![]() ![]() In my paper, I will discuss Spike Lees’ Chi-Raq based on Aristophanes’ Lysistrata and how he made this Greek Comedy attractive to a modern-day audience. Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq is a satire in no way meant to make fun of gun violence, but to help raise awareness in a political and artistic way. In Chi-Raq, she is desperate to end the senseless violence killing innocent lives every day. In Lysistrata, the protagonist is desperate to end the bloodshed between Athens and Sparta. Using rap and hip-hop, the film addresses important social issues, like Gang and gun violence plaguing the city of Chicago. Chi-Raq directed by Spike Lee was made to be a modern adaptation of Aristophanes play Lysistrata. From Shakespeare to Aeschylus and Aristophanes, there have been many films that have been adapted from plays. ![]()
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![]() Mixing a nostalgic coming-of-age story and an instantly iconic female villain with an innovative new vision of classic horror, this is an unforgettable thriller as only Josh Malerman could imagine it. Or else the summer of her lifetime will become the last summer of her life. ![]() Now it's a race against time as Kit searches for the truth behind the legend and learns to face her own fears. They also say that Daphne is still out there, obsessed with revenge, and will appear anytime someone thinks about her to kill again.Īfter Kit hears the story, her teammates vanish, one by one, and Kit begins to suspect that the stories about Daphne are real.and to fear that her own mind is conjuring the killer. Access a growing selection of included Audible Originals, audiobooks and podcasts. And some say that Daphne is a murderer herself. Daphne A Novel By: Josh Malerman Narrated by: Patricia Santomasso Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins 3.9 (82 ratings) Try for 0.00 Pick 1 title (2 titles for Prime members) from our collection of bestsellers and new releases. Some say she was murdered, others that she died by her own hand. ![]() The last summer before her life begins.īut the night before the big game, one of Kit's players tells a ghost story about Daphne, a girl who went to their school many years ago and died under mysterious circumstances. The last summer with her high school basketball team, and with Dana, her best friend. It's the last summer for Kit Lamb: the last summer before college. ![]() ![]() A brutal, enigmatic woman stalks a girls high school basketball team in a reimagining of the slasher genre by the New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box. ![]() ![]() ![]() That way, “if we ever split up,” she explains, “you can’t use it against me in court.” Stormy Daniels is smart, and she plays the long game. 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Set against a romantic and untainted turquoise sky, the skeleton grins through its decayed smile, inclining its head forward as if sensitive to the responses it elicits. ![]() Existing somewhere between life and death, Brown's giant skeleton, pulses with a plenitude of fine brush strokes in red, ochre, mustard yellow, black and blue. (Brown, quoted in 'Laurence Sillars in Conversation with Glenn Brown', Liverpool 2009, p.142).Įxecuted in 2007, the extraordinary detail and painterly devotion of Suffer Well represents an outstanding and large-scale example of Glenn Brown's mastery of oil paint. It's a cruel joke on death and nothingness, perhaps' You keep looking at it only to reject it in favour of the skull. 'The black square in the corner of Suffer Well is there to irritate. ![]() ![]() Her only son, Hank, works on oil rigs and is gone half the time, and there’s a long standing feud between Gloria and her daughter-in-law, Karen. You can’t really blame Gloria’s family for leaving her there. The story is narrated by the elderly, demented wheelchair bound Gloria, who finds herself, following an unspecified operation on her duodenum, parked at an “ old folk’s home” called Sea View. ![]() It’s a subversive image, and it’s a portent of what’s inside the covers. ![]() While the ‘We Can Do It’ poster implies female strength and determination geared towards the war effort, War Crimes for the Homeshows a WWII era female factory worker applying makeup. Howard Miller’s WWII war poster, I bought a copy. I came across Liz Jensen’s book: War Crimes for the Homeby pure chance, and attracted to the cover, perversely reminiscent of J. ![]() “White blouse and a pink skirt, I’m wearing with a roll-on underneath and my best undies just in case I do turn out to be loose” ![]() ![]() Rio has a vast knowledge on Shakespeare and it shows as he almost becomes omnipresent in the novel, orchestrating from behind the scenes everything that happens in the lives of these seven young actors. ![]() You could say that the novel is constantly trying to