Intro to Film: Limerick Challenge 2016

There once was a man named Bates

All the pretty girls, his mother, she hates,

And so, he put her in the cellar,

Boy, what a peculiar feller,

At his motel you will always find cut _________.

There once was a man called Hank,

Obese, sweaty, most likely quite rank,

He walked with a cane,

Regarded Mexicans with disdain,

For his downfall we have Vargas to _________.

There once was a man from DR,

Dreamed throwing strikeouts would buy him a car,

With a spiked curve was a jock,

Later strayed from the flock,

Discovered there is more to happiness than being a _______.

First compose and send an email to me at  monahanmatthews@gmail.com in which you complete and identify the three film studies-based limericks above.

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Next, follow the basic pattern/rhyme scheme (AABBA) to create one or more of your own. Once you have completed one and posted it to our class blog, you are encouraged to create others for additional credit (for these you may use films outside of our curriculum). Be creative and most importantly have fun!