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Question: Did johnny depp impact history in any way!?
im doing a research paper in american history and i need to convince my teacher that johnny changed history in some way can you help me!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Perhaps a better American History subject would be John Dillinger (Depp's latest movie role)!. Dillinger's 1930s crime wave resulted in the addition of federalized crime control to Roosevelt's New Deal, resulting in pretty much the creation of the modern FBI (originally called the Bureau of Investigation and largely ineffective until the passage of new federal anticrime laws in 1934)!.

At the height of the Depression many Americans blamed the monied class (i!.e!., the banks) for the nation's economic woes and considered that anyone who robbed banks couldn't be all bad!. Common criminals like Dillinger were often elevated to Robin Hood status!. At least until the future FBI was given the authority to deal with them and show that crime doesn't pay after all!.

Depp hasn't really impacted history himself but this would be a way to work him into your report!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Certainly he has!. As an actor in major films and TV series he has without a doubt influenced the thoughts and feelings of numerous people!.
At some point the butterfly effect takes over - small changes in the thoughts of one person can have considerable effect farther on!.
However, trying to connect him directly to any specific change would be very difficult!. For instance 21 Jump Street had a definate influence on teen culture of the late 1980s and may have influenced the Grunge Music of the early 1990s!.
Pirates of the Carribean has certainly created a new interest in pirates and piracy!. Considerably more books have been written on the subject than prior to Depp's portrayal of Sparrow!. More books means more research - even as we speak, history may be being rewritten as such research is conducted!.
These are just examples of how Depp may have influenced history!. Unfortunately we cannot show cause and effect as a direct link, but that does not mean that one does not exist!.
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He certainly changed the history of motion pictures in the last decades of the 20th century, and the first of the 21st, but that's a rather limited "impact," wouldn't you say!?

You might have better luck defending Bob Geldof, leader of the Boomtown Rats and organizer of Live Aid!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

Considering your screen name I believe you picked Johnny Depp by yorself!.

NO he did not affect history!. I suggest you find a better subject!. Its Hispanic Heritage month, you could do something there!. Or its breast cancer awareness month, you could do something on susan g komen or others!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

How!? He's just a standard actor!. He hasn't acted in anything that changed American life!.

I liked Edward Scissorhands!. The POTC movies are okay for what they are!. Sweeney Todd was a terrible adaptation!.

Sorry, but he hasn't done much so far!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Sorry, but Johhny is just an actor!. He doesn't make or change, or effect History, unlike William Shatner who actually did!Www@QuestionHome@Com

You seem to be attempting to convince her just to prove you are right, yet you do not have anything to 'be right' with to begin with!

How amusing!.Www@QuestionHome@Com