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A New Age of Puppetry
Puppet shows have always been a way for people to take on different personalities, and speak more comfortably while directing attention towards the puppets and away from themselves. While there are still a number of popular shows featuring puppetry, and a few well known puppeteers, including Jeff Dunham, puppetry isn't as popular as it once was, with one exception.
By Daniel Goldman5 years ago in Geeks
Use Netflix Secret Codes to Find Hidden TV Shows and Films
Do you sometimes get frustrated scrolling through the Netflix menu or using the search feature trying to find something good to watch? Other than what the streaming service is prompting you to view based on new offerings they’re promoting or on things you’ve previously watched. To solve this problem, you need to start using Netflix’s hidden codes.
By Terry Mansfield5 years ago in Geeks
The 25 Best Free Online Movie Streaming Sites in January 2021
1. 5movies 5movies is one of the best sites to watch movies online free for users looking for a good collection of the latest movies to watch. This website has a lot of free movie streaming, and TV series updated regularly. Multiple streams are available for each of the free movies and tv series, making it easier for the user to select any stream of their choice based on what works best for them.
By Student Matters5 years ago in Geeks
Pinky Penguin and the Constant Tragedy of Being
Obsolescence is perhaps the most impeccably-crafted thematic through-line in Netflix Original Series BoJack Horseman. As the characters continue to exist in an ever-changing world, their purposes shift, shrink, and develop in meaningful ways, and they must with the existential terror that comes with that. As BoJack himself once says, “Life’s a series of closing doors.” Opportunities and options for the characters are constantly being lost, and every time a door slams, a new conflict arises. Princess Caroline learns to let go of some of her responsibility as a manager to flourish as a mother. Mister Peanutbutter becomes comfortable being by himself. Even Diane learns to be happy. As the audience, we watch these new characters adapt to new situations and fail spectacularly, learning slowly along the way. But this essay isn’t about them. This essay is about the very first particle of obsolescence we get in the series: Pinky Penguin.
By Steven Christopher McKnight5 years ago in Geeks
Rush(2013)- Review
Rush is a biographical sports film focusing on the 1976 Formula 1 Season and James Hunt & Nikki Lauda in particular. Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) is a hot headed, buoyant, playboy British driver, while Lauda (Daniel Brühl) is a calm, intellectual, meticulous Austrian. The two initially cross paths in the formative years of their driving careers, in Formula 3. A minor incident during the London race of the 1970 Formula 3 season depicts the beginning of the fierce rivalry that was going to culminate in the coming years. Having gained experience in the lower tier of the motor sport, both the drivers wish to be in a Formula 1 car and on the top step of the podium. But this isn’t an easy task and will require getting rid of multiple speed breakers along the way. Both the drivers overcome their individual challenges and start their journey in F1. The 1976 season starts and the two are pegged to be the only major title contenders. The film then showcases the build-up to the famous rivalry, their personal lives and the big story that was to become on the race track, all during the 1976 F1 season.
By The Couch Review5 years ago in Geeks
Queen(2013)- Review
Queen is a comedy drama film starring Kangana Ranaut as the lead, who plays the role of Rani Mehra. Rani is a timid & shy girl living in Delhi with her parents. During her college days she falls in love with Vijay (Rajkummar Rao) and is to marry him in a big Indian wedding. The story kicks off when Vijay, on the eve of their wedding day, informs Rani that he has had a change of heart and thinks they are not right for each other. Dejected and heartbroken Rani feels she should build up the courage to be independent and bold rather than being helpless and reliant. With this epiphany she asks her parents to let her go by herself on the pre-planned honeymoon she was supposed to go with Vijay. Hesitant & scared her parents allow her to go. Rani starts her journey in Paris where she meets Vijayalakshmi (Lisa Haydon) a free spirited single mother. Alien to the European ethos initially she gets astounded by the city and its culture, but with a few passing days she gets comfortable and starts enjoying her solo trip, with the next stop at Amsterdam. The film carries on till the end in similar fashion with Rani trying fresh experiences, making new friends & creating life long memories all of which helps her find her own individuality and become a liberated women of the 21st century.
By The Couch Review5 years ago in Geeks
Social Commentary, Gender and Racial Representation in The Powerpuff Girls
Like most well-received animated TV shows, Craig McCracken’s nostalgic revving, half episodic half serial, The Powerpuff Girls was made for kids to enjoy as well as adults. Three little girls fighting crime is enough to get many kids interested, but when tongue and cheek innuendo is added to the mix, it’s not that difficult to also get the parents' and/or babysitters’ attention. With this comes many opportunities for the show creators to make commentary on American society and lightly criticize it. Like many other popular cartoons of the 1990s, The Powerpuff Girls often pushed the limits of representation through satire. The show’s social commentary, though subtle and easy to miss, is ultimately strong enough to be reflected when watching through a critical lens. Though The Powerpuff Girls does a good job at acknowledging the problems reflected in American society, it does almost too good of a job to the point where the viewer has to incessantly question if the show is indeed challenging these norms or celebrating and reinforcing them as normal.
By Mariah Mickens5 years ago in Geeks
Jawaani Jaaneman(2020)- Review
Jawaani Jaaneman is comedy-drama film revolving around Jaswinder Singh (Saif Ali Khan) or better known as Jazz. Jazz employs a free going and carefree attitude, and works with his brother (Kumud Mishra) as a property broker in and around London. Jazz is not too big on serious relationships and avoids commitments whenever he can. At night he parties with his close friend Rocky (Chunky Pandey), the pair maybe getting old but their spirits still remain youthful and continue to live the lifestyle they have been accustomed to, into their 40’s. Jazz is disinterested in having a traditional ‘Indian family-life’, and has a slew of one-night stands. Little did he know on one of the several rendezvous with women, he has fathered a child (Alaya Furniturewala), the existence of whom he learns after almost two decades when she comes to London looking to get acquainted with him. Jazz, being in his 40’s is barely able to keep up with his womanizer-carefree lifestyle, is dreading the advent of a new problem he finds himself in with a young daughter coming in his life which he didn’t know existed, and to make matters worse, is pregnant. In the coming months Jazz tries to juggle between taking care of his daughter, to keep her as a secret to his family, continue living his lifestyle and on top of that being in the middle of an important multi-million pound deal. Jazz trying to manage it all gets into funny and hilarious situations and in the way somehow finds himself.
By The Couch Review5 years ago in Geeks