find an answer to the debate whether art imitates life or life imitates art more. Likewise, the reader has a hard time understanding what’s real and what is not. The characters are always so focused on their performances, so much that at times they are having a hard time distinguishing between their thoughts, their emotions, their motivations, and those of the characters they are playing on stage. The thing I loved the most about this book is how art bleeds incessantly into reality. If We Were Villains is the story of seven actors who are very close to graduating an elite college and achieving all of their ambitions when tragedy suddenly strikes. “For someone who loved words as much as I did, it was amazing how often they failed me.” ![]() ![]() Or you could just try to do something about it. ![]() At four hundred thirty-three pages, the novel is such a huge collection of very funny stuff and observations that it is best read in segments. ![]() 9780552159845 Good Omens 31.2000 NZD InStock /shop/books /shop/books/fiction/science-fiction-fantasy /shop/books/fiction As heard on Radio 4 - the classic dark and hilarious take on mankind's final judgment, from bestselling authors Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. The Kindle edition of Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett that I downloaded was a 2011 reprint edition from William Morrow (publisher) sold by Harper Collins Publishers. But what if, for once, the predictions are right, and the apocalypse really is due to arrive next Saturday, just after tea? You could spend the time left drowning your sorrows, giving away all your possessions in preparation for the rapture, or laughing it off as (hopefully) just another hoax. People have been predicting the end of the world almost from its very beginning, so it's only natural to be sceptical when a new date is set for Judgement Day. As heard on Radio 4 - the classic dark and hilarious take on mankind's final judgment, from bestselling authors Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. ![]() But what if, for once, the predictions are right, and the apocalypse rea. ![]() They don't let you go around again until you get it right' ![]() ![]() ![]() J has never seen a girl, and K has never seen a boy. ![]() What is the real purpose of this place? Why can the students never leave? And what secrets is their father hiding from them? Meanwhile, on the other side of the forest, in a school very much like J's, a girl named K is asking the same questions. But J suspects that there is something out there, beyond the pines, that the founder does not want him to see, and he's beginning to ask questions. The students are being trained to be prodigies of art, science, and athletics, and their life at the school is all they know-and all they are allowed to know. J's peers are the only family he has ever had. J is one of only twenty-six students, all of whom think of the school's enigmatic founder as their father. "Josh Malerman is a master at unsettling you-and keeping you off-balance until the last page is turned."-Chuck Wendig, New York Times bestselling author of Blackbirds J is a student at a school deep in a forest far away from the rest of the world. ![]() ![]() The New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box invites you into a world of secrets and chills in a coming-of-age story like no other. Neither knows the other exists-until now. Boys are being trained at one school for geniuses, girls at another. ![]() ![]() ![]() What are some of the excuses that are addressed in the book?.Overcoming excuses in order to live a productive Christian life. So pick up a copy today and let’s get started on the path to spiritual growth! Common Questions on No More Excuses – Bible Study Book It will help you to overcome any challenges you face and grow closer to God in the process. No More Excuses is the perfect tool for helping you become the man God has called you to be. ![]() ![]() When we view them as such, we can overcome any obstacle. But we must remember that these challenges are actually opportunities for us to grow closer to God. We all face setbacks and obstacles on the path to spiritual growth. The book also contains a section on the examples of men in the Bible. Each session includes personal-study opportunities for ongoing spiritual growth. No More Excuses is a Bible study book that contains eight small-group sessions. By studying their stories, we can learn how to overcome our own challenges and grow closer to God. The Bible is full of examples of men who overcame great obstacles and challenges in their lives. ![]() We must be committed to grow spiritually and become the men that He has called us to be. But when it comes to our relationship with God, there can be no excuses. In today’s society, it seems that there are a million excuses for why we can’t do something. ![]() |