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Black comedy, also known as black humor, is a subgenre of comedy and satire where topics and events normally treated seriously – death, mass murder, sickness, madness, terror, drug abuse, rape, etc. – are treated in a humorous or satirical manner. Synonyms created to avoid possible racial overtones include dark comedy/humor, morbid comedy/humor and off-color humor (see also color metaphors for race.) A scene in Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot demonstrates black comedy well: a man takes of ...

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Charles Bronson (November 3, 1921 – August 30, 2003) was an American actor of "tough guy" roles. In most of his roles he starred as a brutal police detective, a western gunfighter, vigilante, boxer or a Mafia hitman. He was blunt, physically powerful, and had a look of danger well suited to such roles. Charles Bronson - Early Life. He was born as Charles Dennis Buchinsky in the notorious Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania coal mining neighborhood of Scooptown, near Pittsburgh, one of 15 children born o ...

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Coffy, Jack Hill's 1973 film about an African American woman vigilante, catapulted Pam Grier to stardom as one of blaxploitation's biggest icons. According to writer/director Hill, the project began when American International Pictures' head of production, Larry Gordon, lost the rights to the film, Cleopatra Jones after making a handshake deal with the producers. Gordon subsequently approached Hill to quickly make a movie about an African American woman's reveng ...

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An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or black), is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. Many African Americans also have European and/or Native American ancestry as well. Some have Asian ancestral backgrounds too. The term tends to refer to West African ancestries; not, for example, to white or Arab African ancestry, such as Moroccan or white South African ancestry. This is so even though there is huge g ...

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• African American - African American history
• African American - Ethnicity
• African American - Contemporary issues
• African American - Culture
• African American - The term African American
• African American - Political overtones
• African American - Criticism of term
• African American - Who is African American?
• African American - Terms no longer in common use
• African American - Black American population
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Yellow peril is also a humourous British term for a traffic warden. Yellow Peril (sometimes Yellow Terror) was a phrase that originated in the late 19th century with greater immigration of Chinese and Japanese laborers to various Western countries, notably the United States. The term, a color metaphor for race refers to the skin color of east Asians, and the fear that the mass immigration of Asians threatened white wages, standards of living and indeed, civilization itself. The phrase "yellow peril" was common ...

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An alter ego (from Latin, "other I") is another self, a second personality or persona within a person. The term is commonly used in literature analysis and comparison to describe characters who are psychologically identical. The term and concept also frequently appear in popular fiction, such as in comic books, for the secret identity of a superhero, vigilante, or crimefighter: Alter ego - Alter egos in fiction. Batman is the alter ego of Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent is the alter eg ...

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Rape is a crime where the victim is forced into sexual activity, in particular sexual penetration, against his or her will. The word originates from the Latin rapere: to seize or take by force. The Latin term for the act of rape itself is raptus. Originally, the word rape was akin to rapine, rapture, raptor, and rapacious, and referred to the more general violations, such as looting, destruction, and capture of citizens that are inflicted upon a town or country during war, eg. th ...

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• Rape - Rape and sexual torture
• Rape - Sex trafficking
• Rape - Consent
• Rape - Victim blaming
• Rape - Sexual fantasy
• Rape - Effects of rape
• Rape - Medical emergency information
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• Rape - Secondary Victimization
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• Rape - Sociobiological analysis of rape
• Rape - The role of control and loss of privacy in rape
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The Algerian War of Independence (1954–62) was a period of guerrilla strikes, maquis fighting, terrorism against civilians on both sides, and riots between the French army and colonists, or the "colons" as they were called, in Algeria and the FLN (Front de Libération Nationale) and other pro-independence Algerians. The struggle was touched off by the FLN in 1954, only two years before France gave up its control over Tunisia and Morocco. The FLN's main Algerian rival — with the same goal of Algerian independence — ...

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• Algerian War of Independence - Philippeville
• Algerian War of Independence - Conduct of the War
• Algerian War of Independence - Committee of Public Safety
• Algerian War of Independence - De Gaulle
• Algerian War of Independence - The Evian Accords
• Algerian War of Independence - The pieds-noirs' and harkis' exodus
• Algerian War of Independence - Pieds-noirs
• Algerian War of Independence - Harkis
• Algerian War of Independence - War dead
• Algerian War of Independence - Lasting effects in Algerian politics
• Algerian War of Independence - Reference

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Daredevil Art by Alex Maleev, 2003. For people who perform risky stunts as a profession, see stunt performer. For the 1940s character popularized by Charles Biro, see Daredevil (Golden Age) Daredevil (Matt Murdock) is a Marvel Comics superhero created by Stan Lee and Bill Everett. He debuted in April 1964 with ‘’Daredevil’’ #1 and is maybe most notable ...

