All Your Great Final Projects

Thanks to you all for a wonderful semester of enjoying some good, some bad, some corny and some rather gory movies together. As always, I myself learned more about these classic movies from re-watching and discussing them with you.

Now that I am done with writing the external reviewer report for SCU, I am finally able to enjoy your final projects. I am amazed at the great variety of topics and already impressed by the creativity and depth of analysis I have seen. Some of the links were only sent to me, but I felt that all your hard work deserves to be shared. You can all be proud of what you have achieved. I know for some of you this was the first time you have ever tackled a project like this, and I am happy to see what you now can do. I hope you'll use your new skills for other things you would like to share with a wider audience.

Here are the titles and links to all of your webpages in one handy post:

Annabelle:  The Crucial Use of Color: An Analysis of Toga Movies Through the Ages https://aypastori.wixsite.com/color

Avery: Gladiator (2000) https://aestoddard.wixsite.com/gladiator-review

Basil: The Evolution of Sex and Sexuality in Toga Movies 

https://nrallen6.wixsite.com/sexandsexualityintog

Ben: How Queerness is used as a Tool in Toga Movies https://bkwebster.wixsite.com/my-site

Caitlyn: Toga Movie Reviews https://cealmquist.wixsite.com/my-site-1

Cody: Villains in Movies  https://cjguy2.wixsite.com/my-site-1

Emma: Gladiator: A Masterpiece https://gazalemma.wixsite.com/gladiator3

Ezra: Gay in Rome: Queer Coding in 20th Century Toga Movies https://romecolloquium.wordpress.com/

Jordyn: Gladiator: A Film that revived a Genre https://sites.google.com/willamette.edu/gladiator-website/home

Kai: The Hidden Politics & Power of Toga Movies 

https://ksmakinodilloway.wixsite.com/classical-movie-anal

Michael: “Gladiator”: The Masterpiece Epic https://sites.google.com/willamette.edu/gladiatorreview-mk/home

Sophia:  A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum https://sites.google.com/willamette.edu/kaplan-webpage/home

Will:  Hercules: Reviewing the 1997 Disney Classic https://sites.google.com/willamette.edu/hercules-movie-review/home

Again, a big thank you to everyone! Enjoy the break!

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