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Bears - Beets - Battle Star Galactica: September 2007

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Bears - Beets - Battle Star Galactica. My blog for English 2070, Dark Comedy and Satire at WMU. The $30,000 Bequest. This story serves as a warning to how slippery a slope greed is. The couple began by only making small compromises of their morals and beliefs, but as time went on they continued to slide further and further into the depths of greed and eventually their own personal hell. Was he wronged by the family as a whole, many years ago and holds a grudge against those who were not even involved?

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Bears - Beets - Battle Star Galactica: Big Boy from Me Talk Pretty One Day

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Bears - Beets - Battle Star Galactica. My blog for English 2070, Dark Comedy and Satire at WMU. Big Boy from Me Talk Pretty One Day. At the end, he concludes that the real pooper didn't care, so why should he? I think that people should care, just because it is a natural thing that everyone must do does not make it appropriate publicly, the act, the view or discussion of the topic. It doesn't stand alone, most matters of personal hygiene, grooming and bodily functions should all be kept private. Oh - and...

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Bears - Beets - Battle Star Galactica: Final Paper Topic

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Bears - Beets - Battle Star Galactica. My blog for English 2070, Dark Comedy and Satire at WMU. I (quickly) tried to find an interview with Christopher Buckley after the movie was filmed, about Thank You for Smoking. The following is what I found and I thought the quote about good books=bad movies and bad books=Good movies was very fitting! CG: When you wrote “Thank You For Smoking,” did you see this as something that could become a film? CG: Were you satisfied with the film’s casting? In Case You're Int...

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ENG 2070: Dark Comedy and Satire: Get to Know Tom Perrotta

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ENG 2070: Dark Comedy and Satire. Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward."- Kurt Vonnegut. Sunday, November 25, 2007. Get to Know Tom Perrotta. The following quote comes from a 20 questions segment from Post Road Magazine. I agree with his views on the writing workshop:. Here's what he has to say about the screen adaptation of Election. From an interview at Zulkey. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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ENG 2070: Dark Comedy and Satire: "War Prayer" by Mark Twain (1905)

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ENG 2070: Dark Comedy and Satire. Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward."- Kurt Vonnegut. Thursday, November 15, 2007. War Prayer" by Mark Twain (1905). Then home from the war, bronzed heroes, welcomed, adored, submerged in golden seas of glory! Thunder thy clarion and lightning thy sword! I come from the Throne - bearing a message from Almighty God! Is it one prayer? Lest without intent you invoke a ...

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ENG 2070: Dark Comedy and Satire: August 2007

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ENG 2070: Dark Comedy and Satire. Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward."- Kurt Vonnegut. Tuesday, August 14, 2007. Jonathon Swift and "A Modest Proposal". I'm sure your first reaction will be 'What the -? Good I mean, you shouldn't take this literally. This is irony, people. Get used to it. Great satire is ironic. I want you all to check out this brief Irish history. Keep in mind, he's Irish. This cl...

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ENG 2070: Dark Comedy and Satire: November 2007

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ENG 2070: Dark Comedy and Satire. Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward."- Kurt Vonnegut. Thursday, November 29, 2007. In novels, we get more of the inner thoughts (psychology) of the characters. In film, we get the voice-over. I've been told (when writing screenplays) to stay away from the voice-over narration. It can work. It works in Election. Goodfellas. There are other moments in the novel where ...

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ENG 2070: Dark Comedy and Satire: He Blinded Me With Science (Fiction)

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ENG 2070: Dark Comedy and Satire. Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward."- Kurt Vonnegut. Sunday, November 18, 2007. He Blinded Me With Science (Fiction). How do you all feel about Tralfamadore? What do you all think of Tralfamadore and the Tralfamadorian way of life? Do you agree with their philosophies? Which one do you like most? What do you not agree with? Which was 'about people whose mental dise...

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ENG 2070: Dark Comedy and Satire: Onion-style Opinion Piece

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ENG 2070: Dark Comedy and Satire. Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward."- Kurt Vonnegut. Friday, November 16, 2007. It's the Great American Smokeout Day on campus but you'd think the library had been evacuated for some reason. What's going on here? I ask a boy or a girl that looks eternally twelve. It's the Great American Smokeout. We're trying to inform people of the dangers of smoking.". She ran of...