Essays on Actors

“I just hope my death makes more cents than my life…”  This widely popular movie line unfortunately became a sad reality for one of the greatest comedians, actors and artists of all time, Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin. His “little tramp” character greatly delighted the audiences…

The speech of Charlie Chaplin’s that was from the 1940 film The Great Dictator (United Artists) is relevant to nowadays as it was in 1940. The film was five Academy Award-nominated, which plays off with the worst dictator of Hynkel, Tomaniya (a parody of Germany…

Everyone has heard of Charlie Chaplin once in their lives. There’s no way one hasn’t seen at least a clip from one of his many films or come across a work inspired by him throughout the decades. The character Chaplin created, The Tramp, has made…

A lot of people die and after a couple of years, they stop being a part of the lives of the living, no longer coming up in conversations and the evidence of their existence eroded with each passing day. That hasn’t been the case of…

‘My friend Marilyn’ is a story with a unique heroine named, Penny Parker. Penny is a plus-sized girl (the book says), who is feisty and quirky and doesn’t recognize that these things make her incredibly attractive. She is insecure about her looks, but she often…

Introduction Art can be seen as a way of communication. Art influences society in an abundance of ways such as introducing values and even shifting opinions. Art can also be a way to showcase one’s beliefs or critiques on society. For instance, Andy Warhol’s screen…

Before people like Lady Gaga and Beyoncé, there have been other pop culture icons among whom you will find Marilyn Monroe. Thanks to her beauty and elegance, she attracted some of the most sought after men in Hollywood and her love life was something that…

“All little girls should be told they are pretty, even if they aren’t.” As an icon of beauty, Marilyn Monroe claimed this to be a motto in her daily life where all she desired was to feel pretty. She spent her life promoting the importance…

Norma Jeane Mortenson, who became known as Marilyn Monroe, rose to fame during times of personal hardship, yet showcased the progression into socially desired femininity of the 1950s. Idolized for her attributes of representation of womanhood and her outlook on sex and body image, Monroe…

Audrey Hepburn was born on May 4, 1929, in Belgium. According to IMDb.com, her mother was a Dutch baroness and her father was a businessman. When her parents divorced, Audrey began attending a private all-girls school and continued attending private schools for the remainder of…

“We need each other, deeper than anyone ever dares to admit even to themselves.” – Patch Adams. Peter Carey’s story “Do You Love Me?” expresses how by default humans need each others’ love. The story follows the narrator and his father in a time where…

In the video “Patch Adams” we are pushed to see with the eyes of god, viewing people with no distrust or contempt. Patch grew up with a somewhat problematic past, and this rendered him suicidal. His father died when he was nine, and he never…

Will Smith as Detective Del Spooner rages against the machines. This film illustrates what the future may look like and how advanced technology in robotics could be a brutal mistake for mankind. It’s Chicago, IL 2035 and robots are improving and being put into every…

The Free Market is a Girl’s Best Friend When watching Marilyn Monroe perform a spectacle of a song such as “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend” from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes you get the distinct impression that there is a hammer hitting a nail repeatedly somewhere,…

To Be or Not to Be Monroe Monroe, a praised and celebrated idol, is rarely remembered for her admittance to the Payne Whitney Clinic for being suicidal. In The Secret Life of Monroe Monroe, J. Randy Taraborrelli exposes the pinup girl’s staycation at the New…