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I really enjoyed “Chicago” I had never seen it before but I really like the music and had heard it in the green room of my theatre before. It was not as disturbing “Cabaret” but like Cabaret the gruesome nature was part of what made it appealing it also had a similar dance style. It was not as entertaining to me however because well it had the car wreck nature it stayed moderately on the face of things rather then dealing with the truly disturbing nature. Yes it showed the capacity to kill lie lust and greed for but no where on the level of Cabaret. Whereas Cabaret was very scary because you were aware that the Nazi’s were rising It was also more sexually gruesome. Therefore I saw it as a tamer more sugar coated version I found both plays difficult to imagine on stage but particularly Chicago. I couldn’t visualize the jail scenes switch the variety acts. My inability to imagine made the film that much more interesting and made me want to see the show that much more because of the adaptations.
One acts JULIA
I thought you gave a lot of good examples of the “V effect” the breaking of fourth wall put things out of order and you are right on your observation this confusion has a purpose. However I don’t know if it is meant to provide an emotional roller coaster. How would you support this. I think the effect changes your emotions some times but more importantly it makes you think so I would argue your comment “if it were altered in a way where everything is straight forward and the audience doesn’t have to think about anything it wouldn’t have the same effect was closer to the point. How does the V effect change emotions by making people sympathize with those they might otherwise condemn and never sympathize with out of shock and fear like Uncle peck or an A.I.D.S victim or by making us laugh where we’d normally cry? Elaborate.
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How I Learned to Drive changed dramatically for me between the page and stage. Seeing a play staged always changes it but in many ways what changed my perspective on the show was not the choices by the director but my circumstances at the time. I first read the play when trying to choose the college I would attend.I wanted to see if it had parts I liked and I viewed in the context of what types of shows would A.C. put on.I enjoyed the humor of the show and how it tackled diffclult issues.But this was also shortly after going to a confrence on child explotation their were various speakers and sessions but many of those I attened focused on prostitution as well as indivdual sexual preadators.I met people who had been victims of abuse saw pictures of youg girls beat up an F.B.I. agent talked about the tactics used by My Space predators.All of this made it hard for me to see any real love for Lil Bit from Peck I saw it as lies and tactics and whenever I thought the playwright was implying otherwise it angeed me.Also because I was trying to ask myself if I could play any of those roles it was that much more disturbing.
The second time I came across the play was at call backs this was even more disturbing because well I did not get called up to read little bit I was scared to death I would but I was also blown away by the acting I saw particularly Micheal who was utterly creepy but also fragile.
Then I read the show for props which meant a lot more visualizing then previously because before I had been thinking more about the characters.
Then I read the show for this class were I was looking at the choices in terms Of Brecht.
The last time when I actually saw the show I was thinking about all these things but I also was deeply impacted by the fact that I now knew Jacquie from CI and I Also knew Micheal from his directing the scene I was in.Because I knew Micheal Peck became much more sympathizable because even before I sympathized with Peck I understood how hard it can be to play a charcter of that nature.The live performance also made the stage directions which are always hard for me to visualize clearer so that I saw the wedding and the look on Pecks face and I got beyond the surface.Seeing Jacquie in the role was also super disturbing particulary because the pictures made it impossible to fully separate her from the role .Especially heartwrenching was the one of her covered in Christmas bows the idea she was trying to give herself as a gift to peck to get him to stop drinking it added so much to the text. The glamour shot and the jon bena picture were also disturbuing.
For me the play was as much a journey as for Lil Bit however luckily I was able to learn without the type of cost she had to pay.
How I Learned to Drive changed dramatically for me between the page and stage. Seeing a play staged always changes it but in many ways what changed my perspective on the show was not the choices by the director but my circumstances at the time. I first read the play when trying to choose the college I would attend.I wanted to see if it had parts I liked and I viewed in the context of what types of shows would A.C. put on.I enjoyed the humor of the show and how it tackled diffclult issues.But this was also shortly after going to a confrence on child explotation their were various speakers and sessions but many of those I attened focused on prostitution as well as indivdual sexual preadators.I met people who had been victims of abuse saw pictures of youg girls beat up an F.B.I. agent talked about the tactics used by My Space predators.All of this made it hard for me to see any real love for Lil Bit from Peck I saw it as lies and tactics and whenever I thought the playwright was implying otherwise it angeed me.Also because I was trying to ask myself if I could play any of those roles it was that much more disturbing.
The second time I came across the play was at call backs this was even more disturbing because well I did not get called up to read little bit I was scared to death I would but I was also blown away by the acting I saw particularly Micheal who was utterly creepy but also fragile.
Then I read the show for props which meant a lot more visualizing then previously because before I had been thinking more about the characters.
Then I read the show for this class were I was looking at the choices in terms Of Brecht.
The last time when I actually saw the show I was thinking about all these things but I also was deeply impacted by the fact that I now knew Jacquie from CI and I Also knew Micheal from his directing the scene I was in.Because I knew Micheal Peck became much more sympathizable because even before I sympathized with Peck I understood how hard it can be to play a charcter of that nature.The live performance also made the stage directions which are always hard for me to visualize clearer so that I saw the wedding and the look on Pecks face and I got beyond the surface.Seeing Jacquie in the role was also super disturbing particulary because the pictures made it impossible to fully separate her from the role .Especially heartwrenching was the one of her covered in Christmas bows the idea she was trying to give herself as a gift to peck to get him to stop drinking it added so much to the text. The glamour shot and the jon bena picture were also disturbuing.
For me the play was as much a journey as for Lil Bit however luckily I was able to learn without the type of cost she had to pay.
Order of Presentations - Final Session
Here is the order in which students will present their work during our final session tomorrow, starting at 12:00 noon.
Presentations:
1. Emily Bull
2. Sarah Johnston
3. Jacques Kriel
Presentation/Performance:
4. Julia D'Ambrosi
Performances:
5. Amanda Mims (solo piece)
6. Katie Marchant & Taylor Woods (scene)
7. Ashley Ray, Liz Webb, Alex Byrne, Ann Nelson, Sam Theis, Ian Downing-Beaver, and Layne Rylander (staged reading)
Because of the limited time available, it is necessary to restrict presentations and performances to 15 minutes or less. In order to guarantee that everyone's work can be seen during our two hour exam period, I will ask a presentation that exceeds 15 minutes to stop. If time allows, we can return to review that presentation after everyone's had an opportunity to present.
The following students will be providing abstracts of their research for the class:
Michelle Okafor
Lauren Chiodo
I look forward to seeing your work!
