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I Will Not Let an Exam Result Decide My Fate
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"I Will Not Let an Exam Result Decide My Fate"
A screenshot from I Will Not Let an Exam Result Decide My Fate
Music video by Suli Breaks
Language
English
Published
YouTube
Released
14 August 2013 (2013-44-14)
Genre
Spoken word, Hip Hop
Length
5:53
"I Will Not Let an Exam Result Decide My Fate" is a 2013 video by English spoken word poet Suli Breaks.
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1 Overview
2 Critical response
3 See also
4 References
5 External links
Overview[edit]
The video tells the story of a mother and son who have just been to a parents' evening at school. Suli Breaks chastises parents, teachers, and the government for focusing on exams instead of nurturing raw talent.[1]
Critical response[edit]
The Huffington Post said, "Throughout his act, Breaks explores the attitudes of today's society towards young people and exams."[2]
Joe Martino of Collective-Evolution said, "...Suli Breaks delivers a powerful spoken word piece drawing attention to not only exams but the entire school system. He sheds light on the fact that as a society we are simply repeating methods of learning and doing that are based on inherently faulty ideals."[3] Iain Robinson of EwokesSAy said about Breaks, "...a true talent and impressive skill to inform and inspire others beyond the self-gratifying nature of most contemporary pop culture that only seeks to serve itself and sell that self to others."[4]
See also[edit]
British hip hop
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Sheriff, Lucy (24 April 2013). "Suli Breaks, Spoken Word Poet, On Success Of 'Why I Hate School But Love Education' (VIDEO)". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
Jump up ^ "Suli Breaks, Spoken Word Poet,' 'I Will Not Let An Exam Result Decide My Fate' Goes Viral (VIDEO)". The Huffington Post. 24 April 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
Jump up ^ Martino, Joe (27 April 2015). "The Message Every Student Should Hear: “I Will Not Let An Exam Result Decide My Fate”". Collective-Evolution. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
Jump up ^ Robinson, Iain (6 November 2013). "Suli Break(down): Why I will not let a YouTube video do all my thinking for me". EwokesSAy. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
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Thomas F. Wilson
Wilson at Helium Comedy Club in
Portland, Oregon on July 16, 2011
Born
Thomas Francis Wilson, Jr.
(1959-04-15) April 15, 1959 (age 59)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Other names
Tom Wilson
Occupation
Actor, voice actor, comedian, writer, musician, painter
Years active
1983–present
Spouse(s)
Caroline Thomas (m. 1985)
Children
4
Thomas Francis Wilson Jr. (born April 15, 1959) is an American actor, voice-over artist, comedian, writer, musician, painter and podcaster. He is known for his voice-over work in video games, movies and TV shows. He is best known for playing Biff Tannen, Griff Tannen and Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen in the Back to the Future trilogy and Coach Ben Fredricks on NBC's Freaks and Geeks.
Contents
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1 Early life
2 Career
3 Personal life
4 Filmography
4.1 Film
4.2 Television
4.3 Video games
5 References
6 External links
Early life[edit]
Wilson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and raised in nearby Wayne, Pennsylvania. While attending Radnor High School, he was involved in dramatic arts[1]; was president of the debate team, where his partner was future New York Times columnist David Brooks; and played tuba in the high school band and was drum major of his marching band. He studied international politics at Arizona State University.
Wilson attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. While in New York, he got his first "real" stage experience as a comedian.[citation needed]
Career[edit]
In the early 1980s, Wilson moved to Los Angeles to pursue his career.[citation needed] He shared an apartment with fellow aspiring comedians Andrew Dice Clay and Yakov Smirnoff, and later joked that he "taught them both about America."[2]
Wilson had a small role in the second season of NBC's Knight Rider in an episode titled "A Knight In Shining Armor".
His breakthrough role was the bully Biff Tannen in the 1985 film Back to the Future. He returned in the sequels Back to the Future Part II and Part III to reprise not only his role as Biff, but also to play Biff's grandson Griff Tannen and great-grandfather Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen. In every Back to the Future film, he ends up in a pile of manure (in reality, a heap of decayed sphagnum and other plant matters) after trying to kill or hurt Michael J. Fox's character Marty McFly. He reprised his role as Biff and voiced various Tannen relatives in the animated series. Wilson did not reprise his role as Biff in the initial versions of Telltale's Back to the Future: The Game released in 2011, being replaced by Kid Beyond. When the game was ported to the PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One in 2015 in commemoration of the original film's 30th anniversary, Wilson returned to provide Biff's voice in these newer versions.
