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  Married Lies - The Secrets...

  Sean Thomsen

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  The shocking true story of the lies and manipulation used by one of Australia’s biggest TV 
  production companies. 
    
  The full inside story of the bullying tactics, clever editing, and storyboarding used to create a 
  TV phenomenon. 
  In 2018, Sean Thomsen became one of the most recognised members of the TV show 
  Married at First Sight because he wore the infamous gold jacket to the reunion. But, like the 
  well-favoured stars on the hit show, Sean’s inside look at the world of reality TV revealed 
  that all was not as it seemed. Despite the promotion of ‘helping Australian singles find their 
  potential lifelong partner using the science of matchmaking’, the show has quickly devolved 
  into an oppressive ordeal – with strict rules, manipulative producers, and battles with 
  ambitious egomaniacs – and nearly drove Sean to take his own life in the aftermath. 
    
  Married Lies is Sean’s introspective account of his time inside the experiment; the lies, 
  harassment, and relentless social media abuse. Get the real, behind-the-scenes tale on the 
  producers’ whatever-it-takes attitude and ruthless focus on profits, ratings, and notoriety – 
  truth be damned. 
    
  But Married Lies is also a chronicle of transformation and personal power. By telling his 
  story, both a cautionary tale and a celebration of personal empowerment, With his extensive 
  knowledge of self-development and unique style, Sean will help you with making the first 
  step to change. 
    
  Married Lies will show you how to: 
   – Overcome adversity and redirect your mind 
  – Gain certainty and core confidence to change your career, relationship, or lifestyle 
  – Decide what you want and establish your true course in life 
    
  In Married Lies you will discover that no matter what life throws at you, your destiny is in 
  your own hands.

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  Boats on the Marne - Jean...

  Prakash Younger

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  Boats on the Marne offers an original interpretation of Jean Renoir's celebrated films of the 1930s, treating them as a coherent narrative of philosophical response to the social and political crises of the times. Grounded in a reinterpretation of the foundational film-philosopher André Bazin, and drawing on work from a range of disciplines (film studies, art history, comparative literature, political and cultural history), the book's coordinated consideration of Renoir's films, writings, and interviews demonstrates his obsession with the concept of romanticism. Renoir saw romanticism to be a defining feature of modernity, a hydra-headed malady which intimately shapes our personal lives, culture, and politics, blinding us and locking us into agonistic relationships and conflict. While mapping the popular manifestations of romanticism that Renoir engaged with at the time, this study restores the philosophic weight of his critique by tracing the phenomenon back to its roots in the work and influence of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who first articulated conceptions of human desire, identity, community, and history that remain pervasive today. Prakash Younger argues that Renoir's films of the 1930s articulate a multi-stranded narrative through which the director thinks about various aspects of romanticism and explores the liberating possibilities of an alternative paradigm illuminated by the thought of Plato, Montaigne, and the early Enlightenment. When placed in the context of the long and complex dialogue Renoir had with his audience over the course of the decade, masterpieces such as La Grande Illusion and La Règle du Jeu reveal his profound engagement with issues of political philosophy that are still very much with us today.

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  Making Radio - Early Radio...

  Shawn VanCour

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  The opening decades of the twentieth century witnessed a profound transformation in the history of modern sound media, with workers in U.S. film, radio, and record industries developing pioneering production methods and performance styles tailored to emerging technologies of electric sound reproduction that would redefine dominant forms and experiences of popular audio entertainment. Focusing on broadcasting's initial expansion during the 1920s, Making Radio explores the forms of creative labor pursued for the medium in the period prior to the better-known network era, assessing their role in shaping radio's identity and identifying affinities with parallel practices pursued for conversion-era film and phonography. Tracing programming forms adopted by early radio writers and programmers, production techniques developed by studio engineers, and performance styles cultivated by on-air talent, it shows how radio workers negotiated a series of broader industrial and cultural pressures to establish best practices for their medium that reshaped popular forms of music, drama, and public oratory and laid the foundation for a new era of electric sound entertainment.

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  The Comedy of Errors

  William Shakespeare

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  We came into the world like brother and brother; And now let's go hand in hand, not one before another. - Dromio of Ephesus 
  The Comedy of Errors is likely the very first play Shakespeare ever wrote, and for that reason alone it deserves a special place in literary history. Yet, despite the author's lack of maturity, the play is unmistakably the work of a burgeoning master. A farce of a type that was wildly popular in Shakespeare's day, The Comedy of Errors transcends its genre, and is as accessible and as entertaining as any of the Bard's later comedies. Revolving around the naturally comedic themes of identical twins and mistaken identity, The Comedy of Errors is a delightful milestone in the remarkable career of the greatest dramatist of all time.

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  Silent Cinema and the Politics...

  Jennifer M. Bean, Laura Horak,...

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  In this cross-cultural history of narrative cinema and media from the 1910s to the 1930s, leading and emergent scholars explore the transnational crossings and exchanges that occurred in early cinema between the two world wars. Drawing on film archives from around the world, this volume advances the premise that silent cinema freely crossed national borders and linguistic thresholds in ways that became far less possible after the emergence of sound. These essays address important questions about the uneven forces–geographic, economic, political, psychological, textual, and experiential–that underscore a non-linear approach to film history. The "messiness" of film history, as demonstrated here, opens a new realm of inquiry into unexpected political, social, and aesthetic crossings of silent cinema.

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  Jay Phillips: Mind of the Quiet...

  Jay Phillips

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  Def Comedy Jam and Comedy Central Presents alum, Jay Phillips, keeps the audience laughing in his new special, Mind of the Quiet Dude. Phillips was named one of the 10 Comics To Watch by Variety magazine, co-starring in three films that were number one at the box office.  His intelligent humor, talented acting, and unique storytelling have seen him compared to the greats including Richard Pryor.

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