Joe Patterson
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Hi I'm Joe Patterson. I am a writer at heart who is a big geek for film, music, and literature, which have all inspired me to be a writer. I rap, write stories both short and long, and I'm also aspiring to be an author and a filmmaker.
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Biscuits and Blood: the first story I ever wrote
After earning my associates degree at Guilford Technical Community College in 2019 I transferred to the University of North Carolina in Greensboro in 2020 where I majored in media studies. One of the first classes I took in my first semester was screenwriting. We only had one assignment for the whole semester and that was to write a 30 minute long screenplay. Every week we would work on part of our scripts and then go over what needed to modified to make the script a suitable end product.
By Joe Patterson3 years ago in Writers
Books that changed Me: Aaliyah: More than a Woman
When I first started middle school back in 2004 my language arts teacher would keep this reading pages chart for how many books and pages all of her students read. As much as I was annoyed by reading because my mom made me do it all the time I actually took part in her chart record a lot being that she would give out prizes based on the reads, plus it was kind of fun to see who could put in the most reading. One day in the school library I found a book I had heard of but forgot about called “Aaliyah: More than a Woman” by Christopher John Farley. Since I was always a lifelong Aaliyah fan and was very interested in getting my reads up for class I picked this book out and I have to say, it really blew me away.
By Joe Patterson3 years ago in Journal
The Day Aaliyah Died
On the Friday night of August 24th, 2001 my mom dropped me and my sisters off at the house of some new friends we made while she was showing an open house during her career as a realtor. My mom was going out of town and since me and my sisters had become good friends with all the children in the family we all came up with an idea to stay with them for that weekend. So eight kids had what you could describe as the perfect weekend hanging out together all of Friday and…Saturday, but when we woke up on Sunday morning we weren’t ready for what we were about to hear. Around 10 or maybe 11a.m. on Sunday morning we were all hanging out in the basement chillin’, and listening to the radio.
By Joe Patterson3 years ago in Journal
Books That Changed Me: Tears of a Tiger
When I started one of my grammar elective classes in the sixth grade we read a lot of great books and stories. Early on we started reading a series of books called the Hazelwood High series by Sharon M. Draper. The second book in the series was actually the first book we read called “Forged by Fire”. That book absolutely blew me away and became one of my favorite stories ever and it made Sharon Draper one of my favorite authors. Eventually we backtracked and read the first book in the series “Tears of a Tiger” and this book would not only traumatize me, but changed me as well.
By Joe Patterson3 years ago in BookClub
50 Critics: Norbit
The 2007 comedy Norbit is Eddie Murphy’s hilarious return to multi-personality comedies of his earlier films like The Nutty Professor and Coming to America. In Norbit Eddie Murphy plays a lifelong passive nerd who goes on a journey of standing up for himself once he has found his true love.
By Joe Patterson3 years ago in Critique
Hip Hop 50 Celebrates: KRS-One
During this time that is Hip Hop’s 50th anniversary there is another birthday worth mentioning in its wake. Today is the birthday of one of Hip Hop’s greatest teachers to ever pick up a microphone, KRS-One. He is not only one of Hip Hop’s earliest trailblazers l, but also one of its most pivotal revolutionaries.
By Joe Patterson3 years ago in Journal
50 Critics: E.T.
When Science Fiction auteur Stephen Spielberg gave us E.T. He gave us the most iconic film about Alien life ever. E.T. Is a masterpiece because it gives us a more personal look into the life of an extraterrestrial, as opposed to just the eyes of the humans who fear them.
By Joe Patterson3 years ago in Critique
50 Critics: Krush Groove
When capturing the purest spirit of what Hip Hop is all about, especially when it first began the film Krush Groove is a great place to start. The film is an amazing semi-autobiographical depiction of the rise of Hip Hop’s legendary record label Def Jam and its creator Russell Simmons.
By Joe Patterson3 years ago in Critique
50 Critics: Sister Act
In 1992 comedy queen Whoopi Goldberg once again showed off her leading lady chop in the comedy classic Sister Act. Goldberg and her co-stars do a great job at keeping audiences hooked in this habit-donning adventure about a showgirl in witness protection at a convent hiding from her violent boyfriend.
By Joe Patterson3 years ago in Critique
50 Critics: Justice League
The Justice League film from DC comics is one of the biggest examples of improperly exercised potential. Some of the film’s biggest problems are we don’t know most of its main characters and the film has a villain who doesn’t pose much of a believable threat to the film’s protagonist.
By Joe Patterson3 years ago in Critique
50 Critics: Hawkeye
Though it doesn’t keep its central character as center focus as he should be, the Marvel series Hawkeye is a very competent and entertaining solo outing for the Avengers frontman. The biggest problem with this series is a superstar like Hawkeye should have had his own show a lot sooner.
By Joe Patterson3 years ago in Critique
