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britesparc · 3 years

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Weekend Top Ten #481

Top Ten Pixar Villains

Those rascals and rapscallions at Pixar are famous for twisting our emotions, aren’t they? Perverse masters at making us cry with sadness or joy, often at the same time (I’m looking at you, Inside Out, with your yellow and blue marbles). Oh yes, they’ll stick the knife in and give it a good old yank, like John Travolta teaches his daughter to do in Face/Off when he’s not really John Travolta and it’s a bit icky but then she stabs him at the end of the film so it’s alright really.

Where was I?

Oh yeah. Pixar, renowned for turning grown men into blubbering messes, mostly because an adult character was convinced to part with old toys he no longer plays with. But I’d argue that one thing they’ve done less well than their parent studio (that’s Disney) is crafting iconic baddies. I mean, we all know the Disney Villains; they’re so iconic and successful as pop culture icons that there’s an entire trilogy of movies based on what would happen if a bunch of them had kids (apparently they’d sing a lot). Pixar baddies though? Hmmm, maybe not quite so iconic. I can’t see someone making a live action prequel movie about Chef Skinner.

But that’s not to say they’re not great; in fact, rather than going down the route of snarling, moustache-twirling villainy, Pixar actually does a great job in creating antagonists instead. Sometimes they’re misunderstood; sometimes they’re not the person you thought they were! Quite often some kind of redemption is offered, and the villains are very, very rarely dropped off something tall. A lot of them aren’t even defeated, so to speak! A good deal of nuance and shade goes into a Pixar villain, and if they haven’t made as many all-time-great iconic ne’er-do-wells, it does seem as if their approach is starting to rub off on Disney mothership (the likes of Frozen II and Moana either don’t have, or at least subvert, the notion of all-powerful bad guys).

So what do we have? Well, hopefully, we’ve got a list of really cool villains from Pixar movies. most of them are presented as the film’s “big bad”, although there are a couple of lesser baddies. And I think we do see the pattern emerging, of more mundane levels of villainy; the selfish and greedy and damaged. It makes for great characterisation and some beautiful storytelling; some complex and pitiable characters. And, yes, a few absolute bastards too. Let’s tut disapprovingly.

Lots-o��-Huggin’ Bear (Ned Beatty, Toy Story 3, 2010): a superb performance from Beatty as a seemingly nice, jovial old bear who’s really a manipulative, power-hungry, gaslighting bully. Realistically portrayed as damaged and bitter, he has a tragic backstory that feels real, and a sense of pain and loss that feels earned in this universe. Questions the nature of everything the movies are about, and is a genuine threat in more ways than one. Plus he literally leaves them all to die in the furnace!

Syndrome (Jason Lee, The Incredibles, 2004): Buddy Pine’s backstory is one of belittlement and rejection, so his switch to villainy is as well explored as many a comic book bad guy. But he’s interesting partly in what his character says about Mr. Incredible – in a way justifying the criticisms of superheroes, as Mr. I does ignore the admittedly-annoying Buddy rather than mentoring or respecting him – but also because he prefigures notions of toxic masculinity about a decade or so before they became, well, a threat to global democracy.

Al (Wayne Knight, Toy Story 2, 1999): Like how Lots-o can be seen as a dark examination of toy life (all toys are replaceable, kids don’t really love you, etc), Al also shows us another dark facet of toy-dom: namely the life of a “collectable”. Toys, in this world, want to be played with, preferably by children, so a big ol’ man-child who stores them in boxes or puts them on display is not ideal. It’s an inversion of what a toy is for; an object of joy reduced to a commodity. Is it entertainment versus art? Who can say? Also, he’s really just a massive jerk and a huge slob, so we feel no pity for him once he gets his comeuppance at the end of the film.

Sid Phillips (Erik von Detten, Toy Story, 1995): man, they nailed the Toy Story villains, didn’t they? Maybe there’s even more to come! But right out of the gate, Sid was a classic. An utter sadist in a skull t-shirt, torturing toys for kicks; adults can see the traits of a genuine sociopath (some serial killers start by torturing animals, remember!), and he’s portrayed like a character in a horror movie. Seriously, in 1995, Sid’s room was legitimately disturbing. I’m not sure what moral lessons his actions teach us, but just as a pure article of terror, he’s supreme.

Hopper (Kevin Spacey, A Bug’s Life, 1998): it feels a bit weird, if I’m honest, to celebrate a Spacey performance. But as a character, Hopper is excellent, one of the best things about the generally-overlooked-but-still-a-bit-lesser-Pixar Bug’s Life. Riffing on biker gangs, Hopper’s locust swarm in, revving their wings. Hopper’s a classic tough guy thug, dominating through violence and threat; a creature with a small amount of power determined to hold onto it, and ultimately eaten by a terrifying bird. Just don’t look at the cast list.

Ernesto de la Cruz (Benjamin Bratt, Coco, 2017): after the horror of Sid and the thuggery of Hopper, de la Cruz is a different, more insidious villain. He’s a thief and a betrayer who exploited and murdered his best friend, condemning him not just to death but to a forgotten obsolescence in the afterlife. He’s a perfect example of the gaslighting, friendly-seeming bad guy, more in the mould of Lots-o, but with the world on his side and a sweet guitar. Genuinely hissable.

Stinky Pete (Kelsey Grammar, Toy Story 2, 1999): what, more Toy Story? Well, yeah. Don’t blame me, blame Pixar. And so Stinky Pete; a far more relatable and understandable villain, one driven to desperation through a lifetime of rejection and broken promises. Unlike the Machiavellian, power-hungry Lots-o, Pete just wants everyone to retire quietly together; he can’t accept the risks of freedom and only becomes sneaky and, indeed, violent after all else fails. But he does kinda get a happy ending, even if he doesn’t realise it; this is a villain who I feel could eventually be redeemed.

Randall Boggs (Steve Buscemi, Monsters, Inc., 2001): Waternoose is the real baddy in Monsters, Inc., of course; a conniving capitalist who’s prepared to sacrifice the world’s children to keep his monopoly. But it’s Randy who sticks in the mind; his selfish, vain lackey, a monster with a huge chip on his shoulder. His design – lizard-like, snake-ish, with a huge mouth and invisibility – is seriously disturbing. Hearing Buscemi’s voice come from that form – an aggravated teacher, a furious accountant – adds something special, something darkly hilarious.

Evelyn Deavor (Catherine Keener, Incredibles 2, 2018): visually and conceptually, The Screenslaver (great name) is pretty cool, but when it’s revealed that the Big Bad is really under-appreciated tech genius Evelyn, that’s a great twist. A smart woman propping up her schmoozing brother, her criticisms of the heroes – like Buddy Pine’s – have resonance, although she’s learning the wrong lessons from tragedy. Her relationship with Elastigirl, from friendship to enmity, is very well-written and performed, and her belligerence at the end is a nice touch, denying the heroes of any catharsis from her capture.

Shelby Forthright (Fred Willard, WALL-E, 2008): I was originally going to feature the autopilot, but then I figured, if you can get Fred Willard in your list… and really, who’s the big villain here? It’s us, right? We killed the Earth. But Willard’s smiling, happy CEO is there, encouraging his customers to buy, promising them safety and security, promising them a repaired world… but really he’s shovelling them off the planet, secretly commanding the computer to take humanity far away and never look back. It’s a devious, horrible plan, giving the people unending luxury, making them want for nothing, turning them into fab, soporific blobs, basically because that’s easier than the alternative. It’s a horrible indictment of humanity (also: he’s the CEO of a company, but also – it looks like – that makes him rule the world? Creepy). So, yeah, the autopilot might be a baddun, but it’s the man in charge who’s the real villain of the piece, even hundreds of years later.

Sadly no room for John Lasseter, who may not have tried to enslave humanity or torture children, but still managed to be a huge jerk and a phenomenal disappointment.

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beautifulfaaces · 4 years

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Male English Masterlist

2010s

Benjamin Evan Ainsworth

2000s

Brenock O'Connor

Isaac Rouse

Jake Dunn

Kit Connor

Louis Partridge

Tom Taylor

William Gao

90s

Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Adam Long

Alex Arnold

Alex Lawther

Alex Pettyfer

Alex Roe

Alex Sawyer

Asa Butterfield

Ash Stymest

Ashley Charles

Ben Allen

Ben Hardy

Ben Hawkey

Ben Radcliffe

Bertie Gilbert

Bill Milner

Bobby Lockwood

Brad Kavanagh

Chance Perdomo

Charlie Heaton

Chuku Modu

Connor Swindells

Callum Turner

Damson Idris

Danny Griffin

Declan McKenna

Dev Patel

Dominic Sherwood

Douglas Booth

Ed Sheeran

Edward Bluemel

Elliot Knight

Eugene Simon

Fady Elsayed

Finn Cole

Finney Cassidy

Finnlay Davis

Fionn Whitehead

Freddie Highmore

Freddy Carter

George MacKay

Gregg Sulkin

Harris Dickinson

Hero Fiennes-Tiffin

Himesh Patel

Jack O'Connell

Jacob Dudman

Jeremy Irvine

Joe Ashman

Jack McMullen

Jonah Hauer-King

Josh Dylan

Josh O’Connor

John Boyega

Kedar Williams-Stirling

Laurence Belcher

Laurie Davidson

Letitia Wright

Liam Payne

Lucien Laviscount

Luke Newton

Luke Pasqualino

Matt Kane

Ned Porteous

Oliver Stark

Ollie Barbieri

Otto Farrant

Rhys Matthew Bond

Robbie Kay

Ronan Parke

Sam Clemmett

Sam Fender

Sam Jackson

Sean Teale

Sebastian de Souza

Skandar Keynes

Theo Graham

Thomas Brodie Sangster

Toby Wallace

Tom Brittney

Tom Holland

Tom Webb

Tristan Evans

Viveik Kalra

Zayn Malik

80s

Adam Campbell

Anthony Lewis

Eddie Redmayne

Alex Lanipekun

Alex Sharp

Alfie Owen-Allen

Alfred Enoch

Allen Leech

Aml Ameen

Andrew Garfield

Andrew Hayden Smith

Arthur Darvill

Ashley Taylor Dawson

Augustus Prew

Barry Sloane

Ben Davies

Ben Lloyd-Hughes

Benjamin Stone

Ben Aldridge

Ben Barnes

Ben Lamb

Ben Robson

Ben Whishaw

Billy Howle

Bradley James

Charles Mnene

Charlie Hunnam

Christian Cooke

Daniel Anthony

Daniel Kaluuya

Daniel Sharman

David Gandy

Dimitri Leonidas

Ed Weeks

Ed Westwick

Elyes Gabel

Finn Jones

Freddie Stroma

Gary Carr

George Young

Giles Matthey

Gregg Chillin

Harry Hadden-Paton

Henry Cavill

Henry Golding

Liam Garrigan

Jack Donnelly

Jack Farthing

Jason Wong

Jay Ali

Joey Batey

Joe Cole

Joe Dempsie

Joel Fry

John Dagleish

Jon Foo

Joseph Gilgun

Joseph Morgan

Josh Beech

Josh Bowman

Joshua McGuire

Jules Knight

Julian Morris

Kirk Barker

Kit Harington

Louis Cordice

Luke Thompson

Matt Stokoe

Mitch Hewer

Matt Smith

Matthew Beard

Matthew Lewis

Max Brown

Max Irons

Michael Malarkey

Michael Socha

Mike Bailey

Nicholas Hoult

Nick Hendrix

Nyasha Hatendi

Oliver Jackson-Cohen

Peter Gadiot

Rafi Gavron

Rahul Kohli

Reece Noi

Ricky Whittle

Riz Ahmed

Rob Damiani

Rob Heaps

Robert Pattinson

Sam Palladio

Sebastian Armesto

Scott Rose-Marsh

Taylor Hart

Tom Austen

Tom Bateman

Tom Burke

Tom Hiddleston

Tom Hopper

Tom Hughes

Tom Payne

Tom Riley

Tom Sturridge

William Moseley

70s

Andrew Buchan

Andrew Lee Potts

Aynsley Lister

Ben Bailey Smith

Benedict Cumberbatch

Blake Ritson

Callum Blue

Casper Zafer

Christian Bale

Colin Lawrence

Geoffrey Streatfeild

Gideon Emery

Idris Elba

Julian Ovenden

Lee Ross

Neil Jackson

Jude Law

Matthew Goode

Nicholas Bishop

Nick Frost

Orlando Bloom

Richard Armitage

Robert James Collier

Rupert Evans

Rupert Young

Russell Brand

Scott Speedman

Simon Pegg

Tobias Menzies

Tom Hardy

60s

Ace Bhatti

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Andy Nyman

Ben Chaplin

Ben Daniels

Ben Miles

Ben Miller

Brendan Coyle

Colin Firth

Daniel Craig

Dave Legeno

Gavin Rossdale

Greg Wise

Hugo Weaving

Jason Isaacs

James Purefoy

Jason Flemyng

Jason Statham

Luke Goss

Nathaniel Parker

Nicholas Gleaves

Paul Blackthorne

Richard Dillane

Stephen Moyer

Toby Jones

50s

Alex Jennings

Delroy Lindo

Gary Oldman

40s

Alan Rickman

Ben Cross

Ben Kingsley

Bill Nighy

Danny Webb

David Bowie

Jim Broadbent

Michael Gambon

Philip Jackson

30s

Derek Jacobi

Tom Baker

Tom Courtenay

Unknown Birthday

Charlie Anson

Chris J Gordon

Daniel Fraser

Hainsley Lloyd Bennett

Jacob Collin-Levy

Kit Clarke

Mark Strepan

Tom Turner

Tom York

Trey Tucker

Yasen Atour

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rhinocerosproject · 5 years

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Sewing Circle Participants

Thank you to everyone who participated in sewing the rhinoceros! We could never have finished it without you. You are forever in our hearts.

