Television programs often retain an aspect of reality in order to relate to the audience and commentate on social issues. Although both The Goldbergs and The Twilight Zone address controversial issues such as gender roles, insanity, and ethnic stereotypes, genre differentiates their approach and their audiences’ receptiveness to change. Whereas The Goldbergs, an ethnic sitcom, addresses the external world using comedic relief, The Twilight Zone, a science fiction program, delves into the human mind using imagination. Despite their common efforts to direct social change, the programs are inverse images of one another, and The Twilight Zone’s genre structure allows it to resonate more with the audience. From 1949 to 1956, The Goldbergs dominated television as the first televised sitcom.
Over the course of human history people have always believed in a supreme, divine being, or a god. Today’s society is no exception, there are countless of religions from Christianity to Hinduism. The archetypal theme of “respect for the gods” in both Homer’s Odyssey and the Coen brothers film O Brother Where Art Thou? shows similarities and differences between society's belief in a god in the present and during the time of the Ancient Greeks.
Andy Griffith was the main star of The Andy Griffith Show one of the most, if not the most popular television shows of the 1960’s, and well after that as well. In addition, The Andy Griffith Show has given America a clear example that every television show does not need to be immoral to be entertaining. The Andy Griffith Show impacts and changes the lives of the audience all over. Likewise, it demonstrates that
The “I Love Lucy” show and “The Andy Griffith Show” are two older TV shows that have some similarities, but are generally very different from one another. Both of these TV shows were very popular and both ranked among the top most-watched TV shows in the United States. These television series’ have had a major impact on the television industry and the countless people that have watched them. “I Love Lucy” began in 1951 and lasted for 6 years, until 1957. Even to this day, this black and white film is still a very popular and influential TV show back from the 50's.
People today look for solid evidence to explain their wonderings about natural phenomena “Those with a magnitude higher than 7.0 -- more than doubled in the first quarter of 2014 compared with the average since 1979” (Yan 2). This shows how we rely on evidence to explain what is happening to the planet. Whereas the Greeks in 700 B.C.E. looked towards religion to find a
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“Cultural Invasion.” CBC Radio Canada, n.d., www.cbc.ca/history/EPISCONTENTSE1EP15CH3PA4LE.html. In this article written and published by CBC, it discusses and explains the emergence of american culture into the canadian society. The article discusses the links between the new era of television in the 1950’s and american pop-culture within a canadian setting.
Advertising through magazines and television defined and transmitted the role of women and motherhood (Stoneham, Holt). During this time the ‘Seven Sisters’, a group of magazines traditionally aimed at homemaker women some including: Better Homes and Gardens, Good Housekeeping, Family Circle, and Woman’s Day, reached over thirty four million consumers, which is a great deal of women to convince what lifestyle they should live. In addition, propaganda was used to put women “back in their place”, after mem came home from war (Holt). Many television shows presented a set example of a normal american life, the most memorable one being, “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet” (Stoneham). June Cleaver, Donna Reed, and Harriet Nelson were all television show mothers who acted the part of the idealistic housewife of this time period.
The 1970’s was a time for radical change. Within the radical change was feminism, sex and sexuality, and drugs. Although this may not have been part of everyone’s lives, it was there, and it was prevalent. However, in 1970’s television none of this was talked about. Even though the 1970’s was a turning point in censorship in American television, the ideas and values were still moderately the same as the previous decades.
You can’t scroll through Facebook without coming across the familiar face of Giorgio Tsoukalos from the show Ancient Aliens. With those outstretched arms, squinty eyes, and mad trademark crazy hair (which seems to get wilder every season) he’s the star of a thousand internet memes usually sporting an “Aliens” caption. He’s undoubtedly the star of the show and thanks to his popularity and internet fame almost everyone knows who he is, even if they’ve never seen the show. History Channel’s Ancient Aliens is a documentary style TV series that showcases the theory of Ancient Aliens, which is the idea that that intelligent extra-terrestrial beings visited Earth and made contact with humans in prehistoric times. According to this theory almost all
“The Ground That Opened Its Mouth: The Ground’s Response to Human Violence in Genesis 4”, written by Duke University’s Mari Jorstad, is a scholarly article that covers the idea that the ground and the early humans did indeed have a connection. Furthermore, Dr. Jorstad’s thesis appears to be that the ground is responsive to God’s will, and thus opposes human rebellion and brutality. In other words, the ground reflects God’s will and this often times clashes with humans and their behavior. Dr. Jorstad, in her article, discusses examples that exemplify her point from the Book of Genesis, specifically in relation to Cain, Adam and Noah. To start, Dr. Jorstad establishes that herself, as well as many other scholars, have interpreted the ground as its own being when talking about early Genesis stories.
Historical knowledge and science provide a point where biblical and cultural stories collide (Goheen & Bartholomew, p. 130). Culture is communicated through common stories and events. Science or the human desire to explain what is seen can be identified within Greek mythology throughout history to the postmodern views of today. The Christian worldview provides a basis for belief in a creator, not dependent on human action continue existence (Goheen & Bartholomew, p. 23). Scientific exploration and discovery is a part of God’s creation.
In this essay I will be comparing and contrasting the creation myths of Brahma, the Hindu Creator God, and The Ennead of Heliopolis of Ancient Egypt. I will be highlighting the following; how, according to these cultures, did the world begin, how did humans originate, are there any thematic similarities between the creation myths of these two cultures, what are the most striking differences and do they have any beliefs about how the world will end, or do they believe in some kind of cyclical renewal of creation. Brahma is the Hindu Creator god:
The term alien no longer has the mystery and excitement and possibility behind it, rather it has become a more colloquial term in regards to disbelieve. Considering the fact that there are movies and shows about aliens, one has to wonder, where did the idea of aliens come from? For over a thousand years people have reported seeing strange objects flying in the sky. Today the unknown flying objects are know as-UFOs, that continue to visit us, on a regular basis or so some say.
