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Question: Manchurian Candidate?

What is the role of manipulation in the film and how can you compare this to Julius Caesar

Answer: “The Manchurian Candidate” – excellent movie, better with the Frank Sinatra version than the Denzel Washington version, but I digress.

The main characters were all brainwashed as POWs, in effect reprogramming them to perform behaviors foreign to them.

When the programming started to intrude on their subconscious minds, causing the nightmares, the protagonist (Frank/Denzel’s character) realizes he’s being manipulated to say and do things that aren’t true.

The assassin in the movie, programmed to a greater extent, is being manipulated into killing the party nominee, and can be controlled through the use of a deck of playing cards.

(First movie is set in the Korean War aftermath.)

Julius Caesar manipulated the Senate to support various activities of his, and, when the manipulation eventually failed, caused his death by assassination (Et tu, Brute? – even the man who he thought of as his best friend was in on the plot.)

In the following scene in the play, Marc Anthony goes on to manipulate the crowd into accepting the assassination, with all of the “honorable man” statements about Brutus, raising the anger level in the crown at the funeral to a frenzy.

Angelina Jolie draws criticism for being ‘too white’ to play Cleopatra in upcoming Scott Rudin film

Angelina Jolie is one of the most beautiful women in the world, but her “perfect” looks have some critics complaining she’s all wrong for her latest role.

Marc Antony funeral oration from “Julius Caesar”

Question: I live in the metro detroit area, need to find something for tweens, my grandkids are 12 n 13, will be here..?

next weekend for a week. Besides the normal Henry Ford Museum, Tigers, etc. Looking for less expensive activites to keep them busy, and it’s been a long time since I’ve had kids that age so not sure what would be fun for them! Don’t really want to ask them since a)they don’t know the area, b)want to surprise them with some things! Is there anything fun down at the Detroit River Walk? I’m looking for the Canton/AA/Rom/Ypsi areas n surrounding cities. I’m aware of Rolling Hills water park, and the local Metro Waterparks. I’m wondering about festivals/carnivals or other activities that are a little less advertised. Thanks!

Answer: I find the little things mean a lot, The dollar show ,icecream shop and if you dont mind a little drive the Toledo Mud Hens (the Tigers farm Team) is a lot of Fun and only $9.00 for any seat. Have Fun with your grandkids they grow up to fast.

‘Kids Read Comics’ event in Dearborn June 12-13

DEARBORN — Dan Mishkin loves comics and believes they’re for kids who like having their imaginations opened up — something he hopes to do with the second annual “Kids Read Comics” event at the Henry Ford Centennial Library on Saturday and Sunday.

2. Mystery Babylon – Texe Marrs NWO

Knox College scholars noted in The Wall Street Journal

Books about Abraham Lincoln by Knox College scholars occupy two of the top five spots in a “Presidents Day Reading List” in The Wall Street Journal. The two books are “Honor’s Voice,” by Douglas L. Wilson, about Lincoln’s rise to prominence in Illinois; and the new edition of the famous Lincoln biography, “Herndon’s Lincoln,” co-edited by Wilson and Rodney O. Davis.

Biography of Abe Lincoln

Classrooms of today retain time tested learning methods for their children, but are also leaning towards innovating the setting to adapt to the ever-changing times. The most highlighted change they have made is integrating software learning – such as telling time and learning about elapsed time – for a child’s learning. This is a great addition to a classroom that also keeps the promise of making learning fun, enjoyable and something that is well worth the time of a school age child.

More and more computers are now being installed in elementary school classrooms and more computer labs are being set up in elementary school. One very important software that is a “must-install” in this setting is software that will help children learn about telling time and elapsed time. this is because as much as it is a good concept to be taken up as a lesson, this particular math concept also needs much time for individual, pair or group practice. Having a classroom computer with a software for telling time is just what the children need – and not necessarily for the convenience of the teacher.

For one thing, having software on telling time and elapsed time will mean the teacher can simply design a short quiz that can be taken up by the students after the formal lesson on time, or she can also go with the built-in tests that are already part of the software. This is a good extension of the activity of telling time, and children will actually see this as a fun game instead of a boring drill because they get to work on a computer on an especially-designed kid-friendly format that will surely appeal to them. This activity is usually done in pairs so the child has the feeling of a support buddy when he finds a tricky problem.

Children of today are still bombarded with a lot of paper and pencil tasks, so it is important that they also get to move around the classroom instead of finishing one paper activity after another without leaving their seats. A computer with a telling time and elapsed time software is a great add-on to one’s classroom – such that the child gets to physically move from a tabletop activity to a computer and quickly settle into the tools and activity that he or she will find there. Thus, it is also a good exercise in navigation which is something that a good number of them also need at this particularly early age.

Most classrooms today integrate children with special needs. In the same way, software for time can also be adjusted to help children who are said to be slow learners know how to use the software and therefore learn how to tell time. Adjustments in content, skill set and the actual visual appearance are all present in most software to enable them – normal or children with some form of special need or in need of special assistance – to learn as well.

For next mayor, a life lesson in politics

From her early days at her father’s side, Stephanie C. Rawlings-Blake has prepared for her new role as 49th mayor of Baltimore From her early days at her father’s side, Stephanie C. Rawlings-Blake has prepared for her new role

Carla Bruni Biography

Question: What’s the best book copy of the play “Julius Caesar”?

I was just called to be cast in a local production of Julius Caesar, which will be cast next month. I’d like to go and buy a script, but, well, I’d like to get my hands on whatever “best” copy I can. That means a script that is small enough that it could fit into my coat pocket (so I can carry it where’er I go, pretty much), but that may also include a ‘notes’ section for any tips or historical notes that might be helpful for the play.
Lastly, something I can pick up for a reasonable price. Online if needed, and yes, ebay/half.com are legitimate.

Any recommendations?
….bonus points for a pretty cover! Haha.

Answer: The best scholarly editions of individual Shakespeare plays are the Arden ones. They’d have the best notes, but many of them involve disputes over textual accuracy rather than literary interpretation. Still, they are heavenly for the Shakespeare lover. They are, though, too large for your purposes.

For good solid texts with good notes and prefaces or afterwords, the Signet Classics editions are fine. However, some would find fault with the paper for an actor. But I suggest you use the Signets as your guide and pick out something that has better quality paper and larger margins with equally good (if not better) critical apparatus outside the text of the play (e.g., a preface or whatnot).

Good luck!

gua: Viola Davis joins Denzel Washington in ‘Fences’

By MICHAEL KUCHWARA AP drama writer Oscar nominee Viola Davis will join Denzel Washington in the revival of August Wilson’s “Fences,” arriving on Broadway in April.

Julius Caesar (Act V, Scene III)