Ravi Appaya

Ravi Appaya - Classics and Cinema

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#FunnyThing uses #tropes as satire to show how the modern audience is programed to label characters based off certain traits #ClassCin17

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Comedy is enabling audience to relate, #FunnyThing uses a normal looking hero for that reason #ClassCin17

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#FunnyThing uses first person omniscient point of view as the narrator is also a character in the story #ClassCin17

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#Spartacus housed American ideals of freedom and justice, although America doesn't always typify these values as we think we do #classcin17

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#spartacus must be viewed through the lens of the time period. the #redscare had significant impact on producer's portrayal #classcin17

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#Spartacus is an allusion to jesus, sacrificed himself to save the lives of many #classcin17

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Persians used insane creatures in #300Miller to convey to the audience how the Spartan army viewed some of the foreign forces #ClassCin17

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Visual contrast between light and dark in #300Miller plays big roll in setting the tone of the current scene #ClassCin17

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In #300Miller , emphasis is placed on juxtaposition between the slavery/tyranny of #Xerxes vs. freedom of #Sparta #ClassCin17

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@vaidya_neil Much different than the movies we see today. Today's audience loves the action scenes #ClassCin17

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Music changes in #300spartans are too obvious, spead up in times of tension, calm and happy in peaceful situations #ClassCin17

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Luxurious jewelry in #300spartans shows how #cleopatra era distinguished citizens from royalty #icy #ClassCin17

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@vaidya_neil similar to role of the gods laying groundwork for the rest of the heroes journey

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Baptism scene in #obrother= Lotus eaters in #odyssey , Pete and Delmar take part while Everett sits out #classcin17

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Man pushing cart in #obrother alludes to Gods foreshadowing the epic journey that will follow #classcin17

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Prevalence of music in #Obrother pays homage to oral story heritage of the odyssey #classcin17

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Compared to #PJO , #Troy lacks sanitization when it comes to gore. Shows target audience is fan of battle scenes, improved #cgi #classcin17

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Achilles is one of few heroes doesn't respect the gods. He displays this when he slices the head off Apollo's statue #classcin17

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Achilles is not our prototypical hero, has obvious character flaws that our generation doesn't consider heroic. #classcin17

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Different appearance of Medusa in #CoT vs. #PJO tells how the audience has shifted from monster centric to sensually based #ClassCin17 #rev