THE PRINCE of TIDES
"I've always had a fatalistic attitude to life... never store it up, because you never know what's going to happen tomorrow. Anything can happen at any time" -- Saif Ali Khan
Unfettered in spirit, unpredictable in act, Saif Ali Khan undoubtedly is Bollywood's most unplanned success story in its superleague of stars. When Khan came into the film industry at the threshold of the 1990s with three other Khans - Aamir, Salman and Shah Rukh- raring to rewrite Bollywood history with their cultivated strive, strife and style, Saif's natural recklessness almost became his nemesis. Two decades on, he has survived to become the ultimate cool dude, with that very signature unpredictability now making him an "in-sync-with-his-times"
youth icon.
In his youthful and profligate 20s, he was ignored as the "man with the funny face." Mature and stepping into his 40s, he's made playing funny on-screen, worthy of a serious hero's showcase. He has emerged a definitive performing lead star for cerebral comedies and a dependable anchor for contemporary satire, helmed by the
experimental and different Gen X3 storytellers. [...]
Call it courtesy his non- strategised career choices or simple laidback attitude; it would indeed be hard to identify any mainstream
heroine with whom Saif hasn't share the creative space or any leading hero he didn't play second fiddle to. "In the beginning of my career I was just having fun. Then I got married, had kids and settled. I wasn't even trying to grow. It took me a long time to learn. I was lucky to have been given that chance. It's only in the last few years that I have started enjoying this film business from my heart," Saif had recently remarked. [...]
Saif's half-confidence, his ambivalence and mixed palette of roles have only broadened his appeal and casting. Starting a distant last, struggling in ensembles when the trio boasted of solo blockbusters in their kitty, today Saif is as good as any other Khan, or for that matter
Profligate reckless extravagant
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Gen X Generation X-those born in the 1960s and 1970s
* Kitty collection
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any superstar, if not better-constantly experimenting, reinventing and breaking new ground. The challenge now lies in how he steers clear of the demons of smugness that tend to so seamlessly corrupt good actors often losing themselves to the trappings of superstardom. Now that he has tasted blood, he is raring to go as never before, diversifying into production and trying new acting parts like an unusual double role in his last superhit film Love Aaj Kal. But he shouldn't repeat himself or short change his following. A Tashan or Thoda Magic could be seen as possible shifts towards complacency, going easy again. The catch is to remain imperfect, remain humane, remain vulnerable, remain unsatisfied, remain unpredictable - remain Saif.
Perfection isn't always the most cherished attribute for superstardom. That's the moral of the Saif Success story.
Guiding questions:
1. Comment on how language, style and format (including the title) are used in this text in the representation of Saif Ali Khan.
2. Comment on the importance of context, audience and purpose to your understanding of this text and of Saif Ali Khan.
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INTRODUCTION
APPROACHES TO STRUCTURING PAPER 1
⚫ Hook/general point/statement about the topic or idea presented in the text (technology, war, etc.) Author/Creator
Text title
Text type & Source Information
• Contexts of production: when and where was it published/created? Historical, social, political issues of the time - How might the issues presented be related to the time and place of publication (ex: modern data/privacy issues, presidential declaration of war)
Audience(s) - this can be brief here, as your first body paragraph will likely go into this in detail THESIS: Set up the WHAT, HOW, and WHY of the text. The thesis should state a clear purpose or aim(s)/central idea(s) of the text along with the text title/type and creator.
*Consider adding the technical and/or formal element that is mentioned in the guiding question. Example Paper 1 thesis: The public service announcement created by the Greenpeace organization strives to persuade its audience to recycle and warns of environmental degradation through its design and linguistic choices.
BODY 1 - AUDIENCE & CONTEXT
• Considering the purpose and contexts of production, for whom has this text been created? • HOW do you know the target audience? Be specific - pull out support (context, place, source, tone, register, diction, syntax & style, direct address, text type itself...)
• How and why is this text particularly catered towards a group or groups (secondary target audiences)?
APPROACH 1 = 1 main idea/purpose of the
text
In this approach, you have one main idea and you organize your body paragraphs by device/analytical point. These will be determined by the text & what you pull out in annotations. (ex: to persuade readers to buy a product;
OR to show the difficulties of modern parenting)
SAMPLE:
BODY 2-Elements of Design (1+)
BODY 3-Layout/Structural elements (various) BODY 4 - Language Choices (figurative language, imagery, various types of repetition...)
BODY 5?- Other key feature(s) (facts and figures, allusions, central analogy, rhetorical appeals...)
CONCLUSION
||APPROACH 2 = 2+ main ideas/aims of the text In this approach, your text has multiple ideas expressed by the writer/creator, and your paragraphs will revolve around the ideas, using devices and features to prove your points. (ex: to inform about a new tech gadget + sell it; OR to show the difficulties of modern parenting + the disproportionate toll it has on women)
SAMPLE:
BODY 2 - Idea conveyed by text/purpose & HOW (various literary, structural, stylistic features)
BODY 3-Idea 2 conveyed by text/purpose & HOW (various literary, structural, stylistic features)
BODY 4? - Idea 3 conveyed by text/purpose & HOW (various literary, structural, stylistic features)
• Sum up - what ideas are conveyed, promoted, challenged or criticized in this text?
• What is its intended effect on its target audience(s), especially in its context of production?
• To what extent is the text effective in conveying its message(s)?
• What are the text's limitations?
• What are possible other interpretations (different audiences or different contexts of reception)? • So what? Challenges posed, next steps, global and/or timeless ramifications or implications?
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