73). In fact, ”a Pew Research Center for the People & the Press survey in 2004 found that 61 percent of people under the age of thirty got some of their political 'news' from late-night comedy shows” (McClennen 73). This statistic shows how influential satirical shows such as The Colbert Report or South Park can be. Satire invites critical self introspection from us in a way that no other media can. It also acts as an unbiased mirror that reflects the mirror image of the flaws of our society. This beautiful process, when unhindered and uncensored, is the epitome of western freedom of speech, which is the single most significant right that deserves to be cherished and defended.
Pierre performs whiteness in several different ways. First thing that is noticeable is the way Pierre talks. He has this accent that he adapted to separate himself from other african americans. At one point in the movie his father even calls him out on his ridiculous accent and how he needs to stop. Another thing Pierre changed about himself was his name. Pierre Delacroix is the name he had it change to for sound like he has less of a “black” background. His original name, Perrless Dothan, did not fit the “white image” he was trying to pass off. Pierre also furthers his image of a white man by dressing and acting as if he his white. He tries his hardest to pretend like he has no “black” in him, at the beginning of the movie at least.
Candide: A Satire On The Enlightenment. Works Cited Missing Candide is an outlandishly humorous, far-fetched tale by Voltaire satirizing the optimism espoused by the philosophers of the Age of Enlightenment. It is the story of a young man’s adventures throughout the world, where he witnesses evil and disaster. Throughout his travels, he adheres to the teachings of his tutor, Pangloss, believing that "all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds. " Candide is Voltaire’s answer to what he saw as an absurd belief proposed by the Optimists – an easy way to rationalize evil and suffering.
The Effective Satire of Voltaire's Candide In Candide, Voltaire sought to point out the fallacy of Gottfried Leibniz's theory of optimism and the hardships brought on by the resulting inaction toward the evils of the world. Voltaire's use of satire, and its techniques of exaggeration and contrast, highlight the evil and brutality of war and the world in general when men are meekly accepting of their fate. Leibniz, a German philosopher and mathematician of Voltaire's time, developed the idea that the world they were living in at that time was "the best of all possible worlds. " This systematic optimism shown by Leibniz is the philosophical system that believed everything was for the best, no matter how terrible it seemed. In this satire, Voltaire shows the world full of natural disasters and brutality.