Dustin Lance Black Essays

  • Tylenol's Diverse 'How We Family' Campaign

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    How We Family The makers of Tylenol have served society for 60 years. This past summer, Tylenol set forth on a campaign about a larger message other than selling their product. As seen on networks such as ABC and CBS the advertisement “How We Family,” produced Tylenol, sells the idea that individuals are different and that all should be accepted. This commercial represents family in many ways such as multiracial, same sex, ethnic, and many others. The ad became a topic of controversy because of the

  • J Edgar Film Analysis

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    J. Edgar, a 2011 film staring Leonardo DiCaprio, is biographical drama that is, obviously, about J. Edgar Hoover. It was written by Dustin Lance Black, a LGBT rights activist as well as a gay man himself. It focuses on both the public political life and the private life of J. Edgar Hoover, the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The film jumps around in time, as the main premise is that J. Edgar is retelling the story of the FBI to a writer so that the public can know the

  • Proposition 8: Play Analysis

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    The Reading of the Play “8,” took place at OU’s School of Law on Sunday, April 19th 2015. The play is based on Proposition 8, which is the amendment to the California State Constitution defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman. Dustin Lance Black wrote the play in response to a court battle over Proposition 8, the California ballot measure, which banned same sex marriage in the state. The play takes place in a courtroom on June 16, 2010 as two separate same sex couples speak up and fight

  • Influential Achievements of Darren Criss

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    were along for th... ... middle of paper ... ...ne Video Clip. Youtube. Youtube, 20 April 2011. Web. 21 February 2014. Criss, Darren. “Not Alone.” N.p., 2010. MP3. Halterman, Jim. ““Trevor Live!” Talking to Darren Criss, Josh Duhamel and Dustin Lance Black and More!” The Backlot. The Backlot, 5 December 2011. Web. 21 February 2014. Healy, Patrick. “Glee Star Gets His Broadway Turn.” New York Times. New York Times, 2 January 2012. Web. 21 February 2014. Kloepfer, Sara. “Darren Criss, former Stuart