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“There are 19 branches of this organization (listed below). Each branch has its own Executive Committee. You can become a member by (1) applying and being sponsored by two existing members, or (2) receiving an invitation from the Academy (issued by the Executive Committees during each spring). These…”
“George Gipp was a football player at Notre Dame in the late 1910s. His nickname was ‘The Gipper.’ He died of an infection during his senior year. In the 1940 film, Knute Rockne, All-American , he was portrayed by Ronald Reagan. In his deathbed scene, Reagan implores his teammates to ‘…win just one…”
“A grip is responsible for setting up the camera equipment, especially when the camera is doing something odd, like traveling on a track or elevating. The ‘key grip’ is – as the name would indicate – the manager of the grips. A ‘best boy’ is the assistant to the key grip. A gaffer is responsible for…”
“Howard Beale is a character in the 1976 film Network . He’s a news anchor who is troubled by the poor state of the world. At one point, while on the air, he is overcome with anger, and tells his watchers to open a window and scream into the night, ‘I’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take it…”
“A label for a increasingly common stock character in recent film and fiction. [Manic Pixie Dream Girls] are usually static characters who have eccentric personality quirks and are unabashedly girlish. They invariably serve as the romantic interest for a (most often brooding or depressed) male…”
“‘The Method’ is a style of acting that was popularized by the Russian actor Konstantin Stanislavski. It was made much more popular in the United States by Lee Strasborg. The basic idea of The Method is that the actor should believe they are the character that they’re playing. They should ‘lose…”