... performed in the Murray Kahn Theater in Stuyvesant High School on Friday night. Set in Broadway, New York City and Havana, Cuba, "Guys and Dolls- is a musical fable based on the short story, "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown-, written by Damon Runyon. It was later recreated by Abe Burrows, who turned it into this ... was produced by student producer, Stella Binkevich, and directed by student directors, Madelaine Bukiet, Suzanne Grandt, and Alexandra Rosenberg. The faculty advisor of this show was Vincent Grasso. "Guys and Dolls- is a sneak peek into the gambling world that dominated New Y...

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The Hannon Theater Company's adaptation of "Guys and Dolls" reflects a tremendous amount of work on the part of the actors and actresses, the directors and production staff, the orchestra, and the remainder of the crew. This musical is not ... of this musical in London a few years ago in which Ewan McGregor played Sky Masterson. To think that Obi-Wan Kenobi played this role! What really works in "Guys and Dolls" is that the sinners" are actually likable, while the "saints " are not portrayed in such a favorable light. As I was sitting in the theater, I was reminded of Julius Caesar and the ....

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... Back- In Steven Holtzmans piece "Don't' look back-, he discusses the arguments between todays' media and the book'. Many say that the internet, CD's and other technological medias are taking precedence over the original version of ... that supports this resistance, or should I say did. She was one who would want us to take time, and sit down read the paper, or a book. I would tell her I just don't have the time, and that I rather be able to jump online, being able to skim over a summary, or an outline on today's events. That was when we had introduced her ... digital media, I honestly...

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... proving their existence, that by acknowledged for either good or bad, they get noticed and what they say gets heard".) (Hebdige,Hiding in the light). Rap lyrics in the hip hop sub culture are about the problems rappers have seen, such as poverty, crime, violence, racism, poor living conditions, drugs, alcoholism, corruption ... 1992, 12). The beat can be traditional funk or heavy metal, anything goes. The most important part of rap is rapping, fans want to hear the lyrics. During every generation, some old-fashioned, people have become frightened by the sight of kids having a good time an...

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... Capone's gang. Today the members of the gangs are much younger than the first gangs. They are also dumber, for the reason that many of them don"t care about who they shoot and just try to impress older members. Gangs are all over the United States. Most people make the mistake of thinking ... There are many reasons why kids join gangs, and every kid joins for a different reason. Poor parenting is the biggest cause of kids today joining gangs. Parents who don"t care what time their kid comes home or where their kid is, can cause a kid to join a gang. When a child has to grow up in ... a v...

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... most frequent victims(www.mediascope.org). The way that music videos affect a young person depends on the individual, however researchers argue that when the lyrics are illustrated in the videos the lyric's impact is magnified by the images that accompany it (www.mediascope.org). Watching violent music videos may ... The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter 2003). One action that was taken to prevent the sales of music with violent and provocative lyrics were the Parental Advisory Stickers that are now placed on certain artist's music in order to give parents an idea ab...

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... wanna slang crack, or hold tecs, and do the concept You can't make loot, when your moms is smokin up the product I try to tell ya, don't let these streets f*ckin fail ya The way niggaz be gettin clapped sh*t'll f*ckin scare ya But in the dark, we ran wild, so we ... killin em Niggaz scared, can't stand still, like fuckin helium Fake niggaz, they don't go platinum they go aluminum Got em cloned the fuck up son, that's why we losin em I'm lookin at this niggaz longevity."1 But, quickly after, the ... artists is because a remote super-group of rappers in the industry represent the whole gen...

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... to Beatle music; they made sure that people were listening to the words and not just the music. The Beatles additionally used repetition in their music, in not only the lyrics but also the music. The Beatle's 1966 album, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band- is still considered one of the greatest albums ever made nearly forty years after its release ... Christianity in the Evening Standard: "Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue about it; I'm right and I will be proven right. We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first rock and roll ...

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... ghettos, it too has played an extremely important role in the lives of American youth today. Large numbers of "parental-advisory" and "explicit lyrics" CD's releases from disco-graphic companies are causing tremendous parental concerns because of their violent ethics. Parents are very apprehensive about their children's ... p. 181-184). There is a higher probability that youth and others will remember and follow the wrongly rewarded actions such as with gangta" rapers lyrics, where young people are positively rewarded for stealing, beating, and dealing and consuming illegal drugs, exactl...