Deanna Cruise back

Juliana Pennington shoulder

Yue Yang Caigla Zou back

Yuen (Jessica) Chen back

Kelly White shoulder

Athena Johns leg

Antoinette Barton head

Erica Lipshultz rump

Marc Fletcher back left foot

Siobhan Cassidy front right leg

Elisa Li head

Harry Yu head

Beth Thomas snout

Erica Barajas forehead

Vivian Romney shoulder

Zoe Walker head

Amy Khalmann rear flank

Alina Hayes feet

Janice Wood rear flank

Barb Bakun head

Andi Wong rear flank

Sarah Stein back, thigh

Chloe Marrinstein head, foot, outline, da booty

Sadie Marrinstein thigh

Amanda H. Johnson head, foot, outline

Kaila Wood head, foot, outline

Leah Johnson head, foot, outline

Ani Mukerji back leg

Inka Mukerji back leg

Winnie Ding rear flank

Jennifer White back feet

August White back feet

Neve Schmitt head

Michelle Schmitt head

Sigrid foot

Leah Anderson foot

Mary Kenny rump

Isle Oritt rump

Olga back leg

Dustin rhinobum!

Linnea Furlog head

Pam Deluco rear leg, haunch, elbow, letters

Jeff Thomas back

Bryan Barkley rear

Mary Wheeler back top flank

Teri Gardiner tail hair, rump, belly, ridge of back

Robin Hill rump

Darcy Padilla stomach

Emily Clark-Krasner rear

Yuen Chen leg

Jodi Connelly back

Noah Greene belly

Ryan Meyer belly and back

Arielle Rebek belly

Muzi LaRowe eyes

T. Blackmon bottom

Bettina Pauley tail

Allyson Feeney rump

Mark Baugh-Sasaki back foot

Dox Lorax haunch

Kelli Rae rump

Cesar Rubio unknown

Ho Yan Nip unknown

Frank Merritt all over, circles, edges, hindquarters, shoulder, rump, dark purple bottom edge of shoulder armor, behind the ear

Kim Miskowicz rump, right foot, rear/rump

Julia Langer buttocks

Jonathan Coignard buttocks

Suzanne Gore haunch

Kelly Wang from hip to buttock

Steve Rasmussen rear leg

Bob Rocco rump

Odysseus Wolken upper rump

Juliette Langley lower rump

Fehim Haelzic crown/forehead

Leyla Haelzic crown/forehead

Tanja Gels head

Lisa Ekstrom from right leg, forehead

Eva Walker front leg

Sara Wright eye

Karrie Hovey shoulder

M. Dym a wrinkle on the head

Amy M. Ho front foot, forehead

Dave Lyons just below eye

Mel Day forehead

Heather Peters ear

Helen Hiebert butt

Alyssa Casey neck, horn

Vanessa Gingold rump

Mary V. Marsh front right toe, ear

Antonio Guerra letra C

Jenny Phillips hands

Ingrid Rojas Contreras hoof

Maia Wachtel lines on the back

Roli Douglas the top line

Noga Wizansky rump

Suzanne Forester border line

Cindy Steiler face

Alexa Boromo behind

Amber Hoy back

Melody Dalton back

Cheyenne Dalton rear feet

Elizabeth Boyne ear

Teddy Midler front foot

Drew Cameron face

Cathy DeForest front left hoof

Leah Korican face

Mayumi Hamanaka r - text

Dana Zed shoulder

Erin Sheanin knee

Alisha Funkhouser front foot

Debbie Walker unknown

Nancy Marriner tail

Summer Om face

Eraden Wordal Chesh face

Isle Oritt knee

Mary Grace Tate toe

Sophia Auen face

April Marriner tail

Charlotte Semmes snout

Andre Chevonier foot

Jane Cassidy foot

Kellen Rhoda foot

Meiasha Gray border

Samantha Bankston back foot

Winship Varnes hindquarters

Miranda McFarland belly

Susan Paigen nose

Kevin Holmes ear

Jackie Wallowheng plants

Beta Heist Morello edge

Elaine Todd nose and edge near nose

Lori Chambers back foot

Mickie McCormic foot scales

Jeremy Logan ear hair

Brook Craddock mythical horn!

Morning Hullinger toe jam back foot, shoulder flank, final inner

C.C. Chaya scales

Lolli Jacobsen back

Sarah Crews rump

Connie Burket ears

Debbie Divine rear leg

Martha Rhea hindquarters

Donna Sandberg along the top of the back shoulder and letter H

Pam Morgan back

Ruth Cathcard Rake front leg and letter R

Gretchen Boyum front leg, front foot

Rachel Butler front leg

Lucy Butler front leg

Bill North butt, ground, back right foot

Caroline Stoll head

April Engstrom back right leg/hip

Connie Wilson close to face

Gloria Gonzalez hind foot

Judy Nease chin

Alleigh Weems horn

Lyndsi Weems back foot

Karla Prickett rump

Jennifer Baker back

Kent Manske spots

Susan Tuoley back foot and butt

Susan Paigen nose

Christina Steinbrecher pfrandt (lower leg)

Yeqi Song legs

Yuan Luo legs

Jenny Chin (Kuan-Jen) legs

Jingying Liang back leg

Jianguyin Reng back leg

Beth Abdallah back flank

Rebecca Redman back leg

Michael Seidel kidney lining

Rita Hsing head

Sandy Lee back

Chelsea Herman back

Marie Kidd right front foot

David Kidd right front foot

Amy Whitcomb rump

Bob Carpenter nose

Barbara Carpenter nose

Cynthia Beecher ear

Leteb Beecher ear

Susan Sweet ear

CK Itamura hamhock

Dionne Thornton front left foot, butt edge

Robert Wuilfe da booty

Gina Ching front foot

Jordan Juel front foot

Anne Ingraham front foot

Michelle Waters butt

Elizabeth Addison foot

Lydia Nakashima Dagarod shoulder

Linda Joy Kettwinkel snout

Peggy George butt

Maryly Snow scales

Zelisa back end

Scott Partch back end

Chin Cox head

Hada Marshall Booth head

Eduardo Arenas leg

Luna Gomez head

Sauita Patel gog (back)

Brian Lease back leg

Islonia Hasbrim frente

Guadalupe Portillo espalda

Queen Krubally back

Bridget McCraken back

Margaret Coston back

Kathleen Murphy belly

Julie Grigoryan ear

Joyce Subel border

Yatit Maidorh head

Omer head

Alon head

Rooek head

Eli head

Posja Mahushwai neckline

Talia nose

Ella ear

Jonathan nose

Nancy Brunn back

Sabina Brunn ears

Judith Fast back

Lindsey Stoll hoof

Emily Marks head

Victor Vargas chin

Britt-Marie Alon horn

Al Bloch horn

Alyssa Flores horn

John Hoffmeyer border

Madison Cockrum head

Anthony Murillo border

Sheri Simons front legs

Emily Matherson face

Hana Jones hoof (back foot)

Angela Kirchebel bottom left corner border,

small area of right foot, scales

Adele Etcheverry Sheets upper border rear and rear of Rhino

Leslie Jurado back leg, hoof scales

Jaime Muñoz shoulder

Aiden Ginn back leg

Sheecid Lopez border and back leg

Sophy Hock shoulder

Nancy Scott Patton rump

Hana Beaty shoulder, back leg

Eric D’Alessandro lower jaw

Betsy Copeland leg and hoof

Kylie McCloskey horn

Dellanira Carrillo butt

Jose Llamos hoof (back foot)

Timothy Clancy forehead

Kobley Benjamin Mona shoulder

Alicia Ramirez foot

Kim Green upper thigh/butt

Francesca Figone left back

Josette Stokes shoulder

Mercedes Yatta foot

Luis Medina booty

Shane Geoge face (under eye)

Ellen Baird foot

Daria Booth shoulder

Adria Davis backside

Johnny Bruno back foot

Brianna Warren leg

Adrienne Glatz forehead

Mallory Frucha bum

Kelly Weber front and back legs

Carissa Duggan booty

Jasmin Gonzalez foot

Francis Newsom rear end

Shari Maxson Hopper shoulder

Veronica Brenck butt

Marie Fox rump, front foot, back foot

Chloe Taylor root

Marissa Winslow rump/tail

Shai Porath head

Linda Bea Miller tummy

Tom Seoul rump

Kathleen Ritchie unknown

Sue Bottom front leg

Lisa Chu forehead

Anne Ingraham hind foot

Chris Voisard rump

Jane McLaughlin front foot

Malinda Thompson rear leg

Mallory Nomura Saul tusk and back

Judy Shintani tummy and rump

Kevin Austin top of nose, bottom of horn

Claudia Molley top of head, behind ear

Kate Oltmann butt

Amanda Bosma wrinkle on face

Xittaly Vasquez back leg

Emily Murray torso wrinkle

Julia Albo border

Miriam Hassman neck/face

Ryan Patton back left leg

Alexa Weber chin and left front leg

Jiovanny Soto forehead

Jenny Harp lower back

Steven Garen nose/head

Tallulah Terryl leg

Johanna Arnold back

Sean Olson muzzle

Emma Spertus back

Chris Challans loin, belly

Susan Kanowith-Klein rump

Christina Aumann eyelashes and forehead

Ruth Souza misc dorsal area

Phuong Pham booty

Laurie Crogan shoulder-scales

Lorna Turner armpit

Eva Hausam chin wavy lines

David Reiman shoulder

Lanqin Wang forehead

Camryn Travis belly

Jennifer Munnings eye/cheek

Brooke Sommers belly

Katie Gallagher ribs

Sariah Gonzalez forehead

Anthony Isenhour shoulder

Berenika Boberska the bottom!

Taylor Hoogsteden hip

Carmina Ellison sideburns

Nicole McHale shoulder blade

Preeva Tramiel back leg

Jessica Bernhardt front leg

Milldrid Thompson ear

Sharon Robinson front leg

Timiza Wagner back leg

Bobbie Jeffery rear of body

Joanne Landers ear

Sylvia Stanger front leg

Paula Landers back leg

Charlotte Jacobs front leg

Mavis Brown front shoulder

Cheryl Batrato haunch

Kathy Goldmaker shoulder

Liz Matthews back leg above the foot

Sailee Pawar back leg

Andrea Fleiner belly

Marina Taniform leg

Andres Taniform leg

Rose Nguyen ribs

Marco Chavez ribs

Lily May Larson cheek

Rachel Williamson back leg

Cheryl Zuur above the eye

Kathy Willis hindquarters

Martha White hindquarter

Artemis Koren head

Anika Sykora tummy

Irene Floyd hindquarter

Ming Zhou head

Max Koren front leg

Dinah Irino ear

Maya leg

Morgan Carter head

Ava Kasim the hinney

Isabella Anderson back

Ian Kussi-Gillu shoulder

Viyada Satyapan upper front back

Mahvash Salehpour back hip

Christina Bayley back foot

Pam Schwartz left leg

Lynn Koolish back leg

Sandra Duncan front hoof

Emily Rosenberg right leg

Gina Dixon back leg

Tamara Sommerfield neck

Diana R. Reton rear leg

Candace Kling shoulder

Cindy Jacomette head

Nicki Hitz Edison front leg

Toru Sueto front left leg

Jeanne Sueto under eye, along lower jaw

Linda Goss rear hip

Kim Meuli Brown back ribs

Michael Chin chin

Kasla Melton right back leg (pierna derecha)

Vanessa Herrera right back thing

Wendy Brown back leg

Jack Fleig front leg

Amanda Fleig front leg

Shobitha belly

Sasha back

Marilyn rear haunch

Caden Jo Hartdegen head/neck

Yolanda Araujo unknown

Meredith Payn unknown

Tiffany Hartdeger unknown

Richard cheek

Hanna Peacock shoulder

Juan Manuel Gutierrez rear hip

Paola Valencia head

Jesus Castillo head

Diego Barregan shoulder

Hernandez Irvin belly

Cindy Simmons cheek

Ginna Sierra upper leg

Carole Walters-Cook face

Angela Etsey back leg and thigh

Victor Navarro IV V neck

Elizabeth Finkler ear

Jennifer Lu lower tummy

Kylee Dougherty neck

Jada Wong stomach

Kerwin Azores back knee

Hugo Jimenez head

Becca Wong neck

Breanna Estrada unknown

Candaces Perrault shoulder

Kevin Liu belly and front of leg plates

Michael Huang Mil back leg

Natalie Diazza chin hairs

Eliza Villa dorsal neck

Steve Dellicalpini in that neck tho!

