An awareness in the different social context and the change in style and humour from irony to visual and witty verbal hint that the film is actually a witty satire of the superficiality of the American pop' culture that portray how society expectations dictate the ways things are seen. ... Clueless is an epitome of how popular culture can transform a society's etiquette and code to make them appeal to the updated audience and society. ... Similarly, in an American pop culture' set in a Beverly Hills high school in the midst of exaggerated plastic noses, mobile phones, drugs an...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Andy Warhol Andy Warhol was one of the founding members of the new art movement that began in the mid to late fifties, which was most commonly referred to as "Pop Art," which was short for "Popular Culture." "Pop Art" takes its subject matter from popular culture such as comic strips, motion pictures, and advertising, as well as ordinary everyday objects, which are portrayed by using various artistic technologies. ... The subject matter of Andy Warhol's earliest artwork reflected numerous aspects of American Culture. ... Warhol, thus, played upon this superficial personality of America...

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Madonna has influenced American culture through her aggressive acts and displays of sexuality, her inspiring, yet controversial music, and her outspokenness on many women"'s and controversial issues. ... Madonna broke out from the disco scene into mainstream pop with "Holiday", written and produced by Jellybean. ... Sex has clearly influenced American culture, and the way people act, what they wear, and basically who they are and idolize to be. ... Madonna has explored female fantasy and in this respect, she is to be regarded as someone who tries the limits of social codes, in a time when...

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Feminist literary criticism views literature to see how the culture, economy, politics, and society in the text oppress women . ... It's face suddenly pops up in my mind.... Overall, Anderson's use of the feminist critical lense allows the reader to fully grasp the gender roles and advantage that men have over women in today's culture. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Rina Angela Corpus talks about the perfectionism that revolves around ballerinas portrayed in Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan". She clearly mentions a number of instances in the movie that are portrayed accurately, which people overlook on a daily basis. In her review, she mentions that the ballet wo...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He explains that he was almost forced by social pressures to be on the football team to "perfect"" his social image: "I can still remember the ease with which he lifted the barbell, the veins popping through his bulging biceps...this was to be the image of my future" (Sabo 426). ... Take, for example, the idea of an ecumenical religious observance in which people from different religious cultures dressed in their respective ritual attire are able to come together and respect each other despite differences in creed. ...

• Word Count: 1724
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate