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![]() See Photos: Geena Davis, Female YouTubers Unite for Gender Equality in Mediaįor instance, while the film rightly confronts the misogyny and male gaze that impact how women are presented on screen and how that in turn influences young female audiences (who are compellingly seen enraptured by a movie screen at various points in the conversation, thanks to editor Jasmin Way), “This Changes Everything” fails to delve into other egregious Hollywood missteps, like parity in journalism. This is perhaps why the bulk of “This Changes Everything” is problem-identifying, but in doing so, it exposes blind spots in the conversation. Going back even further in time, the documentary pays respect to ’80s activists like directors Joelle Dobrow and Susan Bay Nimoy (“Eve”) and gives films like “Thelma and Louise,” “The Joy Luck Club,” “Twilight,” and “Daughters of the Dust” their due for passing the Bechdel test and for reflecting the documentary’s optimistic title.Īs said in the film, however, the title “This Changes Everything” is ironic considering that, as notable as these milestones have been, they haven’t managed to shift the archaic, straight-white-cisgender-male Hollywood paradigm or to topple the dim statistics. ![]() Shonda Rhimes, also featured in the film, and her empire Shondaland are lauded for employing diverse casts and crew. Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine production company gets a well-deserved shout-out for creating opportunities for women in front of and behind the camera. Davis talks about her eponymous Geena Davis Institute on Gender and Media, founded in 2004, along with the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, both of which are vigilant about baring the disheartening statistics for all to be held responsible. “This Changes Everything” spends the least amount of time on that last part, problem-solving, but it’s the most interesting aspect of the film because it shows some forward movement in the conversation. Ultimately, it’s about blowing the lid off the problem, highlighting the journey of how we got to this point, and what the industry is doing to fix it.Īlso Read: David Lynch, Geena Davis Named Honorary Oscar Recipients The short answer seems to be, to quote one of the film’s interviews, to build a community around the outspoken supporters –going beyond actors and directors to writers, casting agents, and showrunners - who have often been siloed to deal with their individual grievances alone. Then the question becomes, What is the point of this film? That concern is intensified as we see interviews with women who have been at the forefront of the #TimesUp movement - actors Reese Witherspoon and Rosario Dawson, producers Geena Davis and Tracee Ellis Ross, and directors Julie Dash (“Daughters of the Dust”) and Kimberly Peirce - because none of them really add anything new. So when director Tom Donahue (“Casting By”) begins to echo these statistics early on in “This Changes Everything,” you think it’s going to be another fruitless conversation about the lack of equality in Hollywood. Then the enraging discussion inevitably reaches a dead end because, despite decades of case studies and reporting, these numbers have barely budged. Not to mention, 92% of directors of 2018’s top-grossing domestic releases were male, even though 2017 proved that the top 100 films with female leads made 38% more money. 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It’s a hit or miss: sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. Another thing that sort of helped was playing the note I wanted by switching to the “tone generator” tab and playing the sound I wanted I turn it off and play the note on my kalimba. Here’s a tip that may be useful: taking the case off my phone helped. Your nails are what you use to pluck the tines, so it’s a little bit harder to play. It was especially difficult to tune the highest note on the kalimba and I ended up destroying my nails by plucking the same tine over and over again. The only problem is that whenever I was trying to tune the higher notes on my kalimba, it kept thinking I was trying to tune a different note than what I wanted. I love this app! It works very well and it is extremely helpful when tuning something. More about us on Follow us on Twitter/Facebook Write to us: videos on bit.ly/eumvideoĮnjoy insTuner? 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They will only keep your asthma under control if you use them correctly. ![]() Make sure you know how to use your asthma medications properly. ![]() See your doctor about making treatment changes. If you frequently use a quick-relief inhaler to treat symptoms, your asthma isn't under control. Long-term control medications are the key to keeping your asthma controlled and in the green zone. Knowing when to use these medications can help prevent an impending asthma attack. They're used as needed to quickly open your airways and make breathing easier. These medications are sometimes called rescue inhalers. Quick-relief inhalers contain a fast-acting medication such as albuterol.Used on a daily basis, these medications can reduce or eliminate asthma flare-ups. These preventive medications treat the airway inflammation that leads to asthma symptoms. Long-term control medications such as inhaled corticosteroids are the most important medications used to keep asthma under control.There are two main types of medications used to treat asthma: Less than 60% of your predicted personal best More than 80% of your predicted personal bestĦ0 to 80% of your predicted personal best Quick-relief inhaler use to control symptoms Symptoms such as coughing, wheezing or shortness of breath Peak flow readings improve if narrowed airways open up with treatment.īelow is an example of a two-week diary of peak flow readings done by a child who has quite bad asthma.Levels of asthma control in children older than 12 and adults Measuring your peak flow readings can help assess how well treatment is working. You and your healthcare provider will determine what your personal best exhalation is and then base your action on a percentage of that number. If the treatment causes a large improvement in your reading, this too is typical of asthma. Many asthma action plans use peak flows as one of the criteria for intervention on your part. Sometimes a peak flow reading is done before and after you take a dose of asthma medicine to open up your airways. This information can be used to inform your asthma action plan and help doctors make decisions to alleviate asthma symptoms or prevent asthma attacks. You will normally be asked to take a 'best of three' peak flow reading each morning and evening. Sometimes a doctor or nurse will give you a chart (like the one below), and ask you to keep a record of your peak flow readings for a week or so. This difference is much greater in people with untreated asthma than the normal small variation seen in most people. Typically, the readings are lower in the morning compared with the evening. Your peak flow readings will tend to vary quite a lot.No matter how strong you are, if your airways are narrowed, your peak flow will be lower than expected for your age, size, and sex. Your peak flow readings will usually be low. ![]() What are peak flow meters used for? To help diagnose asthma Another common error is to not put your lips right round the mouthpiece to make sure that all the air you blow out goes through the device. A common error is to not to blow as hard as you can. If they are not, you may not be blowing into the device correctly. However, when you do three blows straight after each other, the readings should all be about the same. The 'best of three' is the reading to record. When checking your peak flow score, you should do three blows, one after the other. The further reading section has a link to an Asthma UK website which has a video showing how to use a peak flow meter. Briefly, you must put the marker to zero, take a deep breath, close your lips around the mouthpiece, then blow air out of your lungs as fast as you can into the device. It is important to do this correctly otherwise, the readings can be misleading. Your doctor,nurse or other healthcare professional will show you how to take a peak flow test. The rest of the models published here is designed by other people (when I know their name I wil mention it at the specific model). Regular LEGO® -models are always provided with the Original LEGO® -Set number. A few models have been created by myself and can freely be used. Most of the models are regular LEGO® -models where the building-instructions are free to obtain. They are also made by me of the LXF file with Blueprint software. In case of non-standard LEGO® models, sometimes a few building instructions can be downloaded. Note: Ineligible activities will be regularly reviewed.MyBricks4U is a place where you can find all my models I build with LEGO® Digital Designer (LDD).