Michelle van Eyken right flank

Leslie McLaughlin shoulder circles

Angela Acosta front leg

Allison Acosta front shoulder circle

Rebecca Bui upper back leg

Barbara Post back foot

Irene Caravajal back leg

Gabrielle Koizumi neck

Clayton Bavor front leg

Ava Eui front leg

Judy Diamond upper shoulder

Mhanna Kutras front leg

Liam neck

Leona neck

Leana Olliffe stomach

Patti Samuelson right leg

A. Manley neck plates

Donna King right shoulder

Becky Leech right hindquarters

Raymond Mueller front left leg

Timmy shoulder

Asher Fleig front leg

Julia back leg

Nicole B chest

L. Hum hind leg

Alice Schwegman shoulder

Gail Blackmarr unknown

Christina Truong neck

June Dao scale

Ellie Reese a rear leg

Susan L. Goranson left rear leg

Marci Ariagno breast shield

Maya unknown

Diane Mestu head

Claudia Havah back leg

Mickey Guffin right upper hind leg

Annalise Sailen unknown

Jennifer Schaeffer front right leg

Mia rear leg

Joe Ranish right shoulder

Ann Ranish rear leg

Anthony left leg

Leslie Nobler neck

Anne Trickey back leg

Maris Kaplan neck fold and front shoulder

Paula Bohan neck fold

James Brooks neck

Amanda Briggs back right foot

Andrew Briggs back right foot

Miriam Briggs back right foot

Willow Yamaden cheek

Sarah Bartman neck

Bridget McMahon flank

Amy Brown jowl

Vanessa Dion Fletcher jowl

Denera Gains unknown

Justin Gains unknown

Kurt Salinas stomach/inner thigh

Randall Harrison upper mid bicep

Ivy Moya back foot

Pam Lonero breast plate

Molly Olsen Roush shoulder/neck area

Brook Olsen Roush shoulder/neck area

Susie Miller Roush shoulder/neck area

Reyhon Ertekin unknown

Torres Leck shoulder

Anna Banancks shoulder

Emily van Engel front leg

Silvia Eckert cheek

Davis Watson breastplate

Debachree Ghosh breastplate

Jessica Jane Jennings cheek

Kimberly Ann Piper shoulder

Alisa Murray cheek

Jennifer Hill breastplate

Susan Ady cheek

Chris Washburn neck

Janet Ady flank

Louise Horkey border

Nupur Kamat front shoulder

Tamela Holmes ear

Tameyah Holmes cheek

Ruth Tabancay upper leg

Teddy Midler shoulder

Jerry Majors Patterson cheek area

Susan Afell eye area

Elaine Todd neck

Senator Jordan cheek

Meadow unknown

Lori Chambers neck

Josephine Tumova neck

Fynn Tuma chest

Diana Dominguez chest

Jason Godeke neck

Cristina Mathews belly and front right leg

Jody Alexander neck, chest

Elaine Todd belly circles

Raquel Marquez belly

Josslyn Robles chest

Rhea Rynearson shoulder

Valerie Frey shoulder

Aidan Parker shoulder, right shoulder

A. Parker right shoulder

Seraphine Ries belly

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Jamelie whiskers

Carolyn Schneider upper shoulder

Josh Morsell lower front shoulder

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ultralaser · 5 years

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it's my birthday, which i share with: catherine the great of russia (1729-96), hedda hopper (1885-1966), manfred von richthofen aka the red baron (1892-1918), dr. benjamin spock (1903-98), roscoe lee brown (1922-2007), john neville (1925-2011), engelbert humperdinck (1936), david suchet (1946), christine baranski (1952), donatella versace (1955), mika brzezinzki (1967), dwayne johnson (1972), david beckham (1975), jenna von oy (1977), ellie kemper (1980, lily allen (1985), kyle busch (1985), and princess charlotte (2015, and who inherits the problems of the monarchy but not responsibility for them) and then also my twin brother (1981) and our cousin dan (1984?). happy birthday, gang! #may2nd #happybirthday #actualgpoy https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw8-TmbgcQy/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ps2y41bkhuyl

#may2nd #happybirthday #actualgpoy

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feadae · 6 years

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That OC name post I reblogged got me thinking and also I’m procrastinating hardcore

So here for your viewing pleasure (and your schadenfreude and, I don’t know, knowledge that your middle-school OCs’ names weren’t the worst?) is as many of my middle-school OCs as I can find on my computer. This is by no means all of the OCs I created in middle school; in fact, this may be barely half of them.

I know that the worst one of the bunch is missing but I’ve literally blocked her name from my memory (I can remember exactly which notebook she’s in and exactly where in my room that notebook is and exactly how terrible her story was but I can’t remember her name and I’m currently 501 miles away from my room)

•Alea Jodeen Raynerson (Harry Potter)

•Alexandrine Keisha Winfield (Supernatural)

•Aradhana Gadhavi (one of 4 characters of color I created during this time period 😬—Harry Potter)

•Arianna (Supernatural)

•Benjamin Samuel Russell (A dragon-themed ChickenSmoothie RP)

•Casey Renee Altair (the TV show Scorpion)

•Cassiopeia Joan Reid (Doctor Who)

•Catarina Rowanne Mallory (I don’t remember)

•Catharine Richardson (Harry Potter—I really like to riff on the name Catherine, don’t I?)

•Catriona D’Onofrio (Harry Potter)

•Charlotte Solene Quick (I think CotIG? Idk)

•Chrisabel Luisella Krauss (Harry Potter)

•Ciera Martin (Harry Potter)

•Claire Elizabeth Ashdown (I don’t remember)

•Dante Lee Hawk (original story)

•Emmett Wickham (original story)

•Enola Avalon Solomon (BBC Sherlock)

•Erika Christine Leroux (first for an Avengers fanfic, then technically for an original superhero story, but you KNOW she had a Phantom of the Opera theme going on)

•Evelina Fern Low (I don’t remember, but she has wings, so either Marvel or Supernatural)

•Frida Theadottir (Marvel)

•Gideon Pace (Harry Potter)

•Grace/Griffin Press (original-ish story—with crossdressing to get into the army! Revolutionary)

•Hanna Burnham (orignal story, which I might actually improve and finish someday; the fundamental concept wasn’t half-bad)

•Iris Regalia Moran (I think a pirate RP on ChickenSmoothie?)

•Jamie Ciara Callaghan (Marvel—this is the third character with wings and we’re only on J)

•Jared Mason Baker (I don’t remember)

•Jennifer Marie Baker (Yes they’re siblings and actually I do remember this was a superpower high school RP on ChickenSmoothie)

•Joshua Richard Green (original story)

•Julia Aryana Thalia Parker (Marvel—winged character #4)

•Julia Phoebe Holmes (BBC Sherlock—I seem to have had a thing for making OCs related to established characters—I’m told that wasn’t as unique as I’d thought it was)

•Kendall Ethelinda Rowe (I remember this was for ChickenSmoothie, but I don’t remember what the RP was; I just remember she had the ability to create and manipulate smoke)

•Kyrie Nora-Jane Adeodata Casper (Supernatural)

•Lily Serena Weekes (Marvel—character of color #2)

•Loranos, who also went by Athena DeWitt (Doctor Who and a feature in a SuperWho fanfic I wrote—gag)

•Mark Hopper (original story)

•Marsha Jan Tillik (character of color #3; I don’t remember for what fandom)

•Mary Peter (original story)

•Miyu Patil (Marvel—character of color #4)

•Moira Andromeda Byrne (Harry Potter—a werewolf turned by—*gasp*—Remus Lupin)

•Ophelia (given the one-name shtick, I’m guessing she’s one of my many Quirky The-Doctor’s-Long-Lost-Sister characters but I don’t recall)

•Page Bannerman (original story)

•Phoebe Amelia Brigham (my first CotIG OC! And one of about a thousand Phoebes)

•Phoebe Rachelle DeLaney (Supernatural)

•Phoenix Gallagher (original story)

•Robin Tempest Pierce (Supernatural)

•Saga Verandi (Harry Potter)

•Sigrid Lokidottir (sigh)

•Stephanie Grace Banner (Marvel—yes, that Banner)

•Talia Ophelia Gabriel (Marvel—what was it with me and the names Talia/Thalia, Ophelia, and Phoebe?)

•Tanya Marjory Underhill (Marvel)

•Tawny Benedict (original story)

•Violet Rossana Victor (Marvel)

•Virginia Joan Hathaway (Jekyll and Hyde, of all things)

•Vivienne Guenievre Verne (a CotIG/Doctor Who crossover fic I regret writing—and yes, that Verne—I went to the trouble of researching how far down his family line went to make sure it was plausible for her to be his great-great granddaughter or whatever)

•Will Atkins (original story)

•Willow Thomas (BBC Sherlock, and I think Supernatural too)

•Xavia Hermione Starr (Harry Potter—I wasn’t even subtle, good Lord)

•Xavia Wilson (original story—not one, but TWO Xavias—ffs)

And finally, the very epitome of my OC-naming whatever-the-hell-you-call-this,

Adelaide Arwen Athalia Brigitta Philomena Sapphira Thea Auttenberg (Marvel).

I am so sorry I subjected y’all to this.

#wall of text #middle school—yikes™️#is this a good idea? probably not but i'm tired and have lost control of my impulses

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ANDY CARES A LOT ABOUT THE NAMING OF A BUILDING AT HIS ALMA MATER.

This is a full meal of a story. It involves performative allyship, online activism, a bad man who supported gay conversion therapy and white nationalists, a funny scholarship situation, body slamming, IRL activism, diversity and inclusivity, financial conflict of interest, Title IX failure, and the first student demonstration in the history of a small, conservative STEM university.

APRIL 2017: In his final semester at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ, Andy, along with humanities alums Joe Risi and Kyle Gonzalez, petitioned the university president, Nariman Farvardin, about the naming of a future academic complex. The building intended to honor Greg Gianforte, an alumnus and then-congressional candidate for Montana who promised two $10 million gifts to the university. He also was known to support pseudoscience, gay conversion therapy, and white nationalists, businesses that discriminated against LGBTQ folks, and believed that allowing transpeople using bathrooms “[places] young girls' and women's safety at risk,” among other bad things. It was later revealed that not only did Farvardin donate to the Gianforte congressional campaign but that several other members of Stevens’s Board of Trustees did as well in the same month the naming was announced.

The three of them – Andy as a current student and alums Joe and Kyle – received advisement from then-professor of Science and Technology Studies, Lee Vinsel and a group of Montana State University folk who had previously protested naming a building named after Gianforte at MSU. Andy, Joe, and Kyle wrote a petition that asked directly and simply for three things: to explain the reasoning behind naming the new academic center after Gianforte, to condemn the discriminatory rhetoric of the anti-LGBTQ groups who had received donations from Greg Gianforte, and to reaffirm Stevens’ commitment, in actions and not just words, to be an inclusive campus regardless of race, gender, or sexual orientation. Seemed like a slam dunk of a much-needed PR opportunity. When Andy brought this up at an open meeting of the Student Government Association (SGA), though, he left not too hopeful that things would change. His fellow Students seemed apathetic as well.

But, despite a ton of exhausting far-right reply guys bemoaning PC culture and asking Andy and company to engage in “thought experiments” to point out logical fallacies, the petition got over 650+ signatures --almost a fourth of the undergraduate population that year -- and loads of great comments.

Stevens’ president, in lieu of the petition’s requests, responded privately to several professors. His response, the private nature of which was dismissive and disrespectful to those who cared enough to sign the petition, brought up more questions than answers. Similarly, the then-SGA president wrote an insulting response. The three petition writers went to a "Conversation with the President” on April 18th, closed but for staff and faculty, asking Farvardin in front of those attending for an explanation of the reasoning behind naming the new academic center after Gianforte, a condemnation of discriminatory rhetoric of the anti-LGBTQ groups who had received donations from Greg Gianforte, and a reaffirmation of Stevens’ commitment, in actions and not just words, to be an inclusive campus regardless of race, gender, or sexual orientation. Farvardin’s response was. Farvardin’s public response then was as unsatisfactory as his private response (Here’s some audio).

MAY 2017: During Andy’s final semester at Stevens, he was awarded the Joseph M. Farber Memorial Prize, presented to a graduating humanities senior who “displays a keen interest in and concern for civil liberties and their importance in preserving human rights“ for the Gianforte work. It was a pretty nice consolation prize for being a bit disheartened (and, well, Dead from all the thesis work).

