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"The Man" is a slang phrase that may refer to the government or to some other authority in a position of power. In addition to this derogatory connotation, it may also serve as a term of respect and praise.
The phrase "the Man is keeping me down" is commonly used to describe oppression. The phrase "stick it to the Man" encourages resistance to authority, and essentially means "fight back" or "resist", either openly or via sabotage.
The earliest recorded use[citation needed] of the term "the Man" in the American sense dates back to a letter written by a young Alexander Hamilton in September 1772, when he was 15. In a letter to his father James Hamilton, published in the Royal Dutch-American Gazette, he described the response of the Dutch governor of St. Croix to a hurricane that raked that island on August 31, 1772. "Our General has issued several very salutary and humane regulations and both in his publick and private measures, has shewn himself the Man." [dubious – discuss] In the Southern U.S. states, the phrase came to be applied to any man or any group in a position of authority, or to authority in the abstract. From about the 1950s the phrase was also an underworld code word for police, the warden of a prison or other law enforcement or penal authorities.
Luther Vandross (April 20, 1951 – July 1, 2005) was an American singer-songwriter and record producer. During his career, Vandross sold over twenty-five million albums and won eight Grammy Awards including Best Male R&B Vocal Performance four times. He won four Grammy Awards in 2004 including the Grammy Award for Song of the Year for the track "Dance with My Father", co-written with Richard Marx.
Luther Vandross was born on April 20, 1951 at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan, New York City, United States. He was the fourth child and second son to Mary Ida Vandross and Luther Vandross, Sr.
Born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City in the NYCHA Alfred E. Smith Houses public housing development, Vandross began playing the piano at the age of three. He grew up in a musical family that moved to the Bronx when he was thirteen. His sister, Patricia, sang with the vocal group The Crests, who had a number two hit in 1958 with "16 Candles", though she left the group before the recording. Vandross's father died of diabetes when Vandross was eight years old. Luther Vandross was in a high school group, Shades of Jade, that once played at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. He was also a member of a theater workshop, "Listen My Brother" who released the singles "Only Love Can Make a Better World" and "Listen My Brother", and appeared on the second and fifth episodes of Sesame Street in November 1969.
Actors: Peter McGlynn (actor), John Michaelson (actor), Mike Breyer (actor), Sabrina Culver (actress), Tamara Goodwin (actress), Fred Emory Smith (composer), Lynne Newton (producer), Lynne Newton (actress), Michael Alton Lowder (actor), Michael Alton Lowder (producer), Lynne Alana Delaney (actor), Robyn Von Arx (actress), Blaise Brooks (actress), Andrew Pierno (actor), Ruben Roberto Gomez (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Mystery,Actors: Johnnie Brannon (producer), Johnnie Brannon (director), Sarah N. Jones (editor), Jason Willey (writer), Jason Willey (producer), Jason Willey (actor), Moriah Patterson (actress), Sandy Baskin (writer), Brian Chambers (actor), P. Jay Clark (actor), Sam Clark (composer), Sam Clark (actor), Alli Clark (actress), Tony J. Taylor (producer), Michael Goodbar (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Musical, Romance, Short,Actors: Kristine DeBell (actress), Julio Leal (actor), Mike Breyer (actor), Elliott Ehlers (miscellaneous crew), Ron Soha (miscellaneous crew), Tamara Goodwin (actress), Fred Emory Smith (composer), Lynne Newton (actress), Michael Alton Lowder (producer), Michael Alton Lowder (actor), Michael Alton Lowder (writer), Michael Alton Lowder (costume designer), Lynne Alana Delaney (actor), Blaise Brooks (actress), Robyn Von Arx (actress),
Plot: Set in the Deep South amongst a tapestry of fairytale excess, this story is sure to bring a smile and a chuckle. Michael is reared and mentored by an African American nanny, Annie Mae. Michael is surrounded by by dysfunctional family and family. Annie Mae is the "mother" that navigates Michael through perplexing personal matters which continually present hilarious complications.