In 1992, he voiced gangster Tony Zucco in Batman: The Animated Series and police detective Matt Bluestone in the animated series Gargoyles.[citation needed] He later went to co-star with Mark Hamill in Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger, a video game. It was the third chapter in the Wing Commander series, but the first to feature live action and was extremely popular at the time. The character played by Wilson was Major Todd "Maniac" Marshall, a fellow starfighter pilot of Hamill's character. Wilson also starred in the sequels Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom (1995) and Wing Commander: Prophecy (1997) and contributed his voice to the animated series Wing Commander Academy (1996) in the same role. He also guest starred in an episode of Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman in 1997.
Wilson played McKinley High School's Coach Ben Fredricks in the 1999–2000 NBC comedy-drama Freaks and Geeks. Coach Fredricks dated Bill Haverchuck's mother. Wilson was briefly reunited with his Back to the Future co-star Christopher Lloyd in the 1994 film Camp Nowhere.
Wilson has done a bit of voice-over work for the Nickelodeon TV show SpongeBob SquarePants. He has voiced particular villainous characters that are physically strong and/or menacing, such as Flatz the Flounder in the second season episode The Bully, and The Strangler in SpongeBob Meets the Strangler, and the non-villainous character Reg the Club Bouncer in No Weenies Allowed.
He has hosted a podcast, Big Pop Fun, on the Nerdist Network starting in November 2011. The podcast features Tom sharing stories of his career, as well as informal chats with show business friends including Samm Levine, Blake Clark, Steve Oedekerk, "Weird Al" Yankovic, and more.
Personal life[edit]
Wilson is an Irish American.[3]
Wilson is a painter.[4] Many of his paintings focus on classic children's toys. In 2006, he was selected to join the California Featured Artist Series at Disneyland.[5]
Wilson practices Catholicism, and released a Contemporary Christian album in 2000 called In the Name of the Father.[6]
With the rise in popularity of the Back to the Future series, many people began to ask him questions about his experiences making the films. Wilson found the repetitive nature of the questions to be so amusing and annoying that he wrote a song about them titled "Biff's Question Song" which he features regularly in his stand-up routine.[7]
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Year
Title
Role
Notes
1985 Ninja Turf Member of Spike's Gang
Back to the Future Biff Tannen
1986 April Fool's Day Arch Cummings
Let's Get Harry Bob Pachowski
1987 Smart Alex Lieutenant Stevenson
1988 Action Jackson Officer Kornblau
1989 Back to the Future Part II Biff Tannen / Griff Tannen
1990 Back to the Future Part III Buford "Mad-Dog" Tannen / Biff Tannen Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
1991 High Strung Al Dalby
1992 Boris and Natasha: The Movie Additional voices Voice, Uncredited
1993 Blood in Blood Out Det. Rollie McCann
1994 Caroline at Midnight Officer Keaton
Mr. Write Billy
Camp Nowhere Lt. Eliot Hendricks
1995 Born to Be Wild Det. Lou Greenburg
1997 That Darn Cat Officer Melvin
1998 Girl The Ticket Seller
2003 Atlantis: Milo's Return Ashton Carnaby Voice, direct-to-video
2004 The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie Victor / Fish #3 / Tough Fish #1 Voice
2006 Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector Bart Tatlock
Zoom Dylan's Teacher
2009 The Informant! Mark Cheviron
House Broken Fire Chief Henry Decker
2010 Yohan: The Child Wanderer Kevin
2011 Rio Trapped Bird / Screaming Hang Gilder Voice
2012 Atlas Shrugged: Part II Robert Collins
2013 Epic Finn Voice
