The eNotes Blog A Shakespearean MashUp

A Shakespearean MashUp This summer the Los Angeles based Troubadour Theater Company is reprising its role as masters of the Shakespearean mash up. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you A Midsummer Saturday Nights Fever Dream. You may have guessed it, though you might not believe it: one theater company has poured all the funk, bellbottoms, and embarrassing dance moves of 70s disco into the worlds most timeless romantic comedy ever to be written in iambic pentameter. But lest you think this is a joke, you should know that the Troubies (as theyre affectionately known round these parts) are old hands at the genre. After all, these are the folks who brought you OthE.L.O., Fleetwood Macbeth, As U2 Like It, and every actors dream  Hamlet, the Artist Formerly Known as Prince of Denmark                  Ã‚                  I was fortunate enough to see the show this past Sunday night. Being a Troubadour show (whose cast is full of talented actors, dancers, circus clowns, and comedians), it had a playful blend of improvised laughs and Shakespearean humor, making it a fun way to bring Shakespeare into modern times. Then again, Im a sucker for a Shakespearean remix, whether it be Ten Things I Hate About You or the recently released Joss Whedon adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing. To me, nothing proves the timelessness of the Bards work more than the masses of entertainers who clamor to reinvent his work some four centuries later. Undoubtedly, students feel the same way. Year after year, teachers struggle to devise methods to make Shakespeares Early Modern English language relatable to teenagers. Which got me thinking why not incorporate the idea of a Shakespearean mash up into a class project? For students who have difficulty getting past the words and on to the still very relevant plot, it could be a great way to help students really grasp a plays central ideas. Plus, what with the popularity of Glee-style mash ups, student engagement would surely increase. What say you? But back to the Troubies. If youre in the LA area I highly recommend finding out more about the groups past and future productions over on their home page. A Midsummer Saturday Nights Fever Dream has just added new shows, which means itll run until July 16th. Catch it if you can! What Shakes shake ups have you enjoyed in the past? How do you feel about a Shakespearean mash up? Tell us your thoughts in a comment!

Black Stereotypes essays

Black Stereotypes essays The American society has oppressed the black culture and society since the first slave was dragged onto American soil. Hollywood first embraced this oppressed image and depicted it on film. Early depictions of blacks on film (commonly played by whites in blackface) fulfilled the white stereotype of black society. As the American culture advanced, the image of blacks created on film was also altered. Blacks experienced a period of "whiteness" on film. During this time, Hollywood utilized "the equal-by-being-superior philosophy." (Bogle 178) This role was most successfully played by Sidney Poitier. As the cycle continued, the image of blacks on film regressed back to stereotypical depictions. Only this time blacks played the stereotyped characters. David Wark Griffith's epic film The Birth of a Nation (1915) used white people to play black characters. The whites wore blackface, common for the time, to create the appearance of being black. Under this guise, whites were able to portray a stereotyped depiction of the black people. The NAACP opposed the film immediately. Griffith himself was puzzled by the reactions. Griffith argued that The Birth of a Nation was about war and reconstruction, not race. This stance Griffith had taken only furthers the stereotype created on film. The idea that Griffith did not realize he was creating a highly racist film signifies the attitude of society at the time. It points to the idea that much of the American culture, at the time, was passively racist. They views that society had come to accept as reality, was not reality at all. The black depiction, as seen in The Birth of a Nation, continued for several years until Hollywood film reached another turning point. This turning point was the height of the integrationist era. The integrationist age spanned from about the mid to late 1940s to the late 1960s and into the early 1970s. During this age, several ac ...

Primary and Secondary keywords Assignment Example | Topics and Well Written Essays - 1000 words

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