... facilitating the entrance of a cultural phenomenon. After several more years of monster movies, directors began to realize that people tend to fear change in the things they know the best. Accordingly, as America mobilized for WWII, the horror genre followed technological advancements closely with its own tales of science experiments gone wrong. Later, the government's mysterious tests of ... moviegoer could have been deceived or manipulated by a film's cinematography, plot, special effects, and so on. By simultaneously occupying these two roles, I could achieve a more enlightened unde...

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... I changed the character of Lysander from male to female, thus making the marriage between Lysander and Hermia illegal on the grounds of same-sex marriage rather than the misgivings of an overbearing father. This helped the young audience relate to the high stakes involved for the couple, ... , and made it a topic of conversation when meeting young people in a variety of circumstances. What follows is a summation of the interactions that best exemplify the common themes I encountered in people of my age cohort's perception of theatre, which I will expand upon by referencing recent findings...

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