The same day Andy walked across the commencement stage to graduate, Gianforte, uh, forced his way into national news. Assaulting a Guardian reporter on the eve of a special election to fill Montana’s sole seat in the US House of Representatives will do that. This changed some minds on campus.

JUNE 2017: Following the body-slam heard ’round the world – along with a lackluster Alumni Weekend – Farvardin and Virginia Ruesterholz, chairman of the Stevens Board of Trustees, established a Committee to Consider the Naming of the Gianforte Academic Center, picking alumni, faculty, and members of the Board of Trustees (again, several of whom, Ruesterholz and Farvardin included, had donated to the Gianforte political campaign). This committee announced on June 26th that its goal was to "come together, use our collective wisdom, sound judgment, and best reasoning to identify a path forward that is consistent with the mission and values of Stevens." A handful of concerned Hoboken citizens started their own petition. Stevens literature professor Benjamin H. Ogden got a letter published in the NY Daily News criticizing the naming. Gianforte was found guilty for his assault of the reporter; his mugshot was later released.

AUGUST 2017: Nine more students and alumni joined Joe, Kyle, and Andy to start an informative, persuasive online and IRL campaign, entitled “#iwillnotSITby,” for folks to email members of the aforementioned committee, submit feedback, and share their thoughts on social media. According to bit.ly data, more than 150 folks clicked through the website to the committee’s feedback form. Not that bad.

SEPTEMBER 2017: Stevens organizations -- including Stevens Torch Alliance, the Stevens Faculty Senate, Stevens Poetry Club, Stevens Society of Physics Students, WCPR - Castle Point Radio, and Chi Phi - Mu Chapter -- began to publicly denounce Gianforte’s views and encouraged the renaming of the building. The university’s sketch-and-improv comedy group had some fun with it.

On September 27th, Professor Emeritus James McClellan III presented a talk entitled "What's Wrong with Scientific Creationism?" discussing creationism as a pseudoscience and how it related to Gianforte and Stevens. Despite being a part of Stevens regular humanities forums, it was initially not advertised by the administration and staff, leading students to create and distribute flyers. The College of Arts and Letters later announced the talk -- with the caveat that it did not reflect the full views of the college nor university.

On September 28th, Farvardin made a campus-wide announcement: The committee submitted their findings to the Board of Trustees, the latter of which decided to rename the complex the Gianforte Family Academic Complex, based partly on the idea of “principal legacy,” which was used in Yale’s consideration behind the renaming of Calhoun College, originally named after a slavery advocate, to honor graduate Grace Murray Hopper, a computer scientist, mathematician, teacher, and dedicated public servant.

Included in any dictionary published after August 2017, next to the definition of “a bad idea,” was the initial naming of the Gianforte Academic Center. Following the committee’s decision, a referral was added, referencing the definition of “a really bad idea,” and included the renaming of the Gianforte Family Academic Complex with the reasoning below:

The new naming recalls the Gianforte Family Foundation, which names both Greg Gianforte and Susan Gianforte as trustees. As both Mr. and Mrs. Gianforte are active voices in deciding who benefits from the foundations’ various donations, any building that references the Gianforte Family name invokes the hateful rhetoric given a platform through their monetary contributions

The Yale decision to rename a college because of Calhoun’s principal legacy of white supremacy was made a full seven months before the Stevens committee made theirs

The Gianforte Family Foundation donated to white supremacists Taylor Rose in 2015 and Robert Saunders in 2016

Stevens’ actions to decide the “principal legacy” of a living alumnus is at odds with Yale’s definition of “principal legacy,” which was strictly applied to deceased alumni

More reasoning can be found via Kyle Gonzalez’s detailed rebuttal, sent to the president and Board of Trustees following the committee’s recommendations. Again, because the naming was ultimately decided by Gianforte campaign contributors, their peers, and an SGA president who did not think a change can be made, concerned community members were not entirely surprised by this outcome.

A GoFundMe campaign was launched a month after the decision by a group of then-students and alumni, titled “Stevens Name Your Price.” The campaign had a fundraising goal of $20,000,001, an amount $1 more than the combined donations made by Gregory Gianforte to fund the new academic center, so that “the administration may entertain [their] request to change the name.” Memes were had. It eventually raised $1,500, which was donated to the Hudson Pride Connections Center, a “home and voice for the diverse LGBTQ community and our allies that advocates for our physical, mental, social and political well-being” for Hudson County. It was even picked up (or, in improv-speak, yes anded) by Colin Mochrie from “Whose Line Is It Anyway?”

MAY 2019: It was quietly announced that Greg Gianforte had rescinded the second $10 million gift, and that the new building, now dubbed the “Gateway Academic Complex,” will consist of the Gateway South Hall and the Gianforte Family Hall. Andy and company called that a small victory, because why not.

DECEMBER 2019: Following the announcement of the invite-only Gianforte Family Hall ribbon cutting, current students planned a protest for that evening, under the name “wewillnotSITby.” Hell yeah.

Three student leaders, Eli Trakhtenberg, Nasir Montalvo, and Adrian Castellanos (Torch VP, Diversity and Inclusivity Committee Chair, and SGA VP, respectively), took this as an opportunity to push for mass reform. Eli asked Andy for some help with their proposal, which focused on (a) the kind of ideas that Gianforte actively disagrees with and (b) a variety of administrative failures in students’ pursuit of making the campus better for all kinds of identities over the past four years.

This document, given to Board of Trustees members, pointed out these failures and demanded meaningful change and reform under Student Wellness, Administrative Transparency, and Campus Climate. Everything from broken promises to establish an Intercultural Center to a Title IX failure during the “red zone“ of sexual assault on campus to weak efforts of mental-health advocacy are mentioned in the doc. Dear reader, it’s bad.

On December 10th, the first student protest in the history of Stevens took place, with over 50 students, alumni, staff, faculty, and Hoboken community members demonstrating outside the ribbon-cutting ceremony. It was covered by a handful of outlets and supported by at least one business -- the local independent bookstore, Little City Books. There’s [poorly narrated] video too. Seeing this effort start with a group of three concerned humanities majors in 2017 to this many people IRL in December 2019… folks, it’s a thing of beauty.

As of January 5th, 2020, there has been no public response from the administration other than a nice press release about the totally peaceful opening of the hall.

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#does.a.lot

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Birthdays 5.2

Beer Birthdays

Bruce Paton (1955)

Anders Kissmeyer (1956)

Brian Hunt (1957)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Jerome K. Jerome; English writer (1859)

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson; actor, wrestler (1972)

Pinky Lee; burlesque entertainer (1907)

Charles McCabe; writer (1915)

Manfred von Richthofen; World War I flying ace (1892)

Famous Birthdays

Lily Allen; pop singer (1985)

Maury Allen; sportswriter, actor (1932)

Christine Baranski; actor (1952)

David Beckham; English footballer (1975)

Theodore Bikel; singer, actor (1924)

William Camden; English historian (1551)

Naomi Campbell; model (1970)

Vernon Castle; dancer, actor (1887)

Catherine the Great; Russian queen (1762)

Bing Crosby; singer, actor (1904)

Connie Crothers; jazz pianist (1941)

Thomas Aloysius Dorgan; cartoonist (1877)

Leslie Gore; pop singer (1946)

Lou Gramm; rock singer (1950)

Lorenz Hart; composer, lyricist (1895)

Theodore Herzl; Zionist (1860)

Hedda Hopper; gossip columnist (1885)

Englebert Humperdinck; singer (1936)

Elijah J. McCoy; inventor (1843)

Lorenzo Music; voice actor (1937)

Novalis; German writer (1772)

Michael Rabin; violinist (1936)

Alessandro Scarlatti; composer (1660)

Benjamin Spock; baby doctor, writer (1903)

Donnatella Versace; fashion designer (1955)

Jenna von Oy; actor, country singer (1977)

Link Wray; rock guitarist (1929)

#Birthdays

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hottytoddynews · 7 years

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HottyToddy.com would like to congratulate everyone who made the Honor Roll and Dean’s List this first nine weeks of the school year.

Della Davidson Elementary School Honor Roll – First Quarter 2017-2018

Principal’s List (All A’s) Abraham, Luke Elias Adams, Catherine Archer Adams, Indaniya A’myani Albadry, Malak Mohamed Alderson, Michael Rel Alford IV, John Warner Allen, Hardy Vinson Amidon, Annabelle Kristin Anderson, Chloe Ryan Baeshen, Norah Ruth Beard, Bradley William Belk, Rylee Erin Bell, Valerie Denise Blackburn, Collins Brantley Blackwood, Donald James Bodie, Eden Brooks Bouldin, William Maxwell Bowling, Poppy Katherine Bragg, John Lawson Brasell, Thomas Murry Burkes, Avery Jane Burlaka, Anna Campbell, James Bryan Carlisle, Dylan Cerny Carr, Sophie Anne Chambers, Chi Tianna Tameko Chavis, Ruby Maude Chen, Winnie Clark, Hudson Truett Colby, Andrew David Collums, Paisley Isabelle Cooper, Adam Michael Cormack, Madison Leigh Cowgill, Benjamin Garrett Curry, Nilydia Nicole Dale, Lake Reed Denevan, Brody Patrick Edlin, Lydia Catherine Embry, Mamie Caldwell Farese, Alexa Perry Feltenstein, Liza Kimbrell Ferguson, Jordyn Armani Fortyz, Xander Bryce Franks, Addison Elise Fruge’, Benjamin Guy Gandhi, Sanya Manish Gary, Walker Edmond Giles, Harris Fisher Gray, Sadie Alan Green, Mary Bea Greene, Isabel Faye Hale, Mary Elena Hall, Hayden Zackery Hamilton, Judson Silas Hill, Jordan Amir Hipp, Abigail Laura Houston, Zaria Mau’Ja Hyneman, Howard Povall James, Calvin Larry Jang, Jun Jones, Eleanor Claire Jones, Molly Caroline Jones, Sawyer Reed Kariuki, Claire Ng’endo Kava, Luseane Keskin, Adem Keskin, Sibel Elizabeth King, Eleanor Anne Knef, Ava Grace Knight, Evan Dewayne Koestler, Andrew Preston Kosko, Garrett Alexander Kovachev, Martin Evgeni Laporte, Kenton James Lauzon, Kimberly Madison Levy, Lillian Vera Lewis, Julia Slade Lowery, Ellie McCay Luber, Charlotte Allen Lynch, Breannah Danielle Lynn, Tate Alden Mason, Katherine Mims McGinness, Alexandria Eve McLellan, Elizabeth Rose Meyer, Logan Charles Milton, Henry Tucker Moore, Andrew Taygen Moore, Russell Paul Morales-Romero, Brittany Michelle Morgan, D’Nijha Danielle Morris, Wyatt Bryan Myers, Carter Lewis Nemesek, Jackson James Nichols, Kelling Elizabeth Nordstrom, Katherine Crenshaw Odom, Streater Bliss Oliver, Leecie Bella Overby, Hogan Ryan Oyler, Henry Chadwick Pan, Raymond Park, Jinseo Patel, Rishi Rakesh Payne, Peyton Rowe Pegues, Madison Renae Percy, Phinizy Davis Percy, William Strong Perry, Anna Reed Pettis, Jerkeria Amyai Phillips, Preston David Putt, Harrison Gage Rainey, Elijah Edward Rajesh, Saishri Reeder, Ella Grace Reynolds, Madison Nicole Rhodes, Mary Helen Roane, Kathryn Annette Robbins, Michael Anderson Roberson, Ann Lillian Robinson, James Barrett Robinson, Rachel Lynn Rogers, Chanijah Makaila Santiago, Krizhan Wynn Tubale Schuesselin, Nancy Elaine Shaw, Zoe Elizabeth Shelton, John Mack Sherman, Gracie Jackson Sherman, Olivia Cate Shinall, Trevor Dean Shipman, Samuel Aylon Sisk, Trinity Ja’Kiya Smith, Anna Prescott Smith, Collier Elizabeth Smith, JoAnna Maize Smith, Zander Kade Snider, Kylie Anne Stein, Michael Anthony Mack Steinriede, Eleanor Catherine Still, Michael Banks Sullivan, William Russell Tatum, Cohen Hux Thompson, William Wright Toms, Pearce Pegram Tosh, Amanda Claire Trout, Davis Walker Turner, James Talmadge Turner, Sullivan Catledge Urbanek, Evan Harper Van Every, Thaxton Delane Vaughan, Graham Thomas Vega, Isabella Leigh Vincent, Ari Levi Wadlington, Keirra Lynn Waldrop, Cameron Lee Waldrop, Elise Ann Waller, Andrew Hinton Warrington, John Patrick Weaver, Dorian Jacob White, John Wilson Wigginton, Aubrey Mae Wiley, Lorelei Kathryn Wilfawn, Claire Kamryn Wilkes, Alice Gardner Williams, Ellen Kate Wilson, Loughran Samantha Woo, Yewon Youngblood, Cameron Layne Zinn, Dequan Montez

