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A pejorative character in English literature and especially comic drama, as well as satirical prints, the fop is a foolish "man of fashion" who overdresses, aspires to wit, and puts on airs. He may also overdo being fashionably French by wearing French clothes and using French words.
The character was also shown on an episode of Saturday Night Live hosted by Damon Wayans where Anton testifies in the O. J. Simpson trial, and was also briefly in 1992's Mo' Money featuring Damon and younger brother Marlon Wayans. According to Damon Wayne on his HBO special One Night Stand, the character is based on a guy named Anton who dated ...
Many 19th-century nocturnes and intermezzi are character pieces as well, including those of Chopin and Brahms, respectively. Large sets of many individual character pieces, intended to be played as a single piece of music, were not uncommon; Schumann's many works of this form (including Kreisleriana and Carnaval) are the best known examples. In ...
In fiction, a character is a person or other being in a narrative (such as a novel, play, radio or television series, music, film, or video game). [1] [2] [3] The character may be entirely fictional or based on a real-life person, in which case the distinction of a "fictional" versus "real" character may be made. [2]
Especially popular objects of impersonation are Elvis Presley (see Elvis impersonator), Michael Jackson (see Michael Jackson impersonator) and Madonna (see Madonna impersonator). Other uses of impersonation for entertainment include male drag queens (previously called "female impersonators", although this terminology is now considered outdated.)
After seeing the film twice and hearing testimony, the English Court of Appeal agreed that the princess had been defamed. [1] In 1934, Irina and her husband Felix Yusupov were reportedly awarded $127,373 (equivalent to $2,990,000 in 2024) in damages, and $1,000,000 (equivalent to $24,000,000 in 2024) in an out-of-court settlement with MGM.
Jack Frost is the title character (voiced by Robert Morse) of a Rankin/Bass TV special produced in 1979. The character (voiced by Paul Frees ) also makes an appearance in the Christmas television special Frosty's Winter Wonderland and in Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July , voiced again by Paul Frees.
All of the stories were written for class assignments during his undergraduate years, thus his audience were his professor and classmates. Some stories are very controversial and self-reflective for those readers who are in their early twenties. He recalls the pieces of memory from his youth in the prologue, excerpted below. "My heart was ...