“You Deserve a Break Today:” An Analysis of CBS’s The Crazy Ones “Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits, the rebels, the trouble makers, the round pegs in the square holes, the ones who see things differently” (Kelley 1). The Crazy Ones is a CBS sitcom starring the late Robin Williams as a mildly insane, but brilliant owner of one of the world’s best advertising companies, Lewis Roberts + Roberts. His daughter, played by Sarah Michelle Gellar, helps him to run the company, and with the assistance
There is car with a crazy driver (and we understand it from the odd moves of the car) and then a wounded man gets off the car and enters a building. The mysterious man goes to a room, grabs a Dictaphone and starts narrating his story. The things that happens in the opening sequence is very suspicious and strange. The viewr wonders why this man walks uncomfortably, is he wounded? Why at this late
‘Daybreak Express’ produced a lot of movement and very warm colors. The opening scene of the sunrise and the silhouette of a large city suggest a ‘new day’ or a fresh start sort of feel. The silhouettes of the people in the train station gives off a sudden feeling of rush also supplied with the crazy jazzy music in the background. The filmmaker creates a sense of travel by using the silhouette of the train in many of his shots. Not only is the train the main focus, but the cityscape and the components
Little Miss Sunshine pageant. There are several main characters in the movie. Edwin is an eighty year old grandfather who is living with his son Richard, Richard’s wife Sheryl, his step grandson Dwane and granddaughter Olive. During the opening scenes of the movie Sheryl collects her brother Frank from the hospital following a failed suicide attempt. He comes to stay with the family and he will require constant supervision. This essay will focus attention on the character Edwin (granpa)
secret is told to Elaine, and it even reappears when Ben races off to find Elaine at college to apologize. The scene when Ben is at the University of California, Berkley, and he is overwhelmed with all of the students, he sits down by a water fountain. Then, the song “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” by Simon and Garfunkel plays in the background. The water seems to be present in the scenes where Ben is very uncertain of his future and at this point of the movie, Ben is still unsure of what is going
Erika’s father had, despite the lack of mention of him in the film, exacerbated her madness from an early age. Erika’s parents, estimated to be in their fifties or sixties, would have been brought up in the Crazy Years. Erika as an unwed professor is proof that her parents, influenced by the Crazy Years, allowed her to focus on her career and not marital status. However, in matters such as sexual liberation, things were still as conservative as
Another instance of a similar casting decision was made for ‘Rat Saw God’ (2006), where in the opening scene Veronica is trying to track someone down at a rental car agency. The scene unfolds in two parts, in the first Veronica tries, and succeeds, to solicit information from Douglas a rental-car manager played by Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy. When Douglas appears to be out of information Veronica leaves, returning shortly after with a ‘disguise’ now wearing a different jacket and glasses this time
Examples: Director Terry Gilliam talked about when the Black Knight scene played in front of a liberal audience, and how they didn’t get the humor at first. At that time, there were major anti-violence and anti-war movements going on in response to the Vietnam war. Terry Gilliam said that they couldn’t handle the violence of the scene, but eventually came around when they realized that the scene was more about the crazy attitude of the Black Knight than the violence. When Arthur and Patsy left
psychedelic and Hallucinogenic tone. The tone of the film due to the score sets and places the film and an instantly recognizable era in America the late 1960s. The tone of the score compliments and enhances the dreamlike scenes that are displayed on screen in the film. The opening series of shots then slowly fade into “The End”. The song is by the Doors and has quite and exotic feel too it. With this suspenseful and dark song playing in the background almost as a theme tune, Captain Willard just continues
understand exactly what is going on in each scene, and the backstory behind everything that is said. They