6-4 Project Part One - Exploration Document

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Exploration Document Draft HUM200 Cultural Artifacts The first artifact being reviewed is the song titled "Cry Me A River" which was performed by Julie London and written by Arthur Hamilton. The song was originally released in 1953 but was remade for a movie in the year 1956 starring Jayne Mansfield titled “The Girl Can’t Help It”. It was sultry romantic melody following the music of a grand piano with lyrics directed to a past lover and stating that it’s their turn to cry a river since the singer had already cried their share. The song shows remorse while contempt for the dedicated party and is presented in a manner of grace. The setting in which the singer performed the song was in a lounge room as she sings to the silver screen and is performed in black and white. Justin Timberlake’s “Cry Me A River” is the second artifact being reviewed in which was written by Scott Scorch and produced by Timberland late 2002. The song was written and based on his previous teenage relationship with Britney Spears. He performed the song alongside an electric piano, drum and bass, and the lyrics are stated as a dedication to the ex- lover on how they are calling for help and they need the singer, and that the ex-lover is repetitively crying over their mistakes. In the music video, Justin Timberlake is shown to be spying on his ex-lover’s home as she is leaving with a guy that she cheated on him with. Once she leaves, he breaks into the house to make a video of himself and another girl to use as revenge which in turn does not seem to be what the protagonist wants but sets out to do anyway.

Common Theme The songs from both artists share the common statement of remorse for the ex-lovers in the songs and how it is their turn to be upset. In both songs the theme is expressed to the fullest from Julie London’s romantic version of passing the pain onto her past lover, to Justin Timberlake’s take on revenge and how he will give his past lover something to remember him by. Both scenarios take the audience on an experience into the artists soul and allow the listener to feel their own emotions and take on their transitioning stories. Personal Experience I can relate to both versions of “Cry Me A River” since I am a hopeless romantic and I have been cheated on and heart broken. My ex-wife who cheated on me called me less than a year ago expecting me to guide her through her new husband cheating on her. All I could say to her in response was “and you thought I was the person you should call for advice of all people?” The one thing that I can take away from these songs is the relief that both musicians can feel after they leave those lyrics free. Audience The narrative within both songs is set to show the hurt and anguish in which both artists have gone through with their previous relationships. These songs are intended to touch the heart of the listeners to start and target a primary audience who may have experienced something along the same lines as the artists. While the secondary audiences focus upon the sound of the music as well as the direction of the lyrical content to each song.

Profession These two songs demonstrate the creative minds and feelings that can be found in professional story telling. As a Writer or English major, these songs can present a fluid demonstration on the correct usage or story and prose. They can also influence the creativity of how a professional writer can present a story with one idea and then tell it in a whole different presentation such as lounge singing or the revenge video. Humanities Resource The first source that I chose is from an article in the Law and Journal Library titled “ Cry Me a River: Identifying the Behavioral Consequences of Extremely High-Stakes Interpersonal Deception”. This article describes how different people use interpersonal deception to get what they want while damaging their victims. I chose this article because it fit so well with the way both songs reflect on the damage that the narrators suffered and the outcome of their stories. The article also explains that sometimes the victims themselves can change who they are by the outcome which as we see in Justin Timberlake’s version of the song, he decided to seek revenge though physical contact with another woman as well and leaving a video tape while Julie London’s version, she dedicated the song as a trophy to why she is over said person. My second source is titled “Songwriting: Methods, Techniques and Clinical Applications for Music Therapy Clinicians, Educators and Students” written by Felicity Baker and Tony Wilgram. This book covers the many different styles of writing which society can use as therapeutic methods to deal with all kinds of things from stress to traumatic experiences as well

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