Teacher’s List (All A’s & B’s) Adams, Olandria Lashea A’layshia Agnew, Andrew Laster Alhusban, Ghaith Ali Amaya Hernandez, Noeli Nicole Anthony, Joshua Cole Armstrong, Kylan Lashun Arya, Medha Avdiienko, Anatolii Balderama, Ingrid Yamilet Ball, Camden Jace Barnes, Lela Monae Barrett, Aniston Claire Bass, Eden Derartu Beard, Mary Virginia Beauchamp, Luly Anne Bell, Jacob Taylor Bennett, Callie Grace Blackwelder, Jaxon Xander Bogue, Ali Cheyanne Bolton, Parker Elizabeth Bondurant, Stanford James Booker-Wilkins, Mary Kay Booker, Zaniyah A’Leah Booth, Stephen Armand Brannon, Ca’Mari D’Aisha Brannon, Khalisia Anaya Brownlee, Addison Elizabeth Brownlee, Olivia Gracelyn Burrell, David Lee Carroll, Thomas David Cassidy, William Garner Castillo, Yostin Yarid Cayetano, Caitlin Cayetano, Caylee Denise Centellas, Javier Enrique Certion, Kasidy Allyse Chaney, Elliott Chavis, Bazil Major Cockrum, McKenna Renee Cook, Joe Garrett Cowgill, Isabella Katherine Crain, Kennedy Clark Crouch, Campbell Cathryn Crowe, Clara Darden Cunningham, Harper Ray Davis, Brooklyn Landry Davis, Lyric Alexander Davis, Sierra Niquel Denham, Emerson Grace Dennis, Elijah Daniel Ding, Joanna Donahoe, Barrett Hardy Douglas, Grace Adin Downing, Margaret Caroline Doyle, Sean Riley Elhawy, Abdallah Khaled Elhawy, Sohila Khalid Erwin, Parker Thomas Evans, Hunter Lee Feathers, Reagan Leigh Ferguson, Cade Baxter Fields, August Flowers, Marcus Jerome Foster, Nevan David Fountain, Thomas Whittingtion Freeman, Salayah Samere Frierson, Deslyn Reann Gaia, Wesley Stephens Gammill, Brayden Thomas Gilliom, Aryanna Kenise Ginn, Micah Joseph Gist, Grayson Taylor Gray, Parker Thompson Greer, Micah Alexxander Gregory, Kingston Wells Gregory, London Jules Griffin, Clayton Rusty Wayne Hankins, Deangelo Omari Harbin, Mariah Kionna Hardenburgh, Madelyn Brooke Harrington, Sophia Clair Harris, Lainey Elizabeth Harrison, Taylor Matthew Haymans, George Stouton Helveston, Susan Patton Hendrickson, Carson Alexander Herrington, Carter Matthew Hervey, Adaysia Holcomb, Benjamin Cade Hom, Nathanael Ioan Hopper, Jeremy Campbell Hosemann, Sarah Katherine Howell, LaKayla Lauren Maree Huchin, David Alexander Hunt, Kaden Deshawn Hunter, Riley Claire Jacobs, Da’Niya Rena James, William David Jernigan, Maier Dixon Johnson, Hannah Brooke Johnson, William Jay Jones, Makinzi Gabrielle Jones, William Wesley Kelley, Caroline Jewel Kelly, Jasmine Grace King, Emily Katherine Knighton, Cohen Hoyt Le, Ryan Gia Bao Lewellen, Grady Charles Lewis, Allyson Kate Lilly, Lucy Lujie Love, Caroline Grace Lovelady, William Niles Lowe, Nicholas Wallace Luke, Harrison Thomas Maiden, Simeon Rashad Marzouk, Farida Omar Masinelli, Andrew Charles Mathis, Isaiah Contrell Mayo, John Alexander Mayo, William Bradley McCullough, Brody Cole McEwen, Kennedy Brooke McJunkins, Addyson Auraiyana McKenzie, Layton Rose McThune, Deundrea Rowmel Montgomery, Ann Luckett Morgan, Emma Hardin Najjar, Noah Joseph Nautiyal, Riddhi Neely, Robert Myril Nguyen, Phuoc James Thien Nocentino, Gabrielle May Notestone, Nancy Carole Nuon, Ian Cole Oliver, Robert Eli Owens, Chequila Aeisha MyAngel Perez Alfaro, Itzari Perry, Jamari De’Juan Phillips, Antonio Deangelo Pritchard, Serenity Juliet Radwan, Renad Ramsey, Bradley Wayne Ray, Siobhan Julia Reed, Germaine Emmanuel Roane, Braxton Jewell Robinson, Andrea Nicole Robinson, Cory Brandon Robinson, Jada Sha’Mya Rodriguez-Padilla, Stephanie Ross, Elijah James Russell, John Alden Sanchez, Alexander Cash Sankar, Deekshita B Schock, Kennedy Jo Schornhorst, Lillian Hannah Schweigart, Tryston Scott Scoggins, Ethan Sheldon, George Lawson Shepard, Kaitlyn Elizabeth Shoaf, Jack Hamilton Shows, Anderson Grady Sims, A’niyah Jhana’e Sims, Ja’Niyah Zha’Rai Singletary, Jane Anne Sisk, Hannah A’lise Smith, Chase Manning Smith, Ly’Niyah Smith, Zyterrion Spight, Xavion Y’Urijah Staten, Haley Marie Stewart, Rebecca Ann Striplin, Alli Reese Sullivan, Anna Kate Summers, Brady Eli Terrell, Destiny L Tew, Dashiel Cohen Thompson, Mariah La’Vonne Torres, Miguel Angel Travis, Savannah Grace Trimble, Tristan Nathaniel Turner, Cortez Lamont Urbina, Alex David Urbina, Gustavo Ussery, Lauren Addison Walker, James Radford Wallace, Rakerion Rickyus Watts, Kayla Marie Watts, Madalynne E Webb, Colten Joseph Wells, Reid Thornton Westmoreland, Allie Jaymes Westmoreland, Luke Chadwick Wilkins, Jayden Rashaan Wilks, Alexis Makayla Williams, Cooper Marshall Williams, Olivia Louise Williams, Sarai’ Danielle Wilson, Jussyaih Keeyunnah Wilson, Zanija Alexis Nicole Windham, John Colvin Winkler, Lily Anne Woodard, Audarrius Dewayne Yourn, Kloey Lynn Zhang, Grant Ruiyuan

Oxford Intermediate School Honor Roll – First Quarter 2017-2018

Principal’s List (All A’s) Adams, Lily Belden Alexander, Captain Provine Allen, Hylan Gates Arevalo, Luis Angel Bain, Samuel Stewart Baker, Harley Jayne Barr, Nelson Mandrill Berry, Caroline Lillian Bigham, Ann Hunter Boone, Pharis Louise Bourn, Mary Mills Bradley, Taylor Kate Brown, Ajzah Iyuana-Jakia Bruce, Elliot Olen Bundren, Sara Kate Byars, Mary Dale Campbell, Benjamin Marshall Cancer, Zaria Cannon, Ty’Derrius Quavieon Carleton, Carley Gray Carlisle, Connor Hugh Carroll-Gonzalez, Sophia Jeanette Cassidy, Jillian Everett Claassen, Juneau Cohen, Rachel Cohn, Sofia Grace Coleman, Sariyah Mae-Lynn Colley, Megan Elizabeth Collins, Deandre Quevon Cooper, Nathaniel Harry Covington, Blake Elliot Crenshaw, Jacob D Dabbs, Alice Kathryn Dale, Atticus Darwin Daniels, John Swayze Daugherty, Miller Michael Denham, Evelyne Lee Dennis, Jeffrey Brown Dolan, John Henry Dossett-Bridgers, Elsie James Dossett-Bridgers, Lee Tucker East, Ava Lee Edwards, Lucas David Eubanks, Nikki Mae Farese, Luke William Ferriss, Cayden Quin Floate, Wyatt Matthew Flowers, Alexander Harris Foster, Larcen Michelle Fountain, James Michael Frierson, Camaria Calyse Fruge’, Charles Mitchell Fuller, Andrevion Rayshad Gentry, Claire Renae Gililland, Hayden Claire Golden, Quevyn Javion Golmon, William Bradley Goolsby, Victoria Ann Goulet, Gilad Grafton, Carolyn Chase Grantham, Bradley Wynne Gray, Harper Elizabeth Gray, Madeline Elizabeth Greene, Samuel Thomas Greenlee Doty, Georgia Love Hamilton, Taylor Grace Harper, John Andrew Heard, Parker Madison Helsel, Maci Hemmins, Scarlet Virginia Henderson, Susanna Elise Heuer, Sam Robertson Hill, Jack Westbrook Hill, William Maxwell Hilliard, Xaikeese Deontae Hitchcock, Jonas Grey Hollinger, Christopher William Homan, Madeline Taylor Hooker, Anna Elise Houston, Walker Wyatt Hurdle, Ella Beth Ibrahim, Mennah Mohamed Ali Ivy, Jack Whitten Jones, Henry Tucker Jones, Kamari Danielle Jones, Kobe Isaiah Jones, Madison Elizabeth Jones, Zoey Denise Karahan, Elisa Fonseca Kevin, Bridgette Kirk, Benjamin Carter Koestler, Leland Matthew Langendoen, Isabelle Terezija Lawhead, Christine Elizabeth Laws, Edward Knox Le, Michelle T Lowery, Madeline Grace Luber, Miles Atchison Majumdar, Sneha Makamson, Benjamin Joseph Maloney, Brady Michael Mauney, Ellie Katherine Maxwell, Mae Covington Mayo, Ian James McClellan, Ella Catherine McCready, Carson Neal McLellan, Andrews Mitchell Meagher, Mary Lucile Beatrice Mina-Reyes, Gabriel Alexander Monroe, George Henry Moss, Lucy Claire Murthy, Prajwal Narasimha Nagle, Nicholas Ming-Rui Najjar, Adam Alexander Nichol, Thomas Osborn Noel, Mary Grace Notestone, William King Oyler, Cole Madeline Perry, Lucy Clare Randle, Ava Caroline Rayburn, Thomas Harrison Rayner, Lila Elizabeth Reeder, Emma Kathryn Ritchie, Alexandra Ingrid Roland, Elijah Sessions Salau, Fawaz Olaitan Samuels, Charles Kane Sanchez, Tomas Alessandro Schmelzer, Carson Joseph Schmelzer, Catherine Elizabeth Scott, Anne Bailey Scott, Cooper Aubrey Shaw, Annie Cade Sherman, Evelyne Graham Shipman, Mary Margaret Shorter, Addyson Grace Shows, Emily Crawford Smith, Julia Anne Smith, Sharpe Holiman Smith, Sutherland Ross Solinger, Jordan Maxwell Srinath, Navaneeth Stinnett, Brady Patrick Sudduth, Ashley Lorraine Taylor, Janiya B A Tomlinson, Vivian Anne Tschumper, Katherine Mae Tulchinsky, Jacob Tulchinsky, Payton Ann Urbanek, Kaitlyn Sanders Valliant, Wells Gregory Van Every, Everhett Hawkins Vasilyev, Vivian Scott Vega, Sarah Kendall Vijayasankar, Arjun Vo, Binh Quoc Wages, Mallory Jennings Waldrop, Fisher Wells Walker, Ava Taylor Walker, Samantha Daye Walls, Jason Kendrick Weaver, Alana Ann White, Charles S Wicker, Claire Catherine Wigginton, Georgia Gray Wilkes, Carter Broom Wilkinson, William Pratt Williamson, Alice Lindley Wilson, Ava Elizabeth Wilson, Caroline Rose Wilson, Jeremiah Windham, Byron Pearson Windham, Clayton Page Young, Grant Powell

