Unit 2: Pop Star---Stephen William Hawking

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Unit 3: Film Festival---Out of Tune

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Review of Out of Tune   Out of Tune is a comedy and tragedy movie with music. It is a Danish movie, which was produced by Frederikke Aspöck. The story is about a successful businessman named Markus who is in prison. He is so popular among people in the prison. In the beginning, he doesn’t adapt to stay here. He was beaten. After listening to a security’s suggestion, he joins in a choir, where has a experienced leader named Niel. When Markus joins in, Niel asks him to sing their song, using their skill. However, Markus has his own idea and he wants to change the song and style. He even wants to be the leader. Due to Markus’s desire to control the choir, he takes advantage of people in prison to help him replace Niel. Markus becomes the new leader, however, his ambition is found by others and they advocate Niel again. In the end, Markus is released from prison and writes a book about his life in prison. And he becomes famous again.   I think the special moment i...
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Reflection Unit 2

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From the text of what is pop culture, I have learned that pop culture is that collection of objects, people, events, and places that serves to mirror society and its members and to reflect their values and preferences. If we break down the term into its two components: popular and culture, popular means “of the people”, the common people or the population at large, not the elite or chosen few. Culture refers to the body of beliefs, behaviors, values and thoughts that influence us every day. It is a different definition from that we learned from unit one. There are four components of pop culture: object, people, places and events. At the same time, pop culture not only reflects our tastes and preferences but plays a a role in determining future fads and trends. In this unit, we have finished two presentations about popular culture. Because of this, I researched information and learned more about Stephen Hawking. He lived more than 50 years from getting illness to death, which broke doc...
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