In the wake of the film’s release, one critique was that it didn’t hold up to Alejandro Amenábar’s Abre los ojos (“Open your eyes”), upon which it is based.īut Vanilla Sky is more of a remodel - or a remix - than it is a remake. In contrast, Vanilla Sky is more of a simulacrum than a recreation - a false copy that is, in reality, an entirely new creation, like an AI program producing new works of classic art styles. In his previous film, Almost Famous (both a chronicle and a critique of myth-making), Crowe succeeds in recreating the world of 1970s rock. (Writing in early 2002, Cameron Crowe stated that the film had been inspired by Elvis reflecting upon the alienation he felt as the constant center of attention: “I feel lonely, even in a crowded room.” Appropriately, the director also admitted in the same piece that the phrase “vanilla sky” was chosen more because it seemed evocative than because of any specific meaning.) The film’s true emotional register is instead of fear, dread, and paranoia, portrayed most powerfully through association and allusion rather than through overt displays - appropriate for a modern society where human connection is mediated through a screen, but darker feelings of unease are both omnipresent and often unnamed. While critics, primed by Crowe’s previous films to expect earnest displays of emotion, found Cruise’s portrayal of David unsympathetic and his romance with Sofia unconvincing, Vanilla Sky never quite allows the audience to feel the comfort of emotions like love. When David recounts his biography for the benefit of Sofia, for example, his tone is self-deprecatingly grandiose as he evokes narrative tropes - recounting larger-than-life story beats - distancing himself with an edge of irony. The plot, however, is one of the least important parts of a film that functions most effectively through association and allusion. Eventually, much of the events of the film are revealed to have been the result of a sleep-induced alternate reality by the mysterious company “Life Extension” - at least ostensibly. One fateful night, however, he meets Sofia Serrano (Penelope Cruz), with whom he falls in love - before he’s involved in a horrific car crash, after which his face is disfigured and he gradually loses his grip on reality. He treats others without regard or consideration, whether they be lovers like Julie Gianni (Cameron Diaz) or friends like Brian Shelby (Jason Lee). On its surface, Vanilla Sky is the story of David Aames (Tom Cruise), a magazine mogul and executive maneuvering for control of his company from a hostile board of directors. Equal parts beguiling and prescient, the film at once critiqued its time, ushered in the twenty-first century, and speaks still to the anxieties of the present age. Yet two decades onward, it is Vanilla Sky that holds up as both the most challenging and rewarding of Crowe’s major movies. The director’s cultural cachet - not to mention critical acclaim - never quite recovered from this perceived misstep. But Vanilla Sky, released in December of 2001, seemed to break this pattern, befuddling viewers and criticized by reviewers as a vehicle for star Tom Cruise which failed to connect on the emotional level of Crowe’s previous hits. He was supposed to make crowd-pleasing favorites like Jerry Maguire and Almost Famous, films with an earnest emotional core that were easy to love, and which won the favor of critics and audiences alike. “Looking back all I did was look away / Next time is the best we all know / But if there is no next time where to go?” - “Re-Make/Re-Model,” Roxy MusicĬritics thought Crowe had lost his touch. when I waked, I cried to dream again.” - The Tempest, William Shakespeare And in my opinion, one of the best movies ever made.“Be not afeard the isle is full of noises, sounds and sweet airs. The film is very complex, but not confusing. If you pay attention, you won't be confused. Ignore all people that call this film too confusing to follow. ![]() I won't explain anymore of the plot, because it's far more compelling, the less you know. ![]() All of their interactions, and the consequences of them, make Vanilla Sky one of the most emotional, and complex thrillers ever made. Curtis McCabe, a psychologist interviewing David. ![]() Cameron Diaz plays Julie Gianni, David's occasional bed buddy. Penelope Cruz plays Sofia Serrano, Brian's girlfriend whom accompanies him to David's birthday party. Jason Lee plays Brian Shelby, David's best, and in many ways, only friend. Tom Cruise plays David Aames, a selfish egomaniac who takes other people's emotions for granted, and thinks only of himself. And in my opinion, a much more human and emotional version. Vanilla Sky is a 2001 remake of the great 1997 movie, Abre Los Ojos (Open Your Eyes). |