The Heat Captain Frank Woods
Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure Mr. Bigley / Ginormous Voice; direct-to-video
2015 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water Angry Customer #1 Voice
Television[edit]
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1983 Knight Rider Chip Episode: "A Knight in Shining Armor"
1984 The Facts of Life Moose Episode: "All or Nothing"
1990 Turner & Hooch Det. Scott Turner Unsold TV pilot
1991–92 Back to the Future Biff Tannen and other tannens Voice
1993 The Pink Panther Additional voices Voice
Batman: The Animated Series Tony Zucco / John Grayson Voice; episodes: "Robin's Reckoning: Parts 1 & 2"
1995–96 Gargoyles Matt Bluestone Voice
1996 Superman Joey Voice; episode: "A Little Piece of Home"
Wing Commander Academy Todd 'Maniac' Marshall Voice
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch Simon Episode: "Dream Date"
Andersonville Thomas Sweet TV movie
1997 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Carter Landry Episode: "Lethal Weapon"
Duckman Park Ranger Smith Voice; episode: "Short, Plush and Deadly"
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters Marty Voice; episodes: "Clockwise/Gromble Soup", "Showdown/Internal Affairs"
steve.oedekerk.com Costumer / Talk Show Host TV movie
Fired Up Steve Summer
1998 Pinky and the Brain Larry Bruhn Voice; episode: "Dangerous Brains"
Men in White Ed Klingbottom TV movie
The New Batman Adventures Howlin' Jake / Gotham Angels Biker Voice; episode: "Torch Song"
Zoomates Mark the Polar Bear Voice; TV short
Maggie Hank Episodes: "Just Shoot Him", "Every Little Star"
The Angry Beavers Otis Otto / Bowling Patron Voice; episode: "If You Insisters/Alley Oops!"
1999 The Hughleys Stan Episode: "Why Can't We Be Friends?"
Timon & Pumbaa Additional voices 1 episode
Pepper Ann Coach Bronson Voice; episode: "Beyond Good and Evel/One of the Guys"
1999–2000 Freaks and Geeks Coach Ben Fredricks 6 episodes
2000–01 Max Steel Pete Costas Voice; recurring role (season 1), main role (season 2)
2000 Buzz Lightyear of Star Command Buster Voice; episode: "Root of Evil"
2001 Nash Bridges Jack Noon Episode: "Bear Trap"
The Zeta Project Burly Boyfriend Voice; episode: "West Bound"
2001–13 SpongeBob SquarePants Additional voices Voice
2001 Titus Joe Episode: "Amy's Birthday"
2002–03 Do Over Coach Dorsey 4 episodes
2002 She Spies Roger 'Rush' Gibson Episode: "Fondles"
2003 Ed Sean Nowell 4 episodes
The Pitts Guard Episode: "Ticket to Riot"
Boston Public Paul Stanton Episode: "Chapter Sixty-Six"
Striperella Tom Green, Zumo, Painted Patron, Director Voice; episodes: "Beauty and the Obese: Part 1 and 2", "The Wrath of Klinko"
Two and a Half Men Mike Episode: "Pilot"
2004 The Mullets Lyle Turner Episode: "Losin' It"
Rock Me Baby Buffalo Buck Episode: "Go, Otis! It's Your Birthday!"
2005 Rodney Bill Episode: "Sorry Charlie"
Zoey 101 Coach Phelps Episode: "Disc Golf"
Higglytown Heroes Truck Driver Voice; episode: "Kip's Dad Gets a Strike"
Reba Ted Episode: "Reba and the One"
George Lopez Sonny Episode: "George Drives the Batmobile"
2006 Help Me Help You Kenny 4 episodes
Still Standing Coach Kirk Stone Episode: "Still Flunking"
Cold Case Arnold Brown Episode: "Superstar"
2006–08 Ghost Whisperer Tim Flaherty 6 episodes
2007 American Body Shop Juicy Lou Episodes: "Juicy Lou's", "Shop for Sale"
House Lou Episode: "Whatever It Takes"
Boston Legal Jeffrey Bass Episode: "Attack of the Xenophobes"
2008 The Spectacular Spider-Man Stan Carter Voice; 6 episodes
Bones Chip Barnett Episode: "The Baby in the Bough"
Back at the Barnyard Krebs Voice; episode: "Brave Udders"
2008, 2009 Batman: The Brave and the Bold Sportsmaster / Catman Voice; episodes: "Invasion of the Secret Santas!", "Legends of the Dark Mite!"
