Jessica Chastain
Idris Elba
Kevin Costner
Paul Simon
Art Garfunkel
Happy New Year, and welcome to the first class of the new year. Today's and next week's class will be the last of this semester and academic year!
Today we watched two videos, one music video and one movie trailer. Until now, we have watched mainly British music videos (Genesis, Yes, David Bowie) and two Irish artists (The Cranberries, U2), but today we watched a live performance of America by Simon and Garfunkel. They are very different from the British artists we have seen so far, who generally have a full rock sound. Simon and Garfunkel are basically folk singers who also add a band. Their main attractions are pleasant melodies and evocative lyrics sung with nice harmony.
Jessica Chastain is one of my favorite actors. We saw the trailer for her new movie, Molly's Game. It looks very interesting. It's based on a true story of a woman who set up a high-stakes poker game featuring billionaires. Idris Elba plays her lawyer.
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