Ric Ocasek Essays

  • The Cove Documentary Reflection

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    going to stop this practice. This group of men had a huge purpose to make this documentary. Ric O'barry was the main character in this documentary because he was the leader behind this operation. Even though Ric never headed out on missions with them he was the voice behind it all. This small group of men had two goals, stop the elimination of dolphin slaughtering, and stop the capture of dolphins for

  • Hulk Hogan's Accomplishments

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    Hulk Hogan net worth revealed as former WWE star eyes return to the ring It looks like Hulkamania could soon be returning to the WWE. The professional wrestling organization and Hulk Hogan are reportedly close to a deal that could see the iconic pro wrestling veteran once again return to the ring. Hulk Hogan, a professional wrestler since 1977, has had a long tenure in the profession that saw him become the face of the WWE in the late 1980s and early 1990s. However, he was fired from the organization

  • The Silent Scream of Loneliness, Drugs, and Pain in Wrestling

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    Wrestlers would be away from their family for the majority of the year. They would only return home when and if they were injured. Former wrestler Rowdy Roddy Piper has been mentally affected by everything at once .According to Piper, "I experienced what we in the profession call the silent scream” (Behind Fun Façade…). The silence scream involves loneliness, drugs and pain. It has been overwhelming for wrestlers, mentally and physically to be able to accept everything that was going on in and out

  • Mid Titles

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    When I was first contacted to begin writing for this site I really wasn't sure what to think. I'm not a professional writer by any means, I just happen to take pro wrestling very seriously. (Yes,I know that it's fixed.) I can't promise that this blog series won't be a little biased or crazy, my plan really is to just write about my feelings on the current product and what; in my opinion, can be done to improve it. So without anymore delay's I give you your first look into the mind of a person who

  • The Characteristics Of Romanticism In The Romantic Era

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    Romanticism has very little to do with things popularly thought of as "romantic," although love may sometimes be the subject of Romantic art. The emphasized characteristics of Romanticism was emotion and independency throughout the entire era. Romanticism was the most influential movement the world has experienced. Due to its music, artists, and poets, Romanticism was the uppermost, ravishing era.     The Romantic era was a literary, artistic, abstract, and musical movement that originated in Europe

  • Andy Warhol

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    I selected Andy Warhol because I have long admired his crazy, quirky, unconventional style of producing works of art from normal, everyday subjects ranging from inanimate, normally unnoticed objects to pop culture celebrity icons. I first heard of him in 1986 when his show Andy Warhol's Fifteen Minutes aired on MTV. The show featured Andy interviewing what he thought was the next up-and-coming musical sensations about to get their "fifteen minutes of fame." Two years later on a poster in the