Trey Anastasio Essays

  • Phish as a Sensory Experience

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    Phish as a Sensory Experience When I try to think of a sensory experience, one that comes to mind is a Phish show that I went to about two summers ago with two friends. That summer of 1997 was something else indeed. I can remember when I went to the beach in North Carolina with my two best friends, Pat and Erik. We had a great time going to the beach during the day. I can recall, very painfully, how the sand would burn our feet on the days that were especially scorching. At nights we would

  • Chef

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    Chef This epic tale of love and deception takes us back in time to the year nineteen hundred and eighty seven. Early one morning in London, England, we find ourselves in the kitchen of Chef. This sweet mouthwatering scent of Salisbury steak fills the room. This was to be the finest steak Chef had ever prepared. He planned to enter a contest with this masterpiece, the prize being a cruise to Greenland. To Chef, this was the land of paradise. He would be the only man there to seduce and womanize the

  • Team America World Police is an Incontestable R Rated Film

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    Team America Sample Paper Is Team America an Incontestable R? The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) gave Trey Parker's puppet satire Team America (2004) the ‘R' rating after initially giving it the dreaded NC-17 stamp of disapproval. Dr. Kevin Sandler, Professor of Media Studies at the University of Arizona, associates the R rating with the motion picture industry's focus on producing ‘respectable' or ‘incontestable' films. Known as the “Incontestable R,” an R rating ensures audiences

  • Stereotypes In Cartoons

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    The stereotype for cartoons used to be simple. They are the shows children willingly wake up early for on saturdays, and usually involve a group of heroes defending the earth from an invading force. However, this stereotype hardly applies to cartoons in the modern age. Besides the end of saturday morning cartoons, they have matured with their original audience creating a renaissance for adult focused cartoons. Yet many adults sneer at the prospects of shows such as South Park and Rick and Morty even

  • The Controversial Topic Of South Park

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    show South Park. South Park is a show that follows the life of four young boys: Kyle Broflovski, Stan Marsh, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormick. Kyle and Stan are good friends and are level headed characters that represent the creators, Matt Stone and Trey Parker. Eric is an obese, self-centered bigot. He often rivals with Kyle and devises plans to acquire money. Kenny comes from a poor family, which is often joked about in the show. He wears an orange hoodie that covers most of his face and muffles

  • The Redeeming Qualities of South Park

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    : Readings on Popular Culture for Writers. 6th ed. Eds. Sonia Maasik and Jack Solomon. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2009. 296-302. Print. “Something Wall-Mart This Way Comes.” South Park: The Complete Eighth Season. Writ. Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Dir. Trey Parker. Comedy Central, 3 Nov. 2004. DVD. Parmount Pictures, 2006. DVD

  • Controversy Behind South Park's Ethics

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    Controversy Behind South Park's Ethics South Park, the animated TV series aired on Comedy Central was created by Matt Stone and Trey Parker and is one of the many new shows that involve animation with high-level adult comedy that parodies current events going on across the United States and throughout the world. South Park is just one of many new shows that involve this sort of high end entertainment and they are taking the television ratings by storm. This show, along with others of its nature

  • Taylor Swift Stylistic Analysis

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    As an ardent fan of R’nB sounds and constantly playing the works of R’nB greats such as Trey Songz, Ne-Yo and R-Kelly, allowing myself to give attention to the girly heartbroken soul of Taylor Swift was rather a mortifying yet satisfactory commitment. When Taylor Swift is determined to do something, the girl really does know how to create an over-the-top scene. So with her fifth album, she almost forcefully attempts to indulge on the Eighties pop, skillfully enabling full appreciation of the

  • Fumble Dramatic Pentad

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    singer, Trey Songz I will explain what Kenneth Burke’s Dramatic Pentad is using the five elements and which pentadic ratio is important. The song lyrics are about Trey Songz not trying hard enough to make his relationship work with his girlfriend. In the song, he is now apologizing for breaking her heart the best way he can. As stated before the agent is who is in the situation. In the song “Fumble” the agent is Trey Songz. The agent is Trey Songz because he is the one singing the song. Trey Songz

  • South Park Rhetorical Analysis Essay

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    Guillermo Aragon English Composition Paul French February 13, 2015 Rhetorical Analysis South Park is an animated TV series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, which first aired on Comedy Central in 1997. The show features four boys Eric Cartman, Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, and Kenny McCormick. South Park has been seen as one of the most controversial shows due to its raunchy humor and obscene depiction of characters in the show. South Park deals with many current issues in the news surrounding