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... bad reputation over the last decade from the gangsta era of N.W.A to a more present-tense 50 Cent. Some believe that thug rappers and their gangsta lyrics should be the gun-activists main focus. Jay Nordlinger states: "It must be, in part, a fear of uncoolness "of fogeydom " ... Mathers, better known as Eminem. Gay rights activists, Feminists, and many religions are appalled at his vulgar lyrics, and on many failed attempts, they have tried censorship against him. Lyrics such as, "You don't wanna f*** with Shady (his nickname), cause Shady, will f***** kill you,"" anger the average person...

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... In the song "Back Door Man" Howlin Wolf sings about how he is sneaks in mens' house when they aren't around: "Well the men don't know, but the women understand/ when everybody's tryin' to sleep/ I'm somewhere making my midnight creep." "I Get Around" is also a phrase ... ; Tupac says "All respect to those who break their neck to keep their hoes in check/ cause, oh, the sweat a brother majorly/ and I don't know why your girl keeps paging me." In the last line he is taunting a guy joking as if he can't understand why the man's girl ... using their respective phrases. Both songs also use s...

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... to be an accident that even as Ellison's hero asserts the "infinite possibilities" he makes no attempt to identify them. The Sambo dolls are something that can also be looked upon as being deeper than they seem. Sambo dolls are paper dolls that are described by a man as being: "Shake it up! Shake it up! He's Sambo, the dancing doll, ladies and gentlemen ... , he'll make you sigh, si-igh. He'll make you want to dance and dance- Here you are, ladies and gentlemen, Sambo, The dancing doll - pg. 431 The Sambo dolls are a white paper doll attacked to black or "invisible- string, which enables...

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... 's engery when he first joined them, He had a natural gift for gettting audience involved in his solos. . . He picked up the trumpet and played the hell out of it.' (Gourse 39) At age 20, Wynton was discovered by Bruce Lundvall, then president of Columbia Records. He immediately signed a deal and was told that he would now be able to lead his ... he echoed early Davis and Clark Terry he made the music uniquley his own. His music carried chill tone, and jabbing attacks,' and the now-you-hear-it-now-you-don't approach to the beat'' was provactive and intriguing. (Davis 1) As Wynton's caree...

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... records and no one was getting, however, as soon as the fans became involved it became a serious issue. It looked as if the violent lyrics in songs cause the fans to react violently. Then the media had a way of portraying rap music as all violent and negative. They never ... such as start youth programs and help build playgrounds. It is safe to say hat some rap music has violent lyrics, but at the same time, it also has a large number of conscience lyrics as well. When newspapers would quote a lyric from Biggie, they quote: "I got 20 Mack 11's, about eight ... 38's, nine Nines, ten Mack...

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... do with society problems through the eyes of a teenager. At the show, the first song they played was one of my favorite's, "Teenage Politics". Some of the lyrics to this song are, "No I'm not mad but I think they forget what it's like and how hard it is to be a teenager. This is a new ... religious songs. One really good song that they played there was "False Fiction". This song basically means that the world is going through such turmoil because we don't have Christ in our lives. "They guarantee our freedom but freedom isn't real unless you know Christ you wont know how I feel. Inflectio...

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... his life. Afeni and Tupac would live with Ray Luv and his family in downtown Marin City, known as the "Jungle." This is when Tupac first started writing rhymes and lyrics and started thinking more seriously about rapping. Tupac and Ray started to want nice cars, jewelry and a better lifestyle and realized they could have the opportunity for that through rapping ... together by reading many books on many different topics, ranging from Zen to Buddha, to astrology, medicines, and Cultural Literacy. He would attack the point of these books in his lyrics, questioning which perspective they w...

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... include Nirvana, Beck, John Mellencamp and the list goes on. The message is, censor obscene music and censor "pro-drug lyrics". These censors announced their plan to pressure major record companies to discontinue production of what they called "obscene" music and music which contains " blatantly pro-drug ... music takes the freedom of expression away form everyone, musicians and fans of every age. The increasing controversy surrounding rap music, with its rough-edged lyrics about sex and violence, has prompted two very different responses from black oriented radio stations in New York an...

