Essays on Entertainment

Renowned comic extraordinaire Scott McCloud believes that comics have been in presence for a relatively long time. He argues that many fine works of art are mistakenly classified as other works of art rather, as opposed to being referenced as comics. McCloud also clarifies the…

“Most non-Lebanese people passing by our pavilion at this year’s Cannes film festival seem to think that Lebanese cinema is only a decade or so old. Of course, they can be forgiven for thinking that, since the last decade has brought with it a renaissance…

Millions of people play video games, right? I mean, “interact with people on a screen”, sure. . . Why do video games hold 91% of us kids lives? Gamers are normal people, meaning, they go to school or work, come home, and play video games….

Maybe magic was born when humanity decided to make its first venture to come into contact with the unknown, as well as those hidden spiritual forces, with the help of which our ancestors had hoped to fulfill their desires, unachievable by ordinary means. How can…

Composers employ various elements of their representational mediums to elucidate their critique on the impact of political corruption on the individual and broader society. Through their differing textual forms, composers highlight the abuse of political power through acts such as coercive conformity and social conditioning…

Eve’s Bayou is an American drama film that was directed by Kasi Lemmons and released in 1997. Eve’s Bayou is about an African American family’s encounter with a Voodoo entity in Louisiana in 1962. The family members include a ten years old daughter, Eve Batiste,…

“Love, Simon” is a movie of director Greg Berlanti. The film brings us a closer view of the same-sex love in the modern society. Simon- the main character of the film- is a seventeen-year-old boy who seems to have a totally normal life just like…

A structure The Handmaids Tale is a dystopian novel written by Margaret Atwood. It is set in “near-future” New England where a group of religious extremist that call themselves the Republic of Gilead overthrow the United States Government. This novel is not only dystopian but…

When asked who I look up to, my answer comes without hesitation. I think of a woman that doesn’t let fame control her humanity. A woman who faced dragons, but slayed them, and continues to do so fearlessly. A woman who is perfectly imperfect. I…

Despite the controversies and critiques elicited by Tarantino’s film Inglourious Basterds and the Schindler’s list, both films have been described as masterpieces by many movie analysts in regard to their approach in addressing the atrocities committed in the Holocaust of the early 1940’s. Both films…