The production ‘Sweetown’ makes satiric humour of dark truths of Australians not acknowledging the horrific acts committed in Australian history towards the indigenous people of Australia, through the view of the townspeople consumed in a debate to build a monument acknowledging the massacre committed near their town. Being set in the mid-60s, emphasises the problems mentioned within the play through reflecting the current acknowledgment towards the issue and making comparisons to when discussion on the controversial topic had begun. The play switches between the perspectives of various townsfolk affected by the debate and shows the changes for better and worst which result from the debate, capturing the hopes and…
One study at UC Berkley showed that in a game of Monopoly, in which a random player receives a larger sum of money to begin the game in comparison to their opponents, that over time, this player will begin to feel entitled to the money he or she started with. This same idea of entitlement is prevalent in the play, Glengarry Glen Ross. The play demonstrates how a competitive, unfair work environment skews the perspective of the workers by making the people who lose feel mad at the system and the winners feel entitled to their earnings.…
“Peter and the Starcatcher” by Rick Elice is a prequel to the widely known story “Peter Pan”. This production employs a multitude of production elements that led to the success of the play and made the production even more interesting for the audience. The three production elements that I felt that “Peter and the Starcatcher” employed the best were lighting, costumes, and the overall set and props used.…
The 1961 movie Breakfast at Tiffany’s directed by Blake Edwards and based on the novel of the same name, is about Holly Golightly a young woman who is living independently as a socialite in New York during the 60’s. The movie is regarded as a large reflection of American culture and the different values and opinions that were held by many people during the time. The movie is also a great example of filmmaking in the mid-20th century and how it compares to today’s style of filmmaking.…
Understanding when to capitalize certain terms and when not to capitalize certain terms (uncle vs. Uncle; west vs. West) can be difficult. Whether or not a word is capitalized usually depends on how it is used in a sentence. Consider using the following four tips to help you identify and correct capitalization errors in your writing:…
"High School Musical" stars currently got together in a Los Angeles high school gym. The Walt Disney Company announced that the stars celebrated the Disney Channel movie's ten year anniversary last Sunday.…
"Never affirm, always allude: allusions are made to test the spirit and probe the heart" (Umberto Eco). The Faerie Queene consistently alludes to the book of Revelation adding both richness and depth to the story. Revelation played a huge role in the development of this epic being that it was the main book that was referenced from the Bible. The allusions help set up the story, and also add references that most people of that time period can understand. The Bible was the most popular book in the late 16th Century, so to allude to anything else might go unnoticed. Spenser uses the Book of Revelation and the Bible in abundance to add…
The Scarlet Pimpernel is a fiction novel written by Baroness Emma Orczy. In the book, the author uses a style of submerging the reader into the time frame of the French revolution, describing the gruesome guillotine which was used to execute countless innocent lives. The Scarlet Pimpernel, while being the name of the book, is also the name of the unknown savior of those innocent people sent for death by the guillotine. While he saves people, the French ruthlessly hunt him down and try to discover his true identity.…
unaware of his illness until Cal tells her at the hospital that he had been bravely fighting against AIDS. Reinisch's film "Andre's Mother," was overall a good expression of the play, because she…
The Female of the Species is written by Joanna Murray-Smith, and directed by Kate Cherry. The plot is inspired by an incident in 200 when feminist author Germaine Greer was held captive in her own home by a mentally unstable student. The play manipulates dramatic elements, particularly tension, symbols, and mood to create dramatic meaning.…
1) The weak relationship between Amir and Baba as well as the events influenced by this relationship, demonstrates the necessity of a fatherly figure in one’s life…
Musical theater and entertainment have been an ever-changing enterprise that, until very recently, included little diversity. In March of 2008, a new musical was presented on Broadway. It was titled In the Heights. This new musical featured something never before seen in musical theater: the songs are primarily latino rap. It was a bold step down a path no one had taken before. The story takes places in a poor neighborhood in New York called Washington Heights. Those living there are immigrants from hispanic and latino countries, such as Puerto Rico and The Dominican Republic. This new musical was written by composer, rapper, and actor Lin Manuel Miranda. Miranda starred as the main character, Usnavi. He composed all of the music, rap, and lyrics for the show. At a performance in the White House for president…
On the town was directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen who have done several films together like deep in my heart, singing in the rain and many others. Gene Kelly was born in 1912 Pennsylvania he got his big break on Broadway in 1938 as a choreographer for the time of your life. He got his big break in Hollywood when he played in for me and my gal gene Kelly was known for his athletic styles of dance in which you see in the move on the town.…
"Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man' heart, and the fall through the air of his true, wise friend called Piggy" demonstrates the main theme of this novel: man is evil by nature. The three things that Ralph weeps for are the lessons he has on this island: innocent boys become savage; all human beings have evil deep inside their hearts and the fall of science and rationality before the evil of human. These three issues are developed throughout the whole novel with this passage as the conclusion of the main theme - human beings are evil by nature.…
People can understand the difference between what is right and what is wrong. In the legal system, a person's failure to act can result in a terrible situation where someone can die. William Faulkner's short story "A Rose for Emily" shows how a whole town doesn't use the law to help in the situation, which was the result of the death of Homer Barron. The argument will be that there was an affirmative duty and the townspeople failed to respond.…