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Blog Post #8 - Option 1

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I haven’t watched the Simpsons since middle school so about 10 years. I don’t remember an episode to its fullest, but I do remember the Simpsons Movie and can recall everything that happened in that film since I watch it time to time. While not an episode, the movie is portrayed as a looooong Simpsons episode and captures the same characteristics and theme as the show.                 From a Feminist analysis standpoint, there is A LOT to pick from. One of the biggest plot moments in the movie was when Marge takes the children and leaves Homer because of the jeopardy he put them through. This kind of goes against the whole patriarchy thing. Marge abandons her husband and takes control as the new head of the family. But this transfer of power as head of the family is soon under jeopardy when marge is trying to return back to Springfield with the kids and get captured by the villain. Making marge powerles...

5/9/2018 Blog homework

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The Fox network show Empire tells the story of a family in Chicago and the family feud of money and fame. The show stars Terrence Howard as a successful hip-hop artist who rose from the ghettos and build the multimillion dollar company to support his family in the expense of ratting out his now ex-wife and ex-business partner over a drug deal gone bad. Howard must choose between one of his three sons as the heir to his company, but the resurgence of their mother joins the battle of who can become the successful heir of the company. I think the show is boring and un-original, but it does have some good moments from an anthropologist and scholarly view. The show stars mostly an all-black cast because of the setting in Chicago and the origin of the family coming from the ghettos and was affiliated with a gang. The family, more so with the father (Terrence Howard), started out as a gang banger who was trying to support his family but also trying to promote to get a start on his h...