Teacher’s List (All A’s & B’s) Abbott, Carolyn Rose Al-Ostaz, Mohannad Ahmed Allen, Walker Harrison Almutairi, Hanin Anderson, Jakeria Anderson, Seger Cappaert Anjanappa, Saurab S Aquino, Zaiden Allen Arnold, Bailey Reighn Atkinson, Landon Kyle Austin, Mariam Catherine Avery, Kanalu Olamana Baddour, Paul Marion Balkin, Gabriela Analise Banks, Cam’Ron Barry, Brooke Padgitt Barton, Katherine Louise Bass, James Tanner Bean, Z’nyla Amor Belenchia, Natalie Paige Benedict, Anna Lauren Bishop, Margaret Ann Blackwelder, Jagger Anthony Blair, Natalie Elizabeth Blount, Levi Daniel Bombelli, Nicholas Boyas, William Joaquin Brasell, Jane Saxon Brown, Madison Ann Buford, Julian Burleson, Dixie Katherine Burns, Hunter Kylen Busby, Jack Garland Busby, Mary Caroline Buschlen, Keaton Vaughn Buzareiba, Raghad Omran Caldwell, Jordan Austin Campbell, A’Yhuna Nakeyia Carmean, Evelyn Rose Carmean, Jane Reeves Carrington, Glenn Elizabeth Carter, Callie Grace Case, Olivia Linton Castillo-Tabora, Genesis Causey, Jacquelynne Jeanne Edith Certion, M’Layjah Jovian Cerveny, Andrew David Coleman, Nadia Bethanie Cope, John Grayson Cormack, Kennedy Reese Cottom, Leiaidra Mi’Joi Crocker, Timothy Ezekiel Dale, Madelyn Sophia Daniels, Annika Marie Davis, Madison Rihanna Doner, Emileigh Grace Dowling, Larkin Bernini Dudley, Jeremiah Lajordan Ealey, So’Nia Carrie Christine East, Michael Ann Eastland, Hiram C Espinoza, Jayda Sophia Estes, Wesley Brett Farmer, Marjorie Elizabeth Fassinger, Kaden Chase Felix, Matthew Ripken Finner, Christopher A J Flaschka, Max Russell Wolf Flaschka, Mollie Blair Ford, Christopher Ezekiel Fowler, Kathryn Presley Franklin, Thomas Gerald Freeman, Wyatte Holden Fuller, Kardesia Janae’ Gaia, John Wallace Gandhi, Syna Manish Gillis, Lindsey Elizabeth Glenn, Raven Tarrell Dee Green, Ladaejah Jeriah Grem, William Miles Gussow, Shaun David Hamilton, Emma Kathleen Haralson, Hannah Lynn Harrington, Chloe Marie Hazlewood, Margaret Elaine Henderson, Evelyn Lynn Herrera, Alexander Santiago Herron, Kentravion Temelle Hilliard, Akevia Leigh-Ann Hilliard, Ryan Glenn Hillmer, Cailey Nicole Hobson, Breuna Cheri Hodges, Makyah Zaire Horton, Auriana Hyche, Avery Lynn Ibrahim, Zeyad Mohamed Ali Jackson, Elise Ann Jernigan, Patricia Bell Joyce, Colby Richard Jubera, Robert Judson, Braylen Terrell Kamman, Barrett Denton Kelley, Madelyn Kent, Reid Andrew Kimbrell, Elizabeth Rivers Knef, Andrew H Knight, Colton Gray Kosko, Bailey Mullins Landry-Rahaim, Rose Latimer, Sarah Ross Le, Kevin Lewis, Avery Pierce Lewis, Elaina Renee Lewis, Jon Allen Lewis, Samuel Wallace Lovorn, Rowan Elliott Lowe, Jane Claire Martin, Colton Andrew Martins, Pedro Machado May, Olivia Helen Mayo, Cait Frances Mayoral, Braden John McCarty, Tamiyiah MoShay McCollins, Zuri Ayana McCullen, Laura Kathleen McCurdy, Sean Thomas McDaniel, Aden Gregory McElroy, Mattie Elizabeth McMillian, Javien Malachi Mercier, Georgia Rose Metcalf, Zoe Abigail Miller, Ana Mitchell, Ameir Mercedes Montgomery, Elizabeth Stewart Moreton, Anders Morgan, Houston Rivers Morgan, Michaela Lynn Mott, William Ross Munoz-Pascacio, Nathalie Nautiyal, Rishi Ndaruhutse, Boaz Tonto Nichols, William Ray Nordstrom, William Davis Norman, Robert Harrell O’Dowd, Brendan Charles Osborne, Annelise Taylor Parker, Elijah Parsons, Madelyn Yahel Pascacio, Joshten Raul Patton, Nyla Danielle Perkins, Anna Claire Pharr, Luke Benjamin Pruitt, Parker Jude Randle, Ethan Monroe Ray, Layton Ramsey Reed, Virginia Lynn Richards, Benjamin Graham Richards, Elijah Davis Rico, Anna Beatrix Rico, Patrick Finlay Robertson, Rivers Burton Robinson, Chance Robinson, Lillian Grayson Roy, Sam Morgan Samaniego, Alexa Itsallana Saxton, Andrew Martin Schardan, Julian Schock, Landon David Schwaegerl, Lena Charlotte Schweigart, Brenleigh Paige Scott, Nicholas Dane Scruggs, Sydney Kathryn Shoaf, Abby Elliston Sipes, Brooks Sipps, Annabelle Grace Smith, Emaleigh Sosa Rodriguez, Franklin Speed, John Thomas Strum, Madison Grace Swingle, Jack Manning Tallie, Kamayia Tallie, Keon’Taye Da’Shan Tatum, Carlisle Emery Taylor, Avaleigh Renee Taylor, Sovient Zantrell Thigpen, Alicia Renee Thomas, Amelia Walker Toles, Noah Elex Tompkins, Lillie Lizabeth Toney, Deriah Elizabeth Treloar, Davis Alexander Tyson, Tara Nicole Urbina, Natalia Elena Ussery, Reed Fowler Valliant, Rebeka Claire Vaughn, Brinnan Jaynes Vaughn, Makinly Grace Wadley, Amari Latrice Wadley, JaMarion Martavis Weathersbee, Mary Carolyn Elizabeth Webb, Elizabeth Riggan White, Kierstan Marcia Wicker, Bryce Chapin Wiley, Violet Nicole Wilkins, Stella Kathryn Wilkinson, Katherine Owen Wishon, Dylan Lee Wymer, Abraham Young, Kasiyah Kevionna Youngblood, Olivia Ashlyn Zachos, Lucian

Oxford Middle School Honor Roll – First Quarter 2017-2018

Principal’s List (All A’s) Abernathy, Sallie Virginia Addy, Aiden Lamar Alluri, Ajay Varma Amidon, Noah Jared Atchley, Andrew Crawford Austin, Katherine Grace Baggett, Kanesha Latrice Ball, Braden Matthew Barksdale, Brianna Denise Barrett, Lealand Gracie Barrios, Emory Caperton Beauchamp, Mattie Hanks Berry, William Wells Bianco, Catherine Louise Bigham, Brock Thurman Blair, Lydia Helen Bland, Hudson Lawrence Boudreaux, Claire Brewer, Joshua Alexander Brown, Jonathan Campbell, William Hayden Caradine, Miles Milton Emett Carter, Elijah Guy Carter, Joseph Andrew Case, Audrey Davis Cassisa, Carolina Grace Clark, Lacey Katherine Clinton, Nora Dean Cook, Madeline Ellsworth Cooper, Ciara Jo Crawley, Carsyn Swayzie Dabbs, Walker Pace Daniels, Dorothy Grace Davis, Farryn Kennedy Dennis, Julia McQueen Devera, Rowan Hayes Douglas, Faith Ann Dyminski, Thomas Randall Farmer, Sadie Grace Fruge’, Rosemary Katherine Giles, Lucian Witherspoon Goulding, Aidan S. Green, Henry Hasselman Greene, Amelia Lea Greer, Allison Reed Habeeb, Reagan Leigh Harper, Hannah Heard, Kaitlyn Paige Heuer, Everett Bowen Hill, John Bailey Hunt, Addison Marleigh Johnson, Josianna Elizabeth Kang, Mina Karthikeyan, Keerthin Kendricks, John Scott Knight, Ethan Tyler Latil, Jacob Walker Le, Johnson Le, Thu Anh Lewis, Louise Anne Ligon, Charles Thomas Little, Rosemary Elizabeth Love IV, John Clark Maryam, Numa Mathis, Kaylin Jennae Maxwell, James Donald McClure, Jeffrey Williams Miller, Saylie Parker Monteith, Savannah Isabel Bel Moore, Sarah Grace Murphy, Patrick Francis Newsom, William Luke Nordstrom, Benjamin Eli Ormon, Ava Kathryn Patel, Aidan Rakeah Perry, John West Purdom, Kara Elizabeth Ratliff, Charleston Edward Rayburn, Cecilia Reed, Vanessa Nicha Reysen, Ember Noelle Rhodes, Katelin Faith Roberson, Riley Elizabeth Robinson, Grant Wilson Rock, Cassidy Nicole Rubenstein, Zoe Elizabeth Sawyer, MacKenzie Lee Sawyer, Madison Nicole Schmelzer, Callie Grace Sharp, Chloe Anne Shelton, Emma Sanders Shipley, Savannah Harlow Shorter, Ashten Dean Smith, Stratton Holt Steinriede, Anne Walcott Stevens, Heath Michael Stewart, Olivia Ellen Sullivan, Aidan Thomas Sweeney, Connor Patrick Swingle, Molly Caroline Thompson, Ella McKinley Tosh, Ella Kathryn Trujillo, Aaron Michael Valdez, Xavier Edgar Wages, Caroline Grayson Walker, Anna Caroline Warrington, James Davis Weathersbee, Jeremiah Davis White, Avery Hannah Wicker, Sarah Grace Wigginton, Luke Lafayette Wilkinson, John Franklin Hassell Windham, William Thomas Woo, Nathan Kyoungseo Yant, Jane Isabella Zhang, Luke Xi

Teacher’s List (All A’s & B’s) Alexander, Zakeri Alan Alger, Anna Aloia, Jonah Grayson Anderson, James Wilder Arizaga, Genoveva Grace Armstrong, Aubrey Laine Austin, Brooks Crockett Baeshen, Andrew Hesham Bailey, Ramey Elliott Barnett, Evelyn Eliot Barton, Grace Anne Beebe, John Robert Belk, Aiden James Bell, Diamond Kierra Bergeron, Molly Merritt Best, Lauren Elizabeth Bial IV, Joseph John Bishop, Steven Matthew Blaylock, Evelyn Isabella Blount, Hope Davidson Bogan, Ticyana Anecia Renay Booker, Kirsten Ja’Derria Bowling, Adam Miller Brazell, Jessica Paige Brewer, Kaitlyn Emma Bruce, Norah Mary Jane Buchanan, Joseph Thomas Burkes, Anna Sophia Burkes, Delaney Grace Busby, Hattie Elizabeth Buschlen, Ethan Gareth Bush, Levi Matthew Byars, Charles Randolph Cabello, Michael Caldwell, Kalvia O’Nealvea Caldwell, Sparkle Ariel Campbell, Alysia Michelle Carothers, Sharenity Lynn Carwile, William Westmoreland Case, Mary McLauren Childers, Eva Ruth Contractor, Ria Zaksis Cooper, Noah Emmanuel Cope, Aiden Saliba Crane, John Spencer Crowe, Ellen Emerson Dabney, Thompson Daugherty, Amelie Parker Dennis, Ivy Suzanne Dennis, Jackson William Dorrell, Colin Semmes Downing, Stephen Matthew Dunaway, Drue Alexis Elliott, William M Ellis, William Vaiden Enfinger, Jena Brooke Fair, Virginia Ross Brown Fiveash, Jayda Grace Floate, Aidan Mark Freeman, Grace Kennedy Freeman, Samari Shani Fyke, Lola Carter Gaia, Madeleine Barnett Gililland, Joshua Alan Grantham, Robert Sharp Hanbury, Lauren Elizabeth Hardy, Julia Brent Harvey, Michael David Helsel, Mia Claire Hemmins, Jude Owen Henderson, Isabel Morrow Hewitt, Mary Alexandra Hickey, Morgan Hill, Anna Louise Ho, Jennifer Hodge, Claire Elise Hood, Catelin Grace Houston, Audria Aerial Huggins, Lylian Douglas Hunter, Sara Grace Hyneman, Henry Lewis Jacob, Katherine Elizabeth Jo, Samuel Hwanhee Johnson, Luke Daniel Jones, Averie Taylor Kincaid, David William Kirkwood, Ryan Tray’Shawn Langley, Avery Marie Lewis, William Goodloe Lipsey, JaMichael Takyland Logan, Vincent Chase Lowery, Charles Gavin Lynch, Robert Michael Madkins, Sariah Monyae May, Sarah Lynlee McGinness, Arkady Walker McInnis, Taylor McKey, Jude McMillan, Andersen Elizabeth Mercier, Audrey Elizabeth Metts, Linley Ann-Marie Mims, Allyson Rhea Mitchell, Makalah Renea Montgomery, Joel David Moore, Hayden Tyler Moore, Kallie McKade Morarie, Veronica Magdalena Morse, Allie Lynn Mott, Tacie Jane Mullen, Bryce Owen Murphey, Archer Smith Murphey, Webb Smith Norphlet, Elijah JaQuon O’Dowd, Davis Winton Owens, Laila Arquel Pasco-Pranger, Asa James Patterson, Michael Elias Perry, Ada Grace Pettis, Keanna Ne’veah Ponder, Michael Stratton Porcha, Quincy Allen Porter, Sania Loronz Portera, Owen Samuel Radigan, Luke Thomas Regan, Natalie Grace Renfroe, Land Harris Rhodes, William Lawton Riddell, Ellis Walker Robertson, Lane Brice Rogers, Currie Benton Rousseau, Helen Reed Rowland, Margaret Herron Rucker, Tyler JaJuan Russell, Drake Alan Saenz-Lopez, Darlyn Karina Sanchez-Garcia, Carlos Sanders, Blake Lee Savage, Michael Baylor Schneider, Emery Kathryn Schove, John Stanley Seicshnaydre, Elizabeth Lee Sharp, Aaron Shipman, Bella Scott Short, Ethan Andrew Shows, Cashe Newell Shows, Ross Alan Shull, Charles Wallace Singletary, Matthew Ray Skipworth, Tyler Wesley Smith, Alexis Grace Smith, Chaffin Elizabeth Smith, L’Asia Shekendrea Smith, Larrmyne Colton Spears Smith, Lewis Wynne Smith, Zaria Tyanna Solomon, Ross Whitlow Stallings, James Kyle Stewart, Christian Hope Turner, John Preston Vaughn, Jakira Sharda Vaughn, Leona Abigale Waddell, Olivia Ann Webb, Dixon Thomas Webb, Wesley Whitaker, Martha Sutton JiLu Wicker, Addie Elise Wicker, Luke McNabb Wicker, Tyler Kent Wilfawn, Keegan Douglas Wilkinson, Mary Katherine Suzette Winters, Taylor Woodfin, Aiden Scott Yerger, Harlan Yoste, John Geraghty

