It expresses a large number of references to other pop culture in horror and other categories as well. Frankenstein has stood the test of time and has become prevalent in pop culture due to it's strong use of romantic and gothic elements. ... In Frankenweenie , many of these transformations are pop culture references to famous horror monsters. ... A pop culture reference is the way that lightning is used to animate the creatures in Frankenweenie. ... Frankenstein has managed to stay relevant in pop culture due to its strong literary elements in Gothicism and romanticism. ...

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Popular Culture Since the beginning of popular culture, people are following the trends. Popular culture comes to us in many ways. ... Throughout the decades, pop culture has become an important part of our lives. ... Pop culture has evolved a lot since the fifties to now. ... The further we go from pop culture, the closer it comes....

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Pop culture does not run into peoples houses and say "Hello I"m here". ... Arnold symbolizes pop culture, but he also symbolizes the evil that can come along with it. ... Pop culture has a great impact on Connie. ... She was too caught up in her pop culture dream world. Arnold and Connie are the very definition of pop culture and evil. ...

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Wiltz's purpose was to tell how people look towards pop. culture in order to seek , especially after a tragedy. ... Its as if Wiltz is trying to be serious in order to get the reader to believe how pop culture breaks the ice to stay relevant and to make sure to not unsettle anybody after a tragedy. ... In the next section "comfort in continuity" her tone shifts from "earnest" to "humorous", making fun of the way pop culture wants people to feel better. ... Its as if her point is in her tone, people don't want to feel bad while a tragedy just occurred, so...

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For instance, pop culture, the hip current trends and interests of people and gossip; technology, the advances today that control most Americans daily lives; and how these things positively and negatively affect the American culture today. ... Which brings me to my next point in pop culture, the music. ... My last point in pop culture influences is the reality television shows. ... Now these things lead people to believe that all people with different colored skin were not born here, cannot speak well, or are not accustomed to the American culture, which is incorrect and racist on so many lev...

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From television to movies to music to the internet, pop culture is everywhere and causes a craze amongst young adults across the country. So why do many people look at pop culture with a negative connotation? ... As the author of "Bitch on Heels: Confessions of a Pop Culture Junkie", Lisa Miya-Jervis discusses the reasons she can not stop indulging herself in the wonderfully appalling world of American popular culture. ... This again shows that no matter what she does Miya-Jervis is in some way involved in dealing with pop culture, even if it is just "critiquing." ... "The other truth i...

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According to Rachel Drevno in her essay "Pop Culture Is Destroying True Beauty", we live in a society that supposedly prides itself on individuality and uniqueness but then turns around and promotes a popular culture that relies heavily on uniformity and a set of ideal standards. ... "Other people starve themselves, or throw up everything they eat, because pop culture tells them they aren't worthy unless they look perfect" (Drevno 69). ... This one of the example of the effects of pop culture in our society. ... In our lives, pop culture is often destroying true beaut...

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(Page 285) To correctly understand Dion's findings and the conclusion presented, a complete and accurate definition of pop culture is needed to fully realize the nature of Madonna's "business". ... (Page 234) Western culture dominates the popular culture market, which is sometimes referred to as cultural imperialism. Companies called culture industries produce and market it. Popular culture is globally pervasive making it an intercultural vehicle that is often seen as "the reality" of western culture by cultures the world over. ... Madonna, as pop-culture superstar,...

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Pleasantville When "90s popular culture collides with 50s values, chaos results," reads the film promo, but what really happens when 90s values collide with our popular culture representations of the 50s? ... Unfortunately I did not live through the fifties decade so I cannot accurately depict what took place, only what pop culture has told me took place. ... Their slang words were words like swell and dandy, but my opinion is that this is the pop culture representation of the fifties. ... The real question is; is it possible to determine what was the popular culture representation of the f...

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Women in Music Videos "Sweat until my clothes come off,"" "It's getting' hot in here, so take off all your clothes,"" and "Baby don't you wanna dance up on me,"" are all lyrics from popular songs in today's pop culture. ... And then there is the second pop princess, Britney Spears, "all grown up- in her video for "I'm a Slave for You,"" where Britney bears all. In addition to the pop stars of today, the rappers in the media also display women as just merely objects. ... Christina Aguilera isn't the only pop princess who's all grown up, Britney Spears is al...

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Although many different elements played a role in bringing about this change, the commercialization of popular culture was at the heart. The commercialization of popular culture dramatically changed society by bringing many Americans together while dividing others. First, I will show you that the commercialization of popular culture changed society by bringing Americans together. ... As with music this was changed dramatically with the commercialization of pop culture. ... Drinking is another example of commercializing popular culture creating a wedge in society. ...

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I sit here, a lonely Saturday night. I sit here and I scribble my thoughts down on this piece of paper (Though soon to be transcribed to a computer). Why thought? Why is it that I write? Society tells me that I should be out, engaging in benevolent activities, or spending well-earned currency on nam...

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MTV: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly "Mom can I watch channel 19?" "What channel is that?" my mom asked. "MTV", I replied. "Absolutely not", my mom said. My mom would never let me watch MTV when I was younger saying it had too much profanity and too much sexual orientation, yet that didn't sto...

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With many instances of descriptive language, narrative techniques, and structural devices, he compares the coolness of himself to the coolness of other blacks and also other cultures - mainly white America - in order to get the reader to redefine "cool" in order to apply it as a black attribute. ... He uses lots of references to concrete, specific examples such as slaves making their master's waste into a tasty meal (368) or creating the roots of so much popular music today in the plantation fields (368) or even introducing " bass to 20th-century American culture" (369). ... If Alexa...

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