The Impact of Ethel Merman Ethel Merman is described by PBS as the most successful musical comedy performer of her generation. Merman is known for contributing her loud and clear vocals to the Broadway stage and changing the way that people observed women on Broadway as well (PBS). Appearing and starring in several Broadway blockbusters, her acting career appeared to go through somewhat transitional phases to where she could act less and less like herself in character. Merman left her mark as an
stories the research the searching. Legends of mermaids may be ancient but they are still present in many forms there can be images found in caves, books, scientific movies and even Starbucks logo. Greek mythology contain stories of the god Triton, the merman messenger of the seas and several modern religious including Hinduism and Camdomble (an Afro-Brazilian belief) worship mermaid goddesses to this day. In Folklore Mermaids were often bad luck and misfortune, Over the years, many people have reported
Under the deep blue water, Nixie the mermaid lived with her sister Pearl. They both lived in Ocean Grove, it is a city where everyone has a role in the community, Nixie delivered fresh seaweed to everyone’s living space and Pearl was part of the Mermaid council. It was Friday morning and Nixie just finished delivering seaweed to everyone’s living space, the last stop is her own cave. Nixie swims up to her cave and see’s Pearl staring at the picture of their parents. She swims up to her and puts
dedicated to prove that they do exist and will go to extraordinary lengths to do so. What exactly is a mermaid? A mermaid is a sea creature with the upper body of a female human and the lower body of a fish. The male version of the mermaid is called a merman. The name comes from ‘mer’ meaning sea. They are often seen and drawn with sea shells in their hair and covering the breast of the female. Their also seen laying on rocks looking into hand held mirrors combing their long hair. Some people even
Once upon a time, there was a fox named Foxleen who lived in Destin Florida. Foxleen loves people, she is always happy, she absolutely adores other animals, Foxleen likes sitting out in the sun and loves going to the beach. Foxleen has a house in a tropical area in a low populated area on the outskirts of Destin, near the beach. She has to walk five minutes to the beach, Foxleen usually picks up her other friends on the way to the beach. They all love sitting out in the sun and so, they go there
Mermaids have been long-lasting symbols in mythology for thousands of years. This half-human, half-fish creature is considered dangerous to many. Mermaids are considered monsters because of their deadly voice, ability to cause lethal storm, and that they represent a different world, unknown to humans. As Skye Alexander states, “Mermaids, it seems, are as changeable as the sea — serene one moment and tumultuous the next” (Alexander 235). A mermaid is a mythical creature that is half-human, half-fish
In the year 1930, the Queen of Musical Comedy Ethel Merman made her debut in Broadway. Who knew Merman, born as Ethel Agnes Zimmerman, walking on that Broadway stage 88 years ago, would see her to this day being a legendary figure, which she truly was. The bold, brassy, clarion-voiced superstar has an endless history of success and has made more hits among Broadway Musical Comedies that does not compare to other people now or in the past. Merman's career was nothing less than impressive, first
Israel Isidore Baline was born in the Russian village of Tyumen on May 11th, 1888. His family left in the mid 1890s to escape the persecution of the Jewish community and settled in New York City (biography.com). Israel dropped out of school at age thirteen (Kenrick 143). Baline was a street singer as a teen and in 1906 he got a job as a singing waiter in Chinatown (biography.com). The first song he ever had published was called “Marie From Sunny Italy” (biography.com). He wrote it in 1907 with Nick
accordance to the wording of the song is really significant because that's not only the best way a singer can connect with their audience, but also can enhance the mood of their song. This is the reason why Porter included certain words specifically for merman in the song “I Get a Kick Out of You” as he became aware of the her special qualities. For example he tried to include words “Like ‘terrific’ (so prominent in the line, ‘that would bore me terrific’ly too’) .... that allowed her to roll out the r’s
Rogue Wave is Jennifer Donnelly’s sequel to Deep Blue, where Sera’s home Miromara was seized by Traho and his men. She spends most of the novel figuring out how to hide and what’s occurring. Rogue Wave demonstrates her struggle to hide away from anyone, because there’s a bounty on her. Consequently, there are few she can trust to help her on her journey to find Merrow’s talisman, which is necessitated to stop Traho from freeing Abbadon. To clarify, Abaddon is a monster that is incredibly powerful