Oxford High School Honor Roll – First Quarter 2017-2018

Principal’s List (All A’s) Abernathy, Frances Hazie Addy, Alaina Kathleen Al-Ostaz, Nadeen Ahmed Al-Sherri, Zynub A. Atchley, Abigail Taylor Austin, Lillian Rose Baker, Ellyn Elizabeth Bartholomew, Gretchen Case Beard, Ashley Paige Bial, Lauren Frances Boudreaux, Christian Thomas Boutwell, Allie Kathryn Buchanan, Niamke Conner Bundren, Megan Leigh Burcham, Abagail Elizabeth Buskes, Anneke Lee Jing Qiu Callicutt, William Houston Chatman, Raven Nichelle Cheng, Calendula Yunong Cizdziel, Claire Theresa Cizdziel, Siena Catherine Cohen, Ross Gabriel Coon, Walker Thomas Crawley, John-Russell Cooper Cromwell, Clay Hollingsworth Crouch, Carter Fox Deese, David Henry Doerksen, Edmund Siwei Duperier, Alfred Wortham Elgohry, Marawan Moustafa Farese, Ellis Kilbourne Forgette, Anna Kathryn Freeze, Jordan McKenzie Fruge’, Don Luis Gershon, Eve Miranda Golmon, Graham Truett Goulet, Gabrielle E Goulet, Nicole Mayan Grafton, Addison Hibbs Green, Johnson McCallum Greene, Mary Emma Heiskell, Lucia Lamar Hemmins, Lilian Carroll Ho, Vivian Thuy Hu, Edward Yang Johnson, Walter Warren Jones, Emma Katherine Jones, Grace Anne Kendricks, Mary Charles Larson, Anna Mathis Li, Qing Yun Ligon, John Allen Livingston, Magnolia B Lizotte, George Britson Logan, Grace Nicole Luber, Kurre Thomas Luke, Cayden Angela Mallette, Pope Dolby Maxwell, Ellinor Minhinnette McEachern, Lorie Jordan McIntosh, Ann Caroline McKey, James Keith McKey, Mia Maureen McPhail, Joshua Robert Meagher, John Micheal Mercier, Marcus Karl Mercier, Mary Isabella Metcalf, Zkyra Monique Meyers, Gillian Elizabeth Mills, Addison Marie Mitchell, Lilian Camille Mobley, Alexander James Moen, Rebekah Hannah Mounce, Abigail Lauren Mullen, Sarah Neely Nagle, Alexandra M Nelson, Lauren Anada Renee Norman, Neal Garner Norris, Joseph Landon O’Keefe, Daniel Ryan O’Keefe, Joseph Thomas Overby, Haeden Ryan Pasco-Pranger, Sadie Charlotte Patel, Karina Rakesh Patel, Suhani Ashok Patterson, George Alexander Pearson, Claire Love Pham-Dao, Albert Phu Pham, Tu Nha Anna Pittman, Cady Grace Quinn, Sophia Adams Randall, Hannah Elizabeth Ratliff, Sarah Ann Renfroe, Anna Lauren Rester, Ann Claire Rester, Sydney Ruth Riley, Katherine Cook Robinson, Joseph Daniel Rock, Katelyn Virginia Rogers, Donald Forrest Roland, Virginia Olivia Roth, Hays Spicer Shelton, Samuel David Simpson, Philip Ryan Smith, Keon De’Morris Smith, Lily McCalla Soto, Lorelai Makenzie Spillers, Hannah Elizabeth Stevens, Emily Elise Strum, Carissa Ann Sullivan, Ann Morgan Swords, Julia Adeline Tann, Julia Elizabeth Tannehill, Jack Rhea Teng, Emmanuelle Rachel Thompson, Addison Mae Thompson, Halford Madeline Torrent, James Thomas Travis, Jaxon Owen Van Ness, Peter Fancher Waller, Mary Marshall Ward, Andreel Ti’Keshia Webb, Jaqaun Darnell White, Ava Camille Williams, Ellen Benson Wymore, Martha Olivia Leigh Yerger, Sarah Jane Young, Carter Thomas Zediker, Charlie Evan

Teacher’s List (All A’s & B’s) Abel, Elijah Taylor Abraham, Katherine Louise Adams, Margaret Pepper Adamson, Michael Joel Addy, Elias James Alexander, Breiana LaShaye Andrews, Daniel Logan Archer, Thomas Neal Arnold, Madeline Jean Baggett, Tamyra Alicia Baker, Wilson Benton Barrett, Anna Katherine Beard, Brittni Gail Berry, Eleanor Alexander Best, Aubrey Caroline Bianco, Andrew Joseph Bianco, Samuel Marquette Bishop, Aubrey Reed Bishop, Mary Katherine Blake, Christian Quin-Maronye Boone, Morgan Taylor Boudreaux, Keith Anthony Boughton, Aaliyah Bourn, Gracie Caroline Bradley, Brandon DaShun Bradley, Connor Blake Bradley, Zachary Mar’Tez Brewer, Timothy Hutson Brines, Lawson Henry Brown, Ryan Edward Bruce, Owen Wulff Buskes, Elsie Lee Hua Da Byars, Kathryn Culpepper Byars, Wilton Vance Calderwood, Kathryn Rose Caldwell, Deijanee Nicole Campbell, Saniah Nicole Caraway, Savannah Eve Carothers, Karen Elise Carrington, William Tucker Carwyle, Davis Monroe Case, Catherine Bryan Case, Lucy Catherine Chandler, Lauren Claire Chiniche, Lucy Dale Cipkowski, Leo O’Neil Clark, Abigail Lynn Coleman, Alijah Montana Collins, Alice Cofield Cook, Mary Ellen Coon, Russell Connor Cooper, Jessica Lynn Copley, Jessica Elizabeth Cousar, Reece Franklin Creekmore, Catherine Elizabeth Crosby, Madison Elizabeth Culpepper, Robert Fallon Dabney, Sally Kate Davidson, Adrian J’Quarie Davis, Arden Alicia Davis, Emily R. Davis, Hallie Jane-Lord Dawkins, Anna Gabrielle Dear, Jackson Kent Desler, Elizabeth Brooks Douglas, Jonathan Michael Dukes, Kylin Maurice Durham, James Taylor Dyer, Grace Thompson Easley, Colby J. Eastland, Mary Allyn Edge, Jesse Clifton Evans Elgohry, Kareem Moustafa Evans, Christina Camilla Evans, David Aitken Farese, Emma Reed Farmer, Nolan Scott Field, Catherine Newell Finn, Matthew Evan Flowers, Ty’Derriya J Fogerty, Daryl Charles Franks, Sarah Grace Freelon, Khyan Marquee Frierson, Demarius Ja’Shoun Fuller, Brooks Brown Fulton, Joshua Grey Gardner, Andrew Stephens Gililland, John Michael Gordon, Kyle Dekendric Gordon, Taylor D Gough, Mary Mobley Goulet, Yaniv Liberman Goza, Meredith Tatum Grafton, Daniel Cole Gul, Sharjeel Waseem Gunn, Elizabeth Abigail Hakim, Benjamin Stewart Hale, Benjamin Lewis Hall, Daniel Louis Hardy, Sarah Katherine Harrell, Logan Andrew Avant Harris, Keiona Aaliyah Hartnett, Eli Curtis Hartnett, Samuel Mark Harvey, John McCormick Hayward, Mary Clark Henderson, Andrew Hollensworth Hester, Andrew David Hester, Emily Amanda Hill, Caroline McLain Hillmer, Carter Neil Hitchcock, Grayson Chance Hitchcock, Kaden Presley Hitchcock, Landon Grant Holben, Ethan Clay Holley, Abigail Rose Hollingsworth, William Thomas Holmes, Klaria Ernese Hooker, Preston Alexander Horton, Khaniaya Raquakkia Taylor Hubbell, Hayden Elizabeth Huggins, Nicholas David Hughes, Patricia Kathleen Hultman, Emerson Moffatt Hunter, Lilly McKay Huynh, Kelly Hyche, Nathan Howard Ivy, Anthony Clay Jackson, Charles Julian Jekabsons, Mathew Elias Jenkins, Ruth Anne Johnson, Grace Elizabeth Jones, Khloe Tzion Joyce, Grace Ann Kamman, Caroline Wood Kennedy, Kaitlyn Elizabeth Kimbrell, Avery Ryan Kincaid, Caroline Grace Koestler, William Downing Lamar, Elizabeth Merrill Langendoen, Noah Patrick Lewis, Desiree Nicole Little, William Jacob Longnecker, Alex Jeffery Loper, Michael Blake Lopez, Frida Esparza Madlock, Antonio Dewane Bailey Madlock, Kyndal Camille Marsh, Jeffrey Coleman Marzouk, Heba Omar Marzouk, Mohamed Omar Mayes, Tamara Octavia Divin Mayo, Thomas Hayes McCormick, Parker Keen McCready, Campbell Elizabeth McCullen, Mary Alice McCullough, Tajah Brianna McDaniel, Emma Kate McKeown, Lucas James McKinney, Savannah Rene’e Merrell, Aubrey Kate Metcalf, Zharia Dominique Meyer, Olivia Nicole Mims, Addison Grace Mitchell, Julia Braden Mitchell, Lilli-Grace Camille Moore, Martha Mikaela Moore, Robert Cole Morales Romero, Luis Antonio Morgan, Joshua Carr Morrow, Dolnesha Ka’Jettie Morse, Emily Elizabeth Mott, Matthew Dean Mullins, Ann McCall Munoz, Aldrin Harvey Munoz, Esmeralda Alondra Murphey, Carole Addison Murphy, Anna Lea Murthy, Srujana N. Nalls, Makayla Antoinette Nash, Bo Thomas Neilson, Marjorie Ann Nelson, Olivia Claire Renee Newsom, Anna Grace Newsom, Caroline Virginia Nichopoulos, Alexis Athena Norris, Christian Graham Norris, Niles Spencer O’Neill, Griffin Elliot O’Reilly, Felicity Rose Oliver, Corey Vincent Overby, Ryleigh Grace Parker, Landon Wyatt Parker, Sara Grace Patton, Kathleen Sampson Pearson, Joshua Eli Perkins, John Seton Perrier, Justine Elodie Perry, Knox Nelson Peters, Ann Fava Pettis, Darius Jordan Pittman, Anne Elizabeth Ponder, Stetson Lane Powell, Charles Obie Prillerman, Egypt Ayanna Purdon, Elinor Claire Rankin, Randi Elizabeth Ravishankar, Anish Reynolds, Evangeline Marie Reysen, Summer Victoria Roach, Tejeland Renee Robbins, Lydia Bailey Ross, Taylor Brooke Roth, Andrew Evan Rousseau, Jacob Louis Rowland, Whitman Morse Roy, Jackson Medwick Russell, Abby Grace Rychlak, Olivia Claire Salau, Farid Schove, Mary Dewitt Scott, Tucker Rhodes Scruggs, Michael Andrew Shinall, Ally Virginia Shorter, Tristan Dean Sisk, Syrena Victoriah Smith, Andrew Hartley Smith, Evelyn Gates Smith, Graham Benjamin Smith, Tyler James Smith, Virginia Madeline Smith, William Alexander Sockwell, Ryan James Solinger, Eli Charles Southern, Derrius Ke’Shaun Spears, Sydney Nicole Sterling, Benjamin Dakota Stewart, John Franklin Stinnett, Parker Joseph Stone, Anthony Cade Sudduth, Margaret Ann Sudduth, Virginia Kathryn Surbeck, Collin Queiroz Tann, William Harrison Tannehill, Margaret McKenzie Tatum, Julien Rundell Thompson, Grace Jean Thompson, Julie Marie Tidwell, Vasilios Zachery Tingle, Brooklyn Noelle Toma, Emily Anne Torrent, Charles Joseph Torrent, David Allan Tosh, Dennis Stone Treloar, Avery Elise Trott, Joseph Howard Tyner, Susan Rebecca Upton, Morgan Mackenzie Urbina, Alenys Van Ness, Morgan Alexandra Vijayasankar, Akshaya Wadlington, Hiram Donavon Waller, Sara Katherine Wang, Qi Hang Warrington, Wesley Anne Watts, Ana Brooke Watts, Brandon Hugh Waxler, Elijah Latimer Webb, Hollin Sebastein Webster, Lindsey Marie Wheeler, Kayla Kaprice Wheeler, Sophia Pauline White, Brian Garrett White, Jammie Marcell White, KeMariaha Elise White, Lindsey Cameron Whitehead, Dalton Garvis Whitwell, Davis Carroll Wicker, Eli Scott Wilfawn, Quentin Carter Wilkins, William Thomas Williams, Tyler Jamal Wilson, Paschal Peolia Woodard, Niquisha Monquie Yerger, Frank Montague Young, Jalon Kershun

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This is an attempt towards my own courageous undertaking of freeing Creatives from their own grips of indecision (an excerpt from the Facebook group: Almost like poetry).

| Writers Block |

There has long since been a discussion among Humans™ surrounding the difficulty of initiating enough momentum to begin “The Writing Process.”

