http://www.ew.com/article/2015/02/09/grammys-2015-best-quotes-red-carpet-1
In honor of the Grammy's last week I thought it would only be appropriate to post something relating to them. The event itself is always an entertaining thing to watch, but the red carpet is my favorite. What I found most interesting about this article was how kids's got brought up with the business side of the equation.
I am a nanny on Tuesday's for two kids under the age of ten. A couple months ago while playing "karaoke" the little girl and her friend decided they wanted to sing "Let it Go." Not knowing who or where this song came from I just let it be. Literally, that same week I heard the song again but this time was different. It was coming from my twenty-seven year old cousin. She then explained to me all about the movie Frozen and the great popularity that had everyone obsessed.
This relates to our classroom because in the pieces we look at a lot of time song is put into the picture. The song is not just put in randomly, but defines a purpose when working with different figures. For example, take Brecht for instance. He makes it clear that music is made to comment on the piece NOT add on the piece.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Saturday, February 7, 2015
#2 Power
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/02/07/jordan-vows-to-completely-wipe-out-isis/
War, fights, and neglect seem to be nothing new whenever I turn to the news. As the reports seem to get more intense and bloody when relating to the ISIS group I am starting to see a major correlation. The idea of power. When we reach that age as kids and notice this concept it sticks to us until we take our last breath on earth.
All the pieces that we looked at thus far have had some concept of power. Whether that be giving rights to a burial, having a king in charge of a town, or have a rebellion in order to gain that special prize. My favorite piece that included power was the last play we looked at Mother Courage.
Mother Courage was a business women who tried to be a mother, but she did not have enough money to earn the best-mom award. If she have had money to take care of her child I am sure she would have had a lot more respect in her town. Due to the fact that the town was in war she didn't have many options. The power was mainly present within the government, or in other words the soldiers who took her son away from her.
War, fights, and neglect seem to be nothing new whenever I turn to the news. As the reports seem to get more intense and bloody when relating to the ISIS group I am starting to see a major correlation. The idea of power. When we reach that age as kids and notice this concept it sticks to us until we take our last breath on earth.
All the pieces that we looked at thus far have had some concept of power. Whether that be giving rights to a burial, having a king in charge of a town, or have a rebellion in order to gain that special prize. My favorite piece that included power was the last play we looked at Mother Courage.
Mother Courage was a business women who tried to be a mother, but she did not have enough money to earn the best-mom award. If she have had money to take care of her child I am sure she would have had a lot more respect in her town. Due to the fact that the town was in war she didn't have many options. The power was mainly present within the government, or in other words the soldiers who took her son away from her.
#1 text for life
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/03/text-messaging-texting-conversation_n_1566408.html
Today we have created a whole new form of communication. That is our obsession with texting. It has created a faster, easier, and more convenient way to transfer messages efficiently. As more and more research come out we seem to be facing some major disadvantages that will soon be coming our way.
I find that for our class purposes, the idea of texting can be beneficial. For example, a lot of the material that we have been looking at dates back to a whole other communication style. I think it would be neat to incorporate some of the new ways that we communicate with one another into a final performance.
That final performance can be a Charles Mee influenced act. With narration of text messages the audience will be informed how everything is intended to be portrayed. The use of emojis would also be a cool way to express emotions throughout the piece. Charles Mee is known for not creating strong relationships within the characters and this would be a plus when it comes to texting. I find that today people steer away from personal phone calls because it is becoming too personal and text messages replace that with an informal typed message.
Today we have created a whole new form of communication. That is our obsession with texting. It has created a faster, easier, and more convenient way to transfer messages efficiently. As more and more research come out we seem to be facing some major disadvantages that will soon be coming our way.
I find that for our class purposes, the idea of texting can be beneficial. For example, a lot of the material that we have been looking at dates back to a whole other communication style. I think it would be neat to incorporate some of the new ways that we communicate with one another into a final performance.
That final performance can be a Charles Mee influenced act. With narration of text messages the audience will be informed how everything is intended to be portrayed. The use of emojis would also be a cool way to express emotions throughout the piece. Charles Mee is known for not creating strong relationships within the characters and this would be a plus when it comes to texting. I find that today people steer away from personal phone calls because it is becoming too personal and text messages replace that with an informal typed message.
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