Mad Men, 1968 and Caroline R. Jones are about change during an era on edge. Each offers insightful examples of how people create change, how they maneuver it, and the consequences of it. Mad Men, AMC’s dramatic look at the sixties advertising world, is like a good novel or play exploring the constancy of change … Continue reading Mad Men, 1968, and Caroline Jones
“God and Nature first made us what we are, and then out of our own created genius we make ourselves what we want to be.” Marcus Garvey Big hair. Bold clothes. Brash moves. Loud music. Everything about R&B legend James Brown said it loud. His look, his music, and his moves made The Hardest … Continue reading Say It Loud….Thoughts on “Get On Up”
“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation…There is no play in them, for this comes after work.” –Henry David Thoreau There are men and women who “lead lives of quiet desperation.” Then, there are my friends who lead loud lives of pure delight. Their lives are filled with curiosity and adventure mingled … Continue reading Friends and Weekends
When or where the day memorializing those who served in the military began in the United States is unknown. According to many, it was initially known as Decoration Day, following the Civil War, when General John J. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic declared it as a time to remember the war dead … Continue reading Forgotten Memorial Day Story
Fifty years ago today in America, thousands of African-American elementary and high school children left classrooms, went to 16th Street Baptist Church, gathered at Ingram Kelly Park, forgot fear, faced fire hoses, and met the dogs and demons of hatred on their fight for freedom. Starting on May 2, 1963, the Children’s March moved civil … Continue reading The Do Somethings, The Children Marched
Shrouded in secrecy since its founding in 1913, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated embraces traditions characteristic of most college-based and graduate chapter sororities throughout the United States. Delta Sigma Theta sorority is a private, nonprofit organization of college-educated women, like most sororities. They have their colors, crimson and cream, or red and white in the … Continue reading Deltas: Floating Beyond
Movies released during the past several years and the announcement of the 83rd Academy Awards® nominations, prove Hollywood has not seen–or maybe has not read–the news lately. There is little evidence Hollywood fully understands how much the world has and continues to change. It is far more diverse. The lack of diverse images in mostly … Continue reading Hollywood, Change is Here
Why travel? Often people travel for business. Most travel to discover: adventure, unfamiliar places, history, others or themselves in others. For many American globetrotters, overseas travel is the only true means of building cross-cultural connections. I have friends who refer to themselves as world travelers, internationalists or global nomads. They travel the world. They trek … Continue reading Finding Cross-Cultural Connections versus Global Elitists
Moviegoers still exist. Movie marketing methods need revamping. Most big studios have a tendency to use the same marketing methods they have used since the advent of sound; and they generally market to audiences of the same gender, ethnicity and age range. Nothing new. No risks taken. No new audiences reached. Minimal to … Continue reading Marketing Movies
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