  • Melancholy

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    Melancholy The autumn sun beat down still and hot as Trey peered over the whitewashed fence. Widow Harris' garden was just on the other side. It was a very sad looking garden. There were weeds everywhere. He scanned past the zucchini squash, the only thing doing well in the whole garden, and over the cantaloupe vine. Yes! The watermelon was still there! Trey could see it through the scraggly leaves of its vine. If he was fast, he could grab it and be gone before Mrs. Harris even knew he was there

  • South Park

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    highly dramatized and often shocking manner. “Pairing boyish, gross-out comedy with biting parody, they are two of the ... ... middle of paper ... ...nt. Lannes,. 'Fuck South Park, Trey Parker And Matt Stone - Democratic Underground'. Democraticunderground.com. 2014. Web. 3 Jun. 2014. Leo, Alex. 'Matt Stone & Trey Parker Are Not Your Political Allies (No Matter What You Believe)'. The Huffington Post 2010. Web. 5 Jun. 2014. MacDonald, Keza. 'South Park, Satire And Us – By Matt Stone'. the Guardian

  • Censoring South Park

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    Dick Cavett, a famous American talk show host, once said, “Censorship feeds the dirty mind more than the four-letter word itself.” Censorship limits free speech, and it is used constantly today. In South Park’s situation, the writers use logic and evidence to express their opinions on controversial issues, and people think that it should be censored. Just because the show uses morally questionable techniques, does not mean that it is useless. In fact, South Park has taught people a lot; it changes

  • It's All About the Money, Money, Money..

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    Amazing, fabulous, and glitzy are the 3 words that come into mind when most people hear the word, “celebrities”. Well, they really aren’t. Think about all of the bad influencing they cause, think about all of the poverty in the world, and think about all of the people who are willing to risk their lives to save others. Today, despite the fact that all of these events are occurring; all what celebrities do is earn their high wages while spending them on useless trinkets. Do celebrities really deserve

  • Fags Get Out Analysis

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    The F Word episode in South Park was aired on November 4,2009 on Comedy Central. This F word episode had the plot line of the main children characters of south park trying to change the definition of the word “fag”. The main children Kyle, Cartman, Stan, and Kenny day was interrupted by a group of Harley Bike Riders. The adults and citizens of the town South Park were also disturbed by the group of Harley Bike Riders. The group of Harley Bike Riders likes to have attention directed to them wherever

  • South Park Satire

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    South Park, the brainchild of Trey Parker and Matt Stone, is the leading animated sitcom on Comedy Central Network. It follows the story of four children, Stan, Kyle, Eric, and Kenny, and their adventure throughout their town. South Park has been widely criticized for its dark, somewhat satanically, humor. South Park has had a huge impact on television and uses satire and comedy heavily influence young-adult culture and politics. South Park is largely credited with making Comedy Central successful

  • South Park Persuasion

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    South Park's new season continues to poke the sleeping bear of political correctness while also skewering Donald Trump in only the most South Park of ways. The second episode of this year's 19th season of South Park entitled "Where My Country Gone?" continued the plot line of South Park being overtaken by politically correct bullies and the running gag that Caitlyn Jenner is considered a "stunning woman and hero" regardless of anyone's personal opinion or Caitlyn's own actions. The episode opens

  • South Park Film Analysis

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    Brian Cogan discusses the most controversial television shows in history, South Park. He discusses how South Park even though seems simple it is a very thoughtful program on television that discusses many social issues. The creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone created a social and political commentary that has been the most successful in television history. Cogan discusses how South Park is a commentary on American culture that is focused around controversial issues. The sitcom allows

  • South Park's Taboo Comedy

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    violent, uneducated and taking over jobs, this can be through the interactions and thoughts of Eric Cartman. South Park first aired in 1997 on the television network Comedy Central and is currently in its fifthteenth season. The creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone are regularly focusing on sensitive subjects in their show like race, religion, sexuality, abortion, and politics. As South Park’s biography suggest, “South Park satirizes many aspects of American culture and current events, and

  • Nicaraguan Revolution

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    The Nicaraguan Revolution was one of the darkest times the country of Nicaragua has been in. Around 53,000 people lost their lives over the 30 years it spanned. At first the citizens were tired of their dictator, Anastasio Somoza Debayle, and demanded change. He was corrupt and that lead to him being very unpopular with his citizens. Many shifts of power happened during this time with many rebel groups. Most of the citizens suffered extreme poverty and battled inequality through these years along