2009 Psych Butch Episode: "Let's Get Hairy"
Family Guy Additional voices Voice; episode: "Quagmire's Baby"
2010, 2011 Big Love Ricky Jax 3 episodes: "The Mighty and Strong", "Blood Atonement", "The Oath"
2010 Adventure Time Head Marauder, Cat Man, Coal Guy Voice; episodes: "Memories of Boom Boom Mountain", "It Came from the Nightosphere"
True Jackson, VP Ben Franklin Episode: "Field Trip"
2011 Harry's Law Allan Meade Episode: "Bangers in the House"
Billion Dollar Freshmen Principal Preston TV Movie
Planet Sheen Narrator / Blurg #1 Voice; episodes: "Ooze on First/Monster-Fighting Combat Strike Force", "To Chill a Mocking Blurg/Now You Sheen It"
2011–12 Franklin & Bash Spiritual Advisor Episodes: "She Came Upstairs to Kill Me", "For Those About to Rock"
2011 Melissa & Joey Councilman Herbert Hancock Episode: "Play Ball"
2012–present Dragons: Riders of Berk Bucket Voice, 16 episodes
2013 Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous Mr. Stone Main role, 12 episodes
Mad Additional voices Voice; episodes: "S Cape from Planet Earth/The X-Mentalist"
2014 See Dad Run Principal Templeman 2 episodes
2015–present Pig Goat Banana Cricket Banana, Body Builder Voice; 26 episodes
2016 The Ranch Coach Fitzgerald Episode: "The Boys of Fall"
K.C. Undercover Agent Whitman Episode: "The Legend of Bad, Bad Cleo Brown"
Trollhunters Coach Lawrence Voice; 12 episodes
2017 Workaholics Barnes Episode: "The Most Dangerless Game"
2017 The Goldbergs Shop Teacher Episode: "The Hooters"
2018 Mosaic Cliff Jones Mini Series: 6 Episodes
Video games[edit]
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1990 Back to the Future... The Pinball Biff Tannen uncredited
1994 Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger Maj. Todd 'Maniac' Marshall Credited as Tom Wilson
1996 Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom Maj. Todd 'Maniac' Marshall Credited as Tom Wilson
1997 Wing Commander: Prophecy Maj. Todd 'Maniac' Marshall Credited as Tom Wilson
2000 Star Trek: Voyager – Elite Force Crewman Rick Biessman
2001 Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex Rok-Ko Credited as Tom Wilson
2002 Run Like Hell: Hunt or Be Hunted Craig
2004 Back to the Future Video Slots Biff Tannen archive audio
2008 CR Back to the Future Biff Tannen archive audio
2010 Batman: The Brave and the Bold – The Videogame Catman
Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions Electro
2011 Star Wars: The Old Republic Additional voices
2013 Back to the Future: Back in Time Video Slots Biff Tannen, Griff
2015 Back to the Future: The Game 30th Anniversary Edition Biff Tannen Credited as Tom Wilson
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Eustache, Louis (November 2, 2016). "Tom Wilson Of 'Back To The Future' Talks Pop Art, Biff Tannen And Parallels To Trump". Konbini United States.
Jump up ^ What’s What With … Tom Wilson, Philadelphia magazine, December 3, 2008
Jump up ^ Tom Wilson's take on Irish music, YouTube.com
Jump up ^ 'Back to the Future': Catching up with the cast
Jump up ^ Tom Wilson Artist Corner Archived November 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine., ArtOfDisneyParks.com
Jump up ^ Thomas F. Wilson – Musician Archived February 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine., TomWilsonUSA.com
Jump up ^ Biff's Question Song (Stand-up Comedy). YouTube. September 27, 2006.