For the duration of this collective conversation, a commonality has emerged, converging individual opinions with the attributes of an actual blockade, or a barrier, that the teemingly passionate struggle to surmount and surpass.

Just as we can all agree this analogy is simply a metaphor unifying the shared experience of difficulty to remedy our hesitance, we can also agree that this “Writing Block” is not like a closed road, imposed by some elected, authoritarian official with intent to serve and protect. It’s not caution tape used to segregate some unauthorized territory, nor is it like a vicious brigade of pirates taking pleasure in gatekeeping buried treasure.

No real block actually exists, save the self-imposed block of behavior modifications we insist on instituting, based on our crude understanding of society’s expectations of us.

Unexpectedly, “The Writing Process” truly begins with an exercise in understanding one’s “self.” Setting aside the tools used for scribe, it’s prudent to address how one perceives the expectations of society and how heavily they allow those collective opinions to direct ones choices and voice.

There are many rules society as a whole has agreed upon, beneficially indoctrinated and imposed with expectations for us to follow, like obeying health codes in the LDR rooms of a hospital, but it’s important not to adopt this motif of standard setting for curating one’s own personality and voice. The hesitance that surfaces when attempting to form our own expression is a misconception of the need for our peers acceptance or the fear of facing consequences if they don’t approve of what they read.

Many creatives well know the soul-groaning urge to surface and purge a product of weight and worth. Unlike a woman’s pangs pre-birth, where epidurals and cesareans are used to ensure the product produced is perfectly unscathed and unbruised, you don’t need to preserve your works potential by preventing it from possibly being birthed with abnormalities.

These procedures for health are great for the sake of saving babies and mothers, but the works of silent dictation laid on a blank page can be born unformed or misshapen, placed in a draw, and forgotten. There is no pressure to account for the words you bring into this world.

They may stay locked away for many years, laying untouched for nobody to see, but with your subconscious continually surveying the landscape for a piece of inspiration to complete the thought, you’ll eventually pull that dusty page free, breath upon it some fresh perspective, and watch the work miraculously take its first breathe. The years between creation and full animation is of no consequence and is a process only seen by the creator.

Be fearless when venturing to speak your voice, and courageous enough to antecede perfection. This life is nothing but a small collection of seconds, each measuring reflected light off atmospheric particles with different absorptions being directed through your iris. Realizing the miraculous facet of your own occurrence in time is enough meaning you will ever need to justify your own writing craft.

So, if you want to write and feel the pain of creation rise up and inspire you to sit and think, realize your own value to decide what is worth saying and know it’s enough to make a mistake or form something incomplete. Stop letting the expectations and responses of society guide your voice. Remove the block from your mind’s eye, envision something precious, and write the following:

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The Art Of Darkness - Apocalypse Now and Full Metal Jacket

"War is damnation," the prosaism broadcasts, yet it is by all accounts engaging hellfire. Alongside other horrendous subjects, for example, murder and vampirism, war positions among the most famous and ordinarily utilized topic of recorded excitement, and no war has yielded more or preferable movies over the one in Vietnam in the vicinity of 1955 and 1975. Regardless of whether itemizing the impacts of the war by concentrate its result or getting directly into the core of the fights, the Vietnam War has ended up being a wellspring of unlimited enthusiasm for producers and moviegoers alike. Maybe it is the ethical equivocalness of Vietnam that makes it the most fascinating war for film adjustments, and no movies delineate this vagueness superior to anything Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now (1979) and Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket (1987).

End of the world Now was the first and still, seemingly, the best film to happen amidst the war itself, shot not long after its closure in the mid-'70s and discharged on the precarious edge of the Reagan time in 1979. Roused by Joseph Conrad's 1899 novella Heart of Darkness, Coppola and screenwriter John Milius supplant the allegorical excursion of its focal character from 1890s Africa toward the Southeast Asian wilderness of the 1960s. Personally attached to this move in perspective is that, while Heart of Darkness' storyteller, Charlie Marlowe, starts as a rational and stable man who confronts frenzy and the inborn abhorrence of humanity as Mister Kurtz, Apocalypse Now's storyteller, Benjamin Willard (Martin Sheen), has just been driven at any rate to the skirt of franticness by his past Vietnam encounter before the start of the film. This change of point of view recommends that ethical quality and rational soundness had turned out to be significantly more conditional and equivocal in the season of the Vietnam War.

At the 1979 Cannes Film Festival debut of the film, Coppola expressed that "My film is not about Vietnam; my film is Vietnam." We are pushed into a universe of frenzy with no ethical focus, a well-suited vision of conditions in the Vietnam War. This expectation is prove not just by the disordered and vicious nature of the whole film, additionally in the choice to make the story's storyteller a crazy person, subsequently denying the watcher of an all the more customarily relatable entryway into the film's story.

Similarly as the film itself "is Vietnam" in world, three of its focal characters likewise are Vietnam in microcosm: Willard, Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando) and Captain Kilgore (Robert Duvall). Willard has been in the wilderness so much it has moved toward becoming his identity; in the film, he says of Vietnam: "When I was here I needed to be there. When I was there, whatever I could consider was getting over into the wilderness." Kurtz and Kilgore are two sides of a similar coin, the officer gone distraught from the franticness of war. Kilgore is the euphoric psycho who delights in fight ("I adore the possess a scent reminiscent of napalm in the morning," he says in one of the film's most well known scenes. "Scents like triumph") and has figured out how to keep a valid position in the military notwithstanding haphazardly annihilating whole towns, to the tune of Richard Wagner's "Flight of the Valkyries," for the sole motivation behind clearing a neighboring shoreline with the goal that he and his men can go surfing. Pundit Michael Wood, in his article "Blasts and Whispers" from the October 1979 New York Review of Books, attests that Kilgore ought to have been the Kurtz figure of the film, a man so colorfully crazy that he gives an unmistakable counterpoint to Sheen's Willard, yet the nearer likenesses amongst Willard and Brando's Kurtz allude to a figurative excursion of Willard into himself, into the darkest scopes of his own spirit, that echoes his strict voyage downriver to Kurtz's nest. When he finishes his task by murdering Kurtz, he has maybe quieted the infringing obscurity in his own heart.

End times Now's general vision of franticness - from Willard to Kilgore to Kurtz, alongside captivating side characters, for example, Sam Bottoms' LSD-mishandling surfer/officer and Dennis Hopper's over the top photojournalist - paints an exasperating picture of the Vietnam encounter, as well as of all humankind in a world that made the barbarities of Vietnam conceivable. As Coppola himself says in regards to the making of the film in Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper and Eleanor Coppola's 1991 narrative Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse, "We were out there with an excessive amount of gear, an excessive amount of cash and a lot of time... what's more, we as a whole went somewhat crazy," which can be viewed as a keen feedback of America's position in the war itself. At last, Apocalypse Now is more than just a war film, which might be the reason numerous commentators think of it as the best war film at any point made, and maybe even the best American film of any sort.

Full Metal Jacket has likewise been "acclaimed by commentators around the globe as the best war motion picture at any point made," as indicated by Warner Home Video Inc's. 1990 video arrival of the film. Despite the fact that it could be contended that Apocalypse Now is a more noteworthy realistic accomplishment, it is less reasonable to state that it is all the more consistent with life. End of the world Now is very adapted and subjective, while Full Metal Jacket has a particular narrative feel, regardless of its frequently shocking cinematography and utilization of elaborate gadgets, for example, moderate movement. These methodologies mirror the foundation of every chief: Kubrick started with documentaries like "Flying Padre" (1951), while Coppola got his begin at B-motion picture maker Roger Corman's American-International Pictures.

Full Metal Jacket's more goal, reasonable viewpoint additionally mirrors the perspective of its hero and storyteller, Private Joker (Matthew Modine), who experiences Marine preparing to wind up noticeably a field journalist in Vietnam. Despite the fact that Joker is an a great deal more normal and balanced character than Willard, he too is profoundly adulterated by his experience, as he turns out to be increasingly negative all through the film. As Joker says at one point in the film, in the persona of John Wayne, "A day without blood resembles a day without daylight." This skeptical loss of purity is a firm basic topic in the film, which, similar to Apocalypse Now, is a voyage into the core of murkiness. This is set up in the opening succession, which demonstrates its different characters having their heads shaved, set to the tune of Johnny Wright's "Welcome Vietnam." Full Metal Jacket is, basically, a story about growing up - but an exceptionally merciless one - that is partitioned into two independent, yet associated, stories inside the film.

The primary story pushes the watcher into the inflexible, savage existence of Marine preparing camp and, however Joker is built up as the hero from the begin, the focal character of this first story is really Leonard Lawrence (Vincent D'Onofrio). Leonard, named "Gomer Pyle" by cruel penetrate educator Sgt. Hartman (R. Lee Ermey), is a great schoolyard spook's casualty: overweight, ease back witted to the point of mellow impediment, very defenseless and inclined to crying under pressure. Hartman, as a bore teacher, has made a profession of being a domineering jerk, and the two promptly fall into this dynamic, with Hartman more than once stifling, slapping and mortifying Leonard all through the film. This story circular segment is effectively broken into three acts: Leonard's mortification, Leonard's training, and Leonard's reprisal. Unexpectedly, the culmination of Leonard's instruction is the time when he goes distraught from the embarrassment and manhandle he has endured on account of Hartman and in addition alternate enlisted people. Leonard at long last snaps when Joker hints at his first debasement: subsequent to become a close acquaintence with Leonard and instructing him, Joker eventually participates in a ceremonial beating of Leonard after he and alternate volunteers are rebuffed for Leonard's transgressions. Now, the story moves into its third demonstration, in which Leonard renders retribution on the tormenting Sgt. Hartman, whose last words are more unrepentant tormenting: "What is your significant glitch? Did your Mommy and Daddy not give you enough love when you were youthful?" Ultimately, however, Leonard pardons Joker and extras his life before taking his own.

The title of the film originates from this first half, in a monologue Leonard gives for his rifle, which speaks to him a measure of cleanliness and request in the "realm of crap" in which he exists. This fundamentally totals up the topic of the film, which is additionally shown in its two-section structure: regardless of how taught and organized a warrior's preparation and weapons might be, the war itself is still disorder. This confusion runs uncontrolled in the second 50% of the film, in which Joker winds up amidst battle, at first as an outside spectator revealing what he sees, at the end of the day having no real option except to take an interest in the brutality surrounding him. Like Apocalypse Now's Willard, Joker is to some degree on the edges of battle, yet at the same time profoundly affected and undermined by it; while Willard is a procured executioner working outside the fundamental clash of the Vietnam War, Joker is amidst this contention be that as it may, initially at any rate, does not take an interest in any killing.

The two movies address a subject that is for the most part evaded or disregarded in war movies: that of sexuality in wartime. Between Apocalypse Now's prematurely ended Playboy Bunny visit from the get-go in the film and Full Metal Jacket's Vietnamese whores in the second half, the two movies articulately represent the statement so persuasively voiced in Chris Hedges' 2002 diary of wartime news coverage, War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, that "there is in wartime an almost general distraction with sexual contacts." The undercurrent of assault and pressure display in the two cases indicates the ethical equivocalness of this kind of sexuality, which, by augmentation, demonstrates the flawed profound quality of war itself.

This vagueness is likewise found in the trips embraced by the focal characters of each film. In Full Metal Jacket's second story, Joker is given a mission by his boss, Lt. Lockhart (John Terry), which drives him into the core of obscurity, where he confronts his very own definitive debasement heart (a microcosm for

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