This Is the Army. Kern collaborated with Dorthy Fields to write lyrics for his music. Berlin wrote both words and music, so Fields relinquished her role as lyricist. This show stared Ethel Merman ad Annie Oakley. Berlin’s music was brilliantly crafted comedy song or ballad, each perfecty keyed, not only to merman, but also to the psyche, conflicts, and culture of Annie Oakley. In 1946, Cole Porter had huge success with the show Kiss Me, Kate. The play was about a play with in a play. It about the
Gender and Sexuality in the American Musical The Broadway musical has been entertaining a wide variety of Americans for generations. It is not always clear what exactly draws millions of people across the country to these shows each year, some scholars, including Stacy Wolf, argue that the spectacular costumes, grandiose music, and exciting story lines, offer Americans an escape from their reality. It has been argued that Broadway musicals do not promote positive or progressive views of women, but
poisonous snakes on her head, instead of hair. She was the daughter of Phorcys, a God of the sea, and Ceto, a female sea God. Phorcys is said to have had claws for legs and skin covered with red spikes. It is more commonly agreed that Phorcys, a "merman-sea god," was the father of Medusa (Grischy). Ceto is believed by most to be Medusa's mother. She was a sea monster that inspired the name Cetaceans, which is what whales and other porpoises are called
girls that it’s okay to show off their bodies in public, which, in turn, makes them feel pressured to look desirable to men. Additionally, Ursula refers to a merman who is too thin and a mermaid who is too fat as “poor unfortunate souls” and uses her magic to change their body shape into something more ‘desirable’, which makes the mermaid and merman happier (Clements and Musker). This implies that all a person needs is a pretty face and nice figure to be happy with
In the field of television, Ms. Lansbury is most known for her witty detective character, Jessica Fletcher, in the 1980’s hit show Murder, She Wrote. The character of Jessica Fletcher was unlike any other on television at the time. Jessica was an older, single woman who was very intelligent. Older people were not featured as the central characters in television, especially not older women. The show ultimately inspired shows like Golden Girls which featured and starred mature women (Griffin).
McNally was raised in Corpus Christi, Texas. In his early life, he found his passion in acting and theater arts when he saw a Broadway production called Annie Get Your Gun in 1946 starring Ethan Merman. From there, McNally decided to pursue a degree in English at Columbia University. McNally spent most of his early college life helping Nobel prize winner John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. Through hard work and dedication, McNally drafted his first theater
spot in the stars for his accomplishments (Astma, 2). After they were married, Amphitrite bore Poseidon three children: Triton, Rhode, and Benthesicyme. A fourth child, Kymopoleia named in only a few versions. Of Poseidon’s children, Triton was a merman and Rhode became the wife of Helio’s and the goddess of the Aegean Island of Rhodes (Magnani,
Why are people enchanted with mermaids? Is it because they have perfectly flowing, magical hair? Is it their strategic use of shells as a torso covering? Mysterious, powerful and possibly immortal, mermaids have been featured in ancient folktales as well as modern films. When mermaids surface in trendy movies, a whole new generation is charmed. Some of these include: Miranda (1948) Night Tide (1961) Splash (1984) The Little Mermaid (1989) Magic Island (1995) Aquamarine (2006) Pirates of the
Sylvia Plath’s Mourning and Creativity Abstract In this article, I concentrate on the connection between mourning and creativity in Sylvia Plath’s work. Melanie Klein postulates that the pain of mourning and the reparation experienced in the depressive position is the basis of creative activity. Through creative activity, one can restore lost internal and external objects and lost happiness. I argue that Plath’s work is an example of Klein’s idea that artists’ creative products represent
Epic Poem of Misty Iskanlis The waters were rushing into The submarine. Flashes of red lights went off signaling the people in the submarine were in danger. The submarine shook the helmsman tried to stop the water from entering only for another side of the submarine to crack and more water to rush in. A mother grabbed her child and held him close since she was terrified and was beginning to realize death was upon them. Everyone froze in complete an utter fear when they heard a voice say “I’m coming