User:Adaileycarey/sandbox

Heather's Comments
10/15- Good work, Angelica! I added these headings to make it clearer to read. Keep updating work log and tell me more about what you're changing. I see you added a BBC citation--nice! Tell me more about the actors you are planning to remove. Why?

The musical score questions you have might be a good subheading under "production." Though we'll want to confirm that with a Wikitech. Write a bit about what you find and include a citation below and I'll give you feedback. If you're stuck finding info. on musical score, reach out to Rachel in the library.

10/25- Can you paste the article into your Sandbox here, make the changes here that you refer to below and then BOLD them, so I can give you feedback? Your "New York Times Reviewer" section is too long of a quote. Put in your own words the top things they said about the film and then include a citation. Finally, please write out the Oct 21 and 22 sources below in MLA format (author, title, date, etc...) The URL won't work. Then write a few words about what you'll be using them to change on the Wikipedia page, okay?

11/1- Great, Angelica. you're all done! :)

My Worklog
October 5th - I copied and pasted the "Critical Response" section of the article to my sandbox and am re-reading the sources from last week to start on summarizing the information into my own words. (3 hours)

October 5th - Found citations and Wikipedia links for my summary. (20 minutes)

October 5th - Found other main supporting cast not listed. List external links that support this. Plan on removing the unaccredited actors that did not have main or supporting roles that need to be listed (1 hour)

October 5th - Next week, will continue working on summarizing the critical review articles I found.

October 20th - Found another sources for the critical review section of the article. Will view the IMDB link the article to see what information I can find for musical score. (1 hour)

October 20th - Decided to leave the unaccredited actors due to feedback.

October 21st - Found and pasted more reliable articles for The Jerk found from the Biography in Context and GVRL links. (1 hour)

October 26th - Removed "New York Times Reviewer" section from "Changes I am Working On" section. It was only in there for reference and was pulled from the existing Wiki article so that i could get an idea on how to format my summaries. (5 minutes)

October 26th- Wrote out newly found sources in MLA Format. (30 minutes)

October 26th - Added a "Criticism" section. (45 minutes)

October 26th - Summarized a critic review article found in GVRL. (30 minutes)

October 28th - Moved added cast characters from Sandbox to existing article. (10 minutes)

October 28th - Moved two critical responses from Sandbox into existing article. (45 minutes)

October 28th - Added "Criticism" section to the existing article. (30 minutes)

Changes I am Working On
October 26

Summary: VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever reviewed the film for its book and rated the movie as being two and a half stars. The author of the review referred to Steve Martin's silly, exaggerated acting as complimentary to the early comedian Jerry Lewis.

Original Quote:

"In The Jerk, you played the white son of black sharecroppers who doesn't realize he's adopted. Could you get away with that in today's era of heightened racial sensitivity?"

"I haven't looked at The Jerk in a long time. But looking back, everyone was treated with such respect, and we had that fabulous opening with Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee singing on the porch, two very-well-known blues artists. You might get a kind of knee-jerk reaction, but it would be hard to get a verdict in court against it."

Will add a Criticism header to article under Critical Response section to include Steve Martin's response to the question of how viewers would interpret The Jerk in today's era.

Dick Anthony Williams as Taj

Sharon Johansen as Mrs. Hartounian

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079367/fullcredits?ref_=ttfc_ql_1

BBC film review rated the movie 2 out of 5 stars and described the film as an "early watered-down version of the crude comedy the Farrelly Brothers would later take to new extremes" and made references to it having similar themes to the early 1980's parody film Airplane.

October 21

Will review all of the information from these articles in the next couple of days to see if anything in them can be used.

https://go-gale-com.butte.idm.oclc.org/ps/retrieve.do?tabID=Magazines&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchResultsType=MultiTab&searchType=BasicSearchForm&currentPosition=2&docId=GALE%7CA417472358&docType=Interview&sort=Relevance&contentSegment=ZXAM-MOD1&prodId=BIC&contentSet=GALE%7CA417472358&searchId=R5&userGroupName=orov49112&inPS=true

Kilday, Gregg. "How this wild and crazy guy got serious about making movies: a bumbling jerk, a tap-dancing salesman, the pratfall-prone Inspector Clouseau--Steve Martin offers up his own memories about some of the signature roles of his prolific film career." Hollywood Reporter, 12 June 2015, p. 68. Retrieved October 28, 2019.

https://go-gale-com.butte.idm.oclc.org/ps/retrieve.do?tabID=T003&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&searchResultsType=SingleTab&searchType=AdvancedSearchForm&currentPosition=1&docId=GALE%7CCX2550212371&docType=Movie+review&sort=Relevance&contentSegment=&prodId=GVRL&contentSet=GALE%7CCX2550212371&searchId=R1&userGroupName=orov49112&inPS=true

October 20

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079367/soundtrack

September 27

The article seems to be missing a section on the music from the film. Find out if there is a motion soundtrack and find the main songs in the movie to see if a music section would be appropriate to add.

The production section is lacking information on the production process of the film. I will see if I can find and external link to add for "Bill McEuen."

Add to the "critical response" section of the article. Try to find more reviews for the film to include.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2000/11/21/the_jerk_1979_review.shtml - Reviewed by Almar Haflidason, The Jerk (1979), Updated November 21, 2000, Retrieved September 26, 2019.

https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-jerk/Film?oid=8833912 - By Dave Kehr, The Jerk, Retrieved September 26, 2019.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/movies/article/Steve-Martin-s-The-Jerk-1979-still-12954491.php -By G. Allen Johnson, May 30, 2018, Retrieved September 26, 2019.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/oct/18/jerk-reiner-comedy - By Phelim Kine, October 18, 2010, Retrieved October 20, 2019.