Mick Foley

When professional wrestler Mick Foley won the World Wrestling Entertainment World Heavyweight Title on Monday Night RAW at the end of 1998, he became a heroic character in the realm of pro wrestling, then at its height of popularity on cable television. Many considered Foley unusual as a heroic figure. His character blended masculine heroic qualities of tenacity, endurance, and hard work with characteristics not usually seen in the American hero: a need for communal acceptance, a desire for intellectual growth, and an unattractive aesthetic, with Foley’s missing teeth, severed ear, unkempt hair, pear-shaped figure, and lack of the muscular definition usually expected in the wrestling hero. Mick Foley is a paradox, as his character both embraces…

As an another example, the camera centers on Foley 's wife, Collette, and their two underage children, who are seated at ringside during a vicious I Quit wrestling match. Despite Foley trying to make sure his children that professional wrestling is predetermined before the match took place, his children burst into tears when Foley 's opponent, The Rock, starts striking their father with a folding chair. Collette, disturbed herself, tries to shield their eyes and eventually rushes the kids from…

It was the beginning of the football season everyone was excited but nervous at the same time. The team knew that in two hours after take off that the pressure will be on and the other team knew that too. The other team was more confident because they had home field advantage. The home team had more experience than the away team. The away team had two goals which were to have fun and hopefully win. Both team desperately wanted to win and this was because this game shows how ready you…

How does the comedic presenter Mick Molloy employ a range of language techniques to create a sense of group identity in the film Crackerjack? Consider the age, ethnicity, geography, social status and gender of the individuals involved in the interaction in your analysis. In the film Crackerjack, the presenter Mick Molloy is able to successfully entertain and engage a group of people through carefully selecting language techniques. Molloy caters his language according to age, ethnicity,…

I am writing to obtain permission to conduct an evidence-based quality improvement project using a pretest/posttest design in your facility with the purpose of evaluating the effectiveness of an educational intervention regarding the importance and use of the nurse driven protocol on nurses ' knowledge and CAUTI rates. This study will be done to fullfill requirements for completion of the Doctor of Nursing Practice degree at Regis University, Denver, CO. The following information is an…

A Foley Artist creates audio effects for a film by using physical props. As a Foley Artist, you are responsible for very specific sounds although you do not create audio for standard special effects, such as explosions or background noises from cars—that is the domain of audio engineers. Instead you deal with recreating the finer details that require a high degree of precision: The clop of someone's shoes as they walk across the floor or the rustle of their jacket as they sit in a chair. Your…

Mötley Crüe will wrap up their second Las Vegas residency at the Hard Rock Hotel’s Joint this weekend. The L.A. quartet’s plans after that are up in the air, but the end is nigh for the group. Frontman Vince Neil said over the summer that the band was planning a farewell tour next year. Nikki Sixx confirms that while the timing is not set in stone, the band will at some point in the future set out for one last jaunt around the world as "brothers." As the group gets set to put Vegas behind them,…

A Rhetorical Analysis on “Suburb or Nothing” in the Memphis Flyer What should the relationship be between the suburbs and the city? The very small editorial in the Memphis Flyer gives somewhat efficient details on the term “Suburb of Nothing” originated and quoted by Mayor Mick Cornett. The writer of the article in the Commercial Appeal’s, “Suburb of Nothing”, effectively argues his/her point via the use of organization, formal tone and appeals to authority. Doing so, the writer gives history,…

When Lee Lodge and Modest! Management asked Kate Moross if she would like to be involved with One Direction’s On The Road Again Tour, she did not expect to have so much creative freedom. Morris started this project last autumn at Studio Moross with a team full of filmmakers, animators, illustrators and designers. Even though Studio Morris covers everything from graphic design, to live visuals. This was the first time that all areas were brought to one massive project. With the enormous…

“Rock Awhile” by Goree Carter and “Devil Got My Woman” by Skip James have their similarities and their differences. These two male baritone’s songs have a similar format to their lyrics as well as a similar topic. These two songs differ in instrumental set up as well as delivery. In both songs Carter and James both talk of women in their lyrics. In “Devil Got My Woman” James sings of being “that woman man”, how she “changed her mind”, how he “loved that woman…took her from [his] best friend”,…