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... " and not to community or religious groups. Community and Religious have been on popular music's tail for years, carrying out campaigns and banning music they consider offensive or contains "questionable lyrics". A commonly held myth is that people have the right to NOT be offended. Some people believe that anything THEY find offensive should be legally censored. It's like a law theyve ... April, Chicago radio stations receive 15,000 complaint letters protesting their broadcast of rock music. Æ'x Variety runs a three-part series on what they term "leer-ics," or R&B songs with obscene ly...

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... (http://www.btinternet.com) In 1992, he dropped his first album called "2pacalypse Now". The record gained political attention from the Vice President himself. Don Quale, said that "his album had no place in this society". The politics were frustrated that a young black male was brave enough to rap about ... . Tupac said the album "was his practice to introduce a center character through whom he could develop a narrative". The album was bursting with militant lyrics, illustrating violence between the police and young black males. Most stories in which violence encounters, often leads to d...

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... to be with the woman he loves, he needs to have professional accomplishments and material wealth. Gatsby's lifestyle and pursuits reveal these assumptions about wealth in his society. "Rich girls don't marry poor boys," says Daisy. Everything Gatsby has done in his life is to prove that he is worthy of Daisy. His participation in a bootlegging operation allows him to acquire ... they continually argue when Tom receives "a call from New York", but shortly after, they carry on as if no conflict had arisen between them. The song lyrics, Weeping in the Forest, by Archie Roach, are about the...

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... African-American community is rap music. Rap artists such as Snoop Dogg, Nas, DMX, and the late Christopher Wallace (Notorious B.I.G) & Tupac often use lyrics riddled with incidents such as the dealing and use of narcotics, promiscuity, robbery and homicide. The large exposure of rap music, currently one of the biggest ... lifestyle often glamorized by irresponsible rap artists. However, there are rap artists such as Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Outkast, and The Roots that write lyrics about the lack of racial unity in our country, oppression, and the disagreement of the rap style of the rappers...

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... teens (artandculture). One would think Billie's tragic childhood would leave her in poverty for the rest of her life, but luckily her amazing voice and intense lyrics would boost her to fame. When Billie was eighteen she moved to New York to live with her mother. . She admired musicians like Louis Armstrong and ... leaves and blood at the root/ Black bodies swaying in the Southern breeze/ Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees (pbs.org)." At the time these lyrics were shocking to America and I"m sure made a lot of white southerners very angry. Billie Holiday is a true American hero ...

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... originated? Salsa is believed to come from various different sources. It's been said that Salsa is the music of Puerto Rico. Others talk of its roots in African rhythms, Spanish lyrics, Cuban street bands, Caribbean song and dance styles and Latin American jazz. The roots of Salsa take us back to Cuba. Cuba was the home of diverse styles like son ... as Joe Cuba, Willie Colon, Rubén Blades, Ricardo Ray and Eddie Palmieri began to accept the commercial term Salsa to describe their musical concept. In the beginning years salsa lyrics mainly were about the problems that moved the people l...

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... in society. It has shown it's self to be a cultural mirror, reflecting the society of the time and changing with it. One can often listen to the lyrics of a number of songs from a certain era and get a feel of some of the major issues of time. The opposite can also be true, many ... popularity was mostly a symptom of the generation gap, but many parents put the full blame on rock and roll. Many saw rock with its rebellious tone, sexual lyrics, energy and faster and harder beat as subversive and a threat to the suburban way of life. It was often thought "evil", "garbage" and was sometime...

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... White, 13.48% African American, 0.42% Native American, 9.35% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 15.48% from other races, and 5.63% from two or more races. 39.76% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 230,546 households out of which 29.60% have children under the age of 18 living with ... them, 39.80% are married couples living together, 16.60% have a woman whose husband does not live with her, and 37.70% are non-families. 29.50% of ... males. The median income for a household in the city is $41,566, and the median income for a family is $52,413. Males have a median...

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