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Video essay exploring magician Ricky Jay's brilliant use of patter.

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• Pinky

Sources/References:

• https://blog.magicshop.co.uk/2014/05/effective-magicians-patter-different-types-patter-within-magic-tricks.html#:~:text=Magicians%20Patter%20is%20the%20name,one%20or%20more%20different%20purposes
• https://www.altaonline.com/dispatches/a4688/the-pledge-the-turn-the-prestige/\
• https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1993/04/05/secrets-of-the-magus

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Video Essay exploring cigarette cool in Rebel Without a Cause, The Maltese Falcon, Goodfellas, and many more.
 
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Music by Blue Dot Sessions

• Detailing

Sources/References:

• Video on Cigarettes in movies by PlumLite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUhVml6h7x8
• https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueFilm/comments/8h4nx4/cigarette_smoking_in_film/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvcF_1dWsFc

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Exploring mysticism, mystery, and the macabre in The Raven (1845) by Edgar Allan Poe.

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• Where it All Happened
• Emmit Sprak
• Sixmile

References/Sources:

• https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48860/the-raven
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5two65m1QE
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-387NMCR6w
• https://poemanalysis.com/edgar-allan-poe/the-raven/

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Exploring drug addiction, personal relationships, and fleeting happiness in Euphoria (2019).

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• La Naranja Borriana
• Kovd Lask
• Our Only Uplift
• Cobweb Transit
• Lacrimose (Piano Solo)

References/Sources:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62FYNwd-8Jo&list=PLfgAd5NFB64sDbsFp3bl2AgmvJRoga7zx&index=1
• Woodworth, R. S. (1921). Psychology: A study of mental life. Henry Holt and Co. https://doi.org/10.1037/13976-000
• Phillips, E., Kersey, J. (1720). The New World of Words: Or, Universal English Dictionary. United Kingdom: J. Philips.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphoria#History_of_the_term

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Exploring Shakespeare's influence, memory and trauma, and the cyclical nature of art in Station Eleven (2021).

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• Scals Derby
• Transit Chrysl

Other Music:

• Interpolation of Excursions (A Tribe Called Quest) 

References/Sources:

• https://shakespeareandbeyond.folger.edu/2021/12/21/station-eleven-shakespeare-artists-pandemic/
• https://shakespeareandbeyond.folger.edu/2021/08/27/speaking-what-we-feel-shakespeares-plague-plays/
• https://www.cbr.com/station-eleven-shakespeare-obsession-explained/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gTBdSyqzMI
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoPIcBwR1vA
• https://www.mytutor.co.uk/answers/5913/GCSE/English-Literature/What-are-the-typical-recurring-themes-in-Shakespeare-s-plays/
• https://www.newyorker.com/culture/on-television/in-station-eleven-all-art-is-adaptation

Image Source:

• https://media.wnyc.org/i/1600/900/l/80/2021/04/Shakespeare.png

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Exploring jury bias, hot tempers, and the value of human life in 12 Angry Men (1957) by Sidney Lumet.

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• Krok
• Just Tuning Up
• Castillo 
• Club Moka

References/Sources:

• https://medium.com/cinemania/12-angry-men-review-and-analysis-92d513db8a03
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzwPNMiQFf8&list=PLfgAd5NFB64sDbsFp3bl2AgmvJRoga7zx&index=2
• https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-film-preservation-board/documents/12_angry_men.pdf
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLFeLV9QS-8&list=PLfgAd5NFB64sDbsFp3bl2AgmvJRoga7zx&index=3
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0Tm-7DvR2c

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Exploring the role of vigilantes, public and private heroes, and the people's faith that good will prevail in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight (2008).

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- Minister Creek
- Four Count
- Rainday Textile
- Slimheart (Clarinet Leader)

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Essays on television, film, and the arts, revealing what makes them so compelling. Presented by Ayo Akingbade. New episodes every other Monday.

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- Cran Ras

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Exploring mafia texts, identity crises, and character arcs in The Sopranos through it's series deuteragonist Christopher Moltisanti.

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- Snowcrop
- Cold Summers
- Rodney Skopes
- Likin
- Selena Leica

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Exploring workplace power dynamics and emotional vulnerability in Mad Men Season 4 Episode 7 titled: The Suitcase.

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- Vernouillet
- A Catalog of Seasons
- Passing Station 7
- As Dust Gathers
- Ches Coreu

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