Keywords: divorce, dramatic-irony, dysfunctional, extravagent, gay, sarcasm, sexual, southern, upper-classActors: Jeremy Rishe (writer), Jeremy Rishe (actor), Will Blomker (actor), Cameron Bossert (editor), Cameron Bossert (director), Brian Avers (actor), Stacey Linnartz (writer), Stacey Linnartz (actress), Amy Lynn Stewart (actor), Michael Schantz (actor), Natalie Nicole Martin (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Al Burke (actor), Alex Kazan (editor), Alex Kazan (director), Alex Kazan (producer), Chip Mefford (actor), Hutchi Hancock (actress), Heather L. Tyler (actress), Dave Alspach (actor), Dave Alspach (actor), Monica Moon (actress), Adam Karimi (writer), Jul Kohler (actress), Ryan E. Kelly (actor), John P. Napoleon (actor), Shana Gregory Williams (actor),
Genres: Horror, Short,Actors: Kathleen Wise (actress), Jeremy Rishe (actor), Jeremy Rishe (writer), Jeremy Rishe (producer), Will Blomker (actor), Cameron Bossert (producer), Cassandra Freeman (actress), Cameron Bossert (writer), Cameron Bossert (director), Cameron Bossert (composer), Brian Avers (actor), Stacey Linnartz (producer), Stacey Linnartz (writer), Stacey Linnartz (actress), Amy Lynn Stewart (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Daniel Kremer (actor), Daniel Kremer (producer), John Gross (director), John Gross (actor), John Gross (producer), John Gross (writer), John Gross (editor), Katya Quinn-Judge (actress), Brooke Somers (actress), Michael Price (actor), Brian Urbiztondo (actor), Benjamin Fries (actor), Julie Margulies (actress), David Allen (actor), Josue Cuellar (actor),
Plot: This epic-length comedy-drama tells the story of 14-year-old Ben Fries, who has composed a six-hour video epic about the life of Rimbaud (pronounced "Rambo"), the beloved movie action hero, consisting of over two-hundred episodes and weekend after weekend of shooting and editing mountains of footage. Ben has an entourage of college students who follow his every word and his every idea. Timmy Hause, a child prodigy artist, who became known for his remarkable representations of figures like Dostoyevsky, St. Benedict and others, begins a series of drawings in all media about Ben Fries-and soon after, Ben destroys his video epic, disappearing at a Venezuela soccer camp to be presumed dead. College roommates and "entourage members" Nikki and Julian, who have been involved with Ben and Timmy respectively, attempt to put together the pieces of the puzzle behind Ben's disappearance whilst trying to ward off (only to succumb to) the malicious agenda of the malevolent student filmmaker Rick Algarosa, who always expressed ill will for Ben Fries and the Rimbaud epic. Algarosa plots to corrupt all former members of the tight-knit Ben Fries followers.
Keywords: coming-of-age, spiritualActors: Bonnie Hunt (actress), Tammy Arnold (actress), Michael Learned (actress), Chris Sarandon (actor), Gill Holland (producer), Tess Harper (actress), E. Michael Hewett (miscellaneous crew), Stephen Hays (producer), Michael Harding (actor), Kip Pardue (actor), Joanne Pankow (actress), Andrew Herwitz (miscellaneous crew), Michael Kelly (actor), Kenneth Price (miscellaneous crew), Adrian Lee (actress),
Plot: "Loggerheads" interweaves three separate but related stories that take place in different parts of North Carolina. On Mother's Day 1999, Mark, a young drifter with an interest in endangered loggerhead turtles, begins a relationship with motel handyman George. On Mother's Day 2000, Mark's adoptive mother Elizabeth wonders what has become of her estranged son. On Mother's Day 2001, Mark's birth mother Grace quits her job to begin a search for the child she gave up years before-a search that ultimately brings the stories together.
Keywords: 1960s, 1990s, 2000s, abandonment, adoption, adoptive-mother-adopted-son-relationship, aids, air-spray, airport, appleActors: Tessa Ross (producer), Paddy Considine (actor), Paddy Considine (writer), Peter Carlton (producer), Gary Stretch (actor), Shane Meadows (writer), Mark Herbert (actor), Mark Herbert (producer), Shane Meadows (director), Toby Kebbell (actor), Chris Wyatt (editor), Rachel Robey (miscellaneous crew), Richard Knight (miscellaneous crew), Will Clarke (producer), Stuart Wolfenden (actor),
Plot: Richard returns home from military service to a small town in the Midlands. He has one thing on his mind: revenge. Payback for the local bullies who did some very bad things to his brother. At first his campaign employs guerrilla tactics, designed to frighten the men and put them ill at ease. But then he steps up his operation, and one by one these local tough guys are picked off by the terrifying angel of vengeance that Richard has become.
Keywords: anger, army-veteran, axe, black-and-white, blood, brother-brother-relationship, brutality, bullying, card-game, confrontation