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Fête galante
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Antoine Watteau, Embarkation for Cythera, 1717
Fête galante (French pronunciation: [fɛːt ɡalɑ̃t]) (courtship party) is a term referring to a category of painting specially created by the French Academy in 1717 to describe Antoine Watteau's (1684–1721) variations on the theme of the fête champêtre which featured figures in ball dress or masquerade costumes disporting themselves amorously in parkland settings. When Watteau applied to join the French academy in 1717, there was no suitable category for his works, so the academy simply created one rather than reject his application.[1][2][3]
Contents
1 Creation by Watteau
2 Wider context
3 Examples
4 Gallery
5 References
6 External links
Creation by Watteau[edit]
Watteau specifically created the fête galante painting style as a compromise between two drives.[citation needed] On the one hand, most of his funding came from private individuals, rather than from the government. On the other hand, Watteau wanted recognition from the government-appointed Académie des Beaux-Arts. The Académie ranked scenes of everyday life and portraits, the paintings most desired by private patrons, as lower than morally educational paintings illustrating history and mythology. By portraying his patrons in scenes reminiscent of the mythologized land of Arcadia, where humans had supposedly lived in leisurely harmony with nature, Watteau was able to get his paintings the highest ranking at the Académie and still flatter his buyers.[citation needed]
Wider context[edit]
After the death of Louis XIV in 1715, the aristocrats of the French court abandoned the grandeur of Versailles for the more intimate townhouses of Paris where, elegantly attired, they could play and flirt and put on scenes from the Italian commedia dell'arte.[citation needed]
Fête galante paintings are an important part of the rococo period of art, which saw the focus of European arts move away from the hierarchical, standardized grandeur of the church and royal court and toward an appreciation for intimacy and personal pleasures. Nonetheless, the lush, outdoor settings of fête galante paintings were often mined from earlier paintings, especially from Venetian paintings of the 16th century and Dutch paintings of the 17th century.
Examples[edit]
L'Accord Parfait - painted by Watteau between 1717 and 1718. A lovely young woman holds music for a homely old man playing a flute.
Le Collation - by Pater. Gentry flirt and pick flowers before a female nude reclining on a mound shaped like a sea shell. The nude probably represents the goddess Venus.
Danse dans le Parc - by Lancret. Lavishly dressed courtiers dance before the statue of an heroic male nude. Male nudes were a favorite subject of history paintings, so this statue clearly is meant to elevate the dancers to "historical" status.
Declaration of Love - painted by de Troy in 1731. De Troy's style is much more realistic than most. This painting was purchased by Frederick II of Prussia and hung in the Sans Souci palace.
Les Deux Cousines - painted by Watteau between 1717 and 1718. Two women in white satin gowns are offered a red cape by a gallant young man. As in other fête galante paintings, Greco-Roman statues along the lake help elevate this genre scene to history painting status.
Gardens of the Villa d'Este at Tivoli - painted by Fragonard. Classical architecture provides the backdrop for an outdoor meal and games.
A Lady in a Garden Taking Coffee With Some Children - painted by Lancret about 1742. A woman seated next to a fountain in a lavish garden spoons some exotic coffee over to her children while two men- probably a husband and a servant- look on.
Mezzetino - painted by Watteau between 1718 and 1720. Not technically a fête galante, this painting shows a pathetic figure from the Italian commedia dell'arte serenading a statue.
A Pilgrimage to Cythera - painted by Watteau in 1717. Beautifully dressed aristocrats, attended by cherubs, visit an island supposedly dedicated to the ancient love goddess Cythera. This painting is often held up as the prototype of the fête galante.
The Shepherds - painted by Watteau about 1716. This painting plays on a long tradition of aristocrats pretending to be rural shepherds, a tradition which flourished in the 18th century, most famously at the mock hamlet of Marie Antoinette.
Venetian Pleasures - painted by Watteau between 1718 and 1719. Two dancers (the man in Arabian costume) perform for a crowd of onlookers in front of a statue of Venus. The bagpiper may be a self-portrait.
Gallery[edit]
Jean François de Troy, The Declaration of Love
Antoine Watteau, Fêtes vénitiennes
Antoine Watteau, Mezzetino
Nicolas Lancret
Gaston La Touche, The Arbor. The Walters Art Museum.
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Kleiner, Fred, S. (Ed.) (2011) Gardner's Art Through the Ages: A global history. Enhanced 13th edn. Boston: Wadsworth, p. 755. ISBN 978-0-495-79986-3
Jump up ^ Clarke, M. & D. (2010) "fête galante" in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms. oxfordreference.com, Oxford University Press. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
Jump up ^ Fête Galante Glossary, National Gallery, 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fête galante.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. "Watteau and the Fête Galante"
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