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• Daredevil - Volume 1: 1964 - 1998
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• Daredevil - Detailed Examination
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• Daredevil - Supporting Cast
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• Daredevil - Other Media Adaptations
• Daredevil - Film
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Batman Returns is both the second Tim Burton Batman movie and the second Batman film starring Michael Keaton as the title character. This time, Batman meets The Penguin (Danny DeVito), Catwoman (Michelle Pfeiffer) and Max Shreck (Christopher Walken). It was released in theaters on June 19, 1992. The score by Danny Elfman creates gothic atmosphere by combining strings and children's choruses. The film is considered the darkest installment in the franchise and contains most of the artistic, theatrical, a ...

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A wanted poster is a poster put up to let the public know of a criminal whom authorities wish to apprehend. They will generally include either a picture of the criminal himself when a photograph is available, or of an impression produced by a police artist or of a composite image generated by other means. The poster will usually include a description of the wantee and the crime(s) with which he is charged. Wanted posters are usually produced by a police or other public government body for display in a public place, such as on a physic ...

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For the emotion "Hatred" please see Hate Hatred (Nenavist) is a Soviet film of 1975 directed by Samvel Gasparov. Hatred - Plot. This powerful epic drama explores the way that war tears families apart. This is a recurring theme in American Westerns, for example in The Searchers where John Wayne's character Ethan Edwards' homecoming is marred by bitterness at the Confederate defeat in the American Civil War and turns him into a revenge obsessed vigilante. HatredIncluding:

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In geological terms, the area is essentially a vast sheet of aeolian sand, ultimately of marine origin, which has blown up from the adjacent beaches over something of the order of a hundred thousand years. Below the sand, the bedrock is the Cape Granite. To the west the expanse of the Cape Flats is limited by rising ground that slopes up towards the mountainous heights of the Cape Peninsula, while in the east the land rises gradually towards the Hottentots Holla ...

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Batman's origin was established in the comic book Batman #1 (Spring, 1940), but the mugger was not given a name until Batman #47 (June-July 1948). In that issue, Batman discovered that Joe Chill, the small-time crime boss he was investigating, was none other than the man who killed his parents. Batman confronted him and revealed his secret identity ("I'm the son of the man you murdered—I'm Bruce Wayne!") and Chill, frightened, sought protection from his henchmen. Once his henchmen, who had all been arrested by Batman, ...

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There are many intentional loose ends in Paranoia Agent. The show is also rife with symbolism that provides more explanation to the original Japanese audience, but not to those unfamiliar with Japanese folklore and mythology. There are many loose ends that are not resolved at the conclusion. The ending was intentionally ambiguous to provoke discussion. What exactly were Maromi and Lil' Slugger, and how did they become real? What happened to Mitsuhiro Maniwa, and what were his and the Old Man's purp ...

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J. Jonah Jameson - Early life. According to "Behind the Moustache," a story featured in Spider-Man's Tangled Web #20 (January 2003), he was born to David and Betty Jameson. His father was an officer of the United States Army, a war veteran decorated as a hero; at home, however, he regularly abused his wife and son. As a result, Jameson grew convinced that "No one's a hero every day of the week" and "Even the real heroes can't keep it up all the time". He was a Boy Scout during his chil ...

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Curtis "Curt" Metcalf was a working class child prodigy who was discovered aged 12/13 by a big-time businessman, Edwin Alva (Sr), who with the blessing of Curt's parents, enrolled Curt in "A Better Chance" - "a program intended to get minority students into elite prep schools". Curt proved to be much smarter than all the other prep school students, graduating aged 14, and earning his first college degree aged 15. Edwin Alva Sr paid for Curt's whole college tuition up to six or seven college degrees, in exchange for Curt ...

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Hardware comics, Hardware comics - The Origin, Hardware comics - Characters Heroes Allies and Enemies

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African American - Political overtones. The term African American carries important political overtones. Previous terms used to identify Americans of African ancestry were conferred upon the group by whites and were included in the wording of various laws and legal decisions which became tools of white supremacy and oppression. There developed among blacks in America a growing desire for a term of their own choosing. With the political consciousness that emerged from the political and social ferment ...

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In 1886, Warren stood for election to Parliament as an independent Liberal candidate in the Sheffield Hallam constituency with a radical manifesto. He lost by 690 votes, and was appointed commander at Suakin. A few weeks after he arrived, however, he was appointed Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis following Sir Edmund Henderson's resignation. By this time, he held the military rank of Major-General. The Metropolitan Police was in a bad state when Warren took over, suffering from Henderson's inactivity over the past few years. E ...

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In 1886, Warren stood for election to Parliament as an independent Liberal candidate in the Sheffield Hallam constituency with a radical manifesto. He lost by 690 votes, and was appointed commander at Suakin. A few weeks after he arrived, however, he was appointed Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis following Sir Edmund Henderson's resignation. By this time, he held the military rank of Major-General. The Metropolitan Police was in a bad state when Warren took over, suffering from Henderson's inactivity over the past few years. ...

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Charles Warren, Charles Warren - Education and early military career, Charles Warren - Palestine, Charles Warren - Africa, Charles Warren - Sinai, Charles Warren - Warren Expedition, Charles Warren - Commissioner of Police, Charles Warren - Jack the Ripper, Charles Warren - Later military career and Boer War, Charles Warren - Last years, Charles Warren - Publications

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