Sentences with phrase «on pop culture icons»

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Readers are used to seeing musicians, politicians and pop - culture icons glorified on the cover.

A frequently fascinating romp through American culture with the emphasis on pop culture (some would say there is no other kind), showing the myriad ways in which the figure of Jesus has been detached from theological or churchly connections to become an icon for the promotion of almost anything.

Emmy Award - winning television host Ricki Lake is a pop culture icon who has built a career on her graciously candid sensibility and her authentic, relatable nature.

Meme Status Confirmed Year 2007 Origin 4chan Tags rick roll, rickrolling, rick astley, music video, 80s, bait, pop icon, pop culture obscura, blacklist Memetics is the study of information and culture based on an analogy with Darwinian evolution.

, he also preceded Ready Player One in dreaming up the idea of people interacting with beloved pop culture icons (to a level of studio cooperation few believed would ever happen again... before Spielberg signed on for this film).

The first film to feature pop culture icon Hannibal Lecter (here called Dr. Lecktor), Michael Mann «s Manhunter (which shoulda been called Mannhunter) is very 80s and very inferior to the award winning installation, Silence of the Lambs, that came on its heels a decade later.

A Nightmare On Elm Street, of course, arrived from horror icon Wes Craven in 1984, making an instant star of Robert Englund and an unlikely, wisecracking pop culture juggernaut of undead child - murderer Freddy.

Pupils will discuss and justify reasons for succession with regards to pop culture (pop icons have been given as examples based on popularity, success and family ties).

Wonderful visual gags, impeccable character voices, and goofy takeoffs on icons of pop culture make this animated short on the painful and embarrassing emotional plight of shyness a delightful study that is, incredibly, both irreverently humorous and respectfully enlightening.

Ten years into her run as Penny on CBS» The Big Bang Theory, Kaley Cuoco is a certified pop - culture icon.

Simply put, when a game, TV show, or type of music attains status as a pop - culture icon, it makes a ton of money, then everyone in the industry tries to create their own version of it to capitalize on the craze.

But even though Nathan clearly hasn't reached the same level of «brand recognition» in the pop culture consciousness at large, and may never barring some pretty radical sexual reassignment surgery, he could well be on his way to becoming a videogame icon in his own right.

These icons of digital pop culture long ago escaped the narrow confines of video games, and have gone on to conquer the screens of our mobile phones and the walls of our cities, taking over clothing and packaging, and actualizing themselves into designer toys, becoming highly prized collector «s artifacts.

Director's Commentary mode — Specially marked commentary icons scattered throughout the game tell the inside story on how one of pop culture's most popular cosmic monstrosities became an RPG hero for great justice!

Eduardo Arroyo could be said to fit within the pop art trend, on account of his interest in the environment, his critique of our media culture which incorporates icons of both mass media communication and the history of painting, and his scorn for nearly all established artistic styles.

In paintings, works on paper and ceramics, pop culture, art historical references and icons from the East and West collide, often fusing into hybrid symbols.

Inspired by popular culture in all its forms, Sidoli places a special emphasis on Bowie as a pop icon, crediting the release of his 1971 album «Hunky Dory» as a defining moment in his development as an artist.

The emphasis on tragedy and pop culture in Ms. Rogers's work recalls Andy Warhol's celebrity icons and disasters, Mike Kelley's «Day Is Done» remakes of high school yearbook photographs and Karen Kilimnik's and Sue de Beer's trenchant forays into the female adolescent psyche.

In her signature painted and photographic portraits of family, friends, lovers, and pop - culture icons, Thomas draws on and deconstructs 19th - and 20th - century traditions of portraiture, replacing the ubiquitous white female nude with voluptuous African American women.

The artists on view in Outsider Art also share something beyond their often improvisational methods of art - making: Their works are woven together by common threads such as religion, the mystical world of animals, pop culture and icons of American history.

Here are the sickest pictures from the swarm of Instagrammers who converged on the rainbows, 3D nudes, and pop culture icons that ruled the fair this year.