January 9‚ 13- Lecture 2 • Blackface Minstrelsy • Betrays simultaneous fascinations and repulsion for African American culture (don’t imitate unless admire) • Appeared in the 1830’s and onward • As much a matter of class as a matter of race • Live entertainment in which white performers darkened their skin to imitate what they thought African American music sounded like (didn’t know much about African American culture or the south in general) • Ridiculed blacks and made profit • Northern
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Theatre 100 Final Exam Review Drake Union tour Remember the major rooms and theatres we toured Lecture #9: Sarah Ruhl & contemporary theatre Brecht- Epic theatre • Alienate audience to THINK‚ not FEEL • Use history to comment on present • Remind audience they are in theatre: open stagecraft‚ musical numbers‚ puppets‚ narrators‚ film Samuel Beckett & Absurdism • Characters in bizarre situations • Circular/static blots- things often repeat • Sparse language- talking past each other
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sometimes I will take a break from working on my computer and flip to one of my adults programs‚ and he will watch it with me. For example; I like to watch the Wendy Williams talk show. K.J may not understand this show‚ but he knows I like to watch it. He picks up some of the things that are said on the show. When the show comes on and goes off‚ Wendy has a signature sound that she has the audience do “Oop-Oop‚ Oop-Oop”. K.J. likes to hear that sound‚ so therefore he immediately picks-up on the sound
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triumph over the falsities that face them. In the Truman Show‚ the main character Truman lives in an uneventful world; or so he thinks‚ until he tries to make his world
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After showcasing her talent as the lead in her high school’s production of Grease‚ Tasha Schuh began to dream of a career in theatre. No one presumed that the stage itself would steal her dream—and almost her life—during a rehearsal for her next big show. Just days before her opening night performance in The Wizard of Oz‚ Tasha took one step backward and fell 16 feet through a trap door. Landing on the concrete floor below the stage‚ she spent the next three days preparing for a surgery that
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Satire has been a major part of history. It has helped to make changes that would otherwise have never happened. The definition of satire is: "A literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony‚ derision‚ or wit" (Dictionary.com). We can see all different kinds of satire through the ages. Classical satire‚ political satire‚ modern satire and even cruel satire are preset in our world today. A few famous satirists are Jonathan Swift‚ Jon Stewart‚ and Mark Twain and are prime
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Edward Hopper (1882-1967) Edward Hopper grew up and lived in the inter-war period. He grew up in a well-off middle class family and decided he was going to be an artist as early as 16 years old (Smith‚ 1986). His parents supported him however pushed him towards commercial art because it had more promise and structure. He first attended the New York School of Illustrating but later transferred to the New York School of Art in 1900. At this school he worked under artists who influenced him to
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as a teenager struggling to discover herself it seemed reasonable to debate how much of myself I need to show in order to survive today’s society. I have selected Rafa ‚ the autobiography of tennis champion – Rafael Nadal. I have also chosen The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern ‚ Moffie by Andre Carl van der Merwe and My life as a Fake by Peter Corey . The movie I have selected is the Truman Show. I selected the autobiography of Rafael Nadal as it describes the mask the athlete wears on the tennis
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of That 70’s Show‚ one of many female and male language stereotypes is examined when Eric and Donna fight over who should be the stay at home parent. The episode‚ “Baby Fever” demonstrates the use of language in mixed gender situations. The show portrays women and men in different conversations either acting out against or embracing typical behavior. The show describes the general view of men and women in the 1970s versus the more open-minded view in the 2000s. Since That 70’s Show takes place
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Do you suffer from the “CSI effect?” Over the last few years‚ crime investigation series on television have risen in popularity‚ particularly those that focus on crime labs and forensic sciences. While entertaining‚ shows like CSI‚ NCIS‚ Bones‚ and other programs like them give the impression that evidence analysis happens quickly and that it is always right. Experts say that the “CSI effect” is having a real influence on how the public perceives the work of law enforcement and in how cases are
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