Black rock, Nick Enright Essay

To conclude, Bra Boys are viewed as an imitation of a prodigious brotherhood gang of surfers that are victims from occurrences and backgrounds rather then a gang that dispute with the law by an act of violence. Bra Boys are presented with a positive light who are role models built on honesty, trust, loyalty and mate ship who emphasize the importance of family and multiculturalism. The documentary is an interpretation of the truth, biased so as to challenge societies dominant ways of thinking; therefore it cannot be

When we view the award-winning documentary Cronulla Riots, we are questioned about the values and ethics of being Australian. Everyone either young or old, male or female, Middle-Eastern or White, living on Australian soil are questioned about the embodiment of Australian values. Therefore, the documentary successfully achieved its purpose on questioning the viewers of being Australian. This can be best

Australian people and culture are often stereotyped in the media in different forms, one of them being film. The two films being examined, ‘Red dog’ (2011) and the ‘Sapphires’ (2012), are an example of the Australian identity but from different points of view. ‘Red dog’ shows the kind and positive side which exemplifies mateship and loyalty. The film ‘Sapphires’ ,which takes place in the 1950’s through to the 1960’s, shows a negative and racist view towards the indigenous people. Both the films show different aspects of the Australian identity, not all insights of the films accurately represent contemporary Australian identity as the Australian identity has changed by the evolution of people and their lifestyle.

Australia is filled with many different aspects in which makes it the country it is today. I believe it is important to study texts that explore aspects of Australia by studying texts such as ‘The Club’, by David Williamson, a play written in 1977 about an Australian football club and movies such as “The Castle”, directed by Rob Stitch in 1997, about the daily life of an Australian family when their happiness is threatened when developers attempt to buy their house to expand the neighboring airport. Both these texts show us what Australian life was like in the past. By us looking at themes such as language, tradition and the mateship shown we are able to explore different aspects of Australia that make it what it is today.

“Away” is a play written in 1988 by Michael Gow. Away refers to the central ideas of Australia in 1967-68. The central ideas embrace the outsiders, family conflicts and grief and loss which affected families in the play. Gow uses three main families to convey the message of the play. The use of language and stylistic devices influence the way Gow has been able to speak to the modern Australian audience. In the play “Away” Gow is able to speak to the modern Australian audience with the use of allusion. Gow alludes to two of Shakespeare’s plays; Midsummer Night’s Dream and King Lear, two well-known actors in the 1960’s; Chips Rafferty and Laurance Olivier and the Vietnam War. The modern audience would have to do research to

Through the use of poetic devices, the author has successfully encouraged the audience to explore their thoughts on Australian identity and to reflect on our nation’s history.

The play “Blackrock”, written by Nick Enright, focuses on very delicate issues. The themes such as mateship and peer pressure, responsibility/guilt and masculinity resonate in my own personal life quite strongly. By studying and analysing this text it can be determined if the themes and values that are trying to be emulated either challenge or confirm my own beliefs and experiences.

His mum then says, “why do you think, then?” and Jared said “there you’re mates.” This goes back to the idea of mateship only goes so far, and yet again it went to far. Jarred should have stepped in right from the beginning and stopped what happened but instead decided to stay quiet about the whole thing. This gets to think about how mateship affects society today and if it is that heavily involved in the youth today. A great example of this was shown not to long ago with the Essendon drug saga. The players all decided to keep it too themselves even though the allegations were being made the kept quiet and stuck as a team. Now they are worse off than if they spoke up but the made the decision to stick together. This shows that mateship is still involved in

The first of two plays that has been considered for selection in upcoming International Theatre for Young People's Festival soon to be held in Vancouver, Canada is "Blackrock" by the late Nick Enright. The plays must represent the values, attitudes and beliefs of today's Australian Youth Culture. "Blackrock" explores the strength of mateship, the importance of image and the dangers of peer pressure, parties and underage drinking. The second play is the popular "Blurred" by the playwright Stephen Davis; which offers a comedic and clever representation of perhaps the most famous Australian youth orientated rite of passage, "Schoolies". Both of these plays portray representations of the highest calibre of Australian youth culture. Both

The author of the play/book ?Blackrock?, Nick Enright has written a very dramatic play towards today?s society. During the book he uses lots of techniques to make it relate to the audience, therefore making it more appealing to the readers. Friendship is also a major factor in the book, ?Blackrock?. Throughout this play, many different attitudes and values are brought up. It is very appealing towards my age bracket because of its relevancy. In the beginning, Jared is seen as a party animal and just one of the lads, this all starts to change after the incident the night of the partying Blackrock.

‘Fly In Fly Out’ is autobiographical by Australian playwright Robert Kronk. The performance is set in a small Queensland mining town where Jenny is about to graduate grade 10. Her struggle to balance her school work, her part times jobs (Chicken fry Shop and Hairdressers), her relentless younger sister, her relationships and also trying to keep up with everyone's expectations of her. The intended dramatic meaning of this play is to show what it is like to be a fly in fly out the community through teenagers eyes this is shown by realism: costumes, dialog and the elements of drama that include focus, timing, space, and language.

The play presents complex notions about family bonds, based upon their shared cultural experiences and the way in which they reinforce their cultural Australian identity and help members of the family endure the physical hardship and social isolation. Jack Davis’ social realist drama, ‘No Sugar’ explores how the varying levels of family unity, rebellion and cultural identity depicted in different characters influences their survival. In this play, the term ‘survival’ operates on two continuums. It is conveyed as the physical sense of life and death through the play’s protagonist, Jimmy Munday, as well as the pursuit of happiness. This pursuit is predominantly reflected in the parallel yet contrasted lives of Mary and Billy Kimberley as well as Gran’s deteriorating health after losing family members. Although Davis articulates the endurance of the Indigenous Australians, he incorporates figures of white authority who seek to demolish the Indigenous race and culture. Set in the time frame of 1929 to 1934, ‘No Sugar’ presents a critique of the conventional colonial British views of that era; and their effect on the preservation of Indigenous spirit and culture.

Blackrock by Nick Enright is a drama piece constructed to challenge dominant social ideology of twentieth century Australian youth. The text presents a very critical attitude towards Australian society in particular the notion of mateship is criticised and exposed in a negative light, as are the justifications, and outcomes of youth independence, and the marginalisation of females. Blackrock, being inspired/based on a the real-life rape and murder of schoolgirl Leigh Leigh (in Stockton, near Newcastle, Australia on 3 November 1989), provides powerful, direct, criticism of dominant Australian (male) youth culture, and highlights how seemingly harmless attitudes and ideologies can lead to the most severe

It’s a piece that’ll have teenage audiences wide-eyed, mouths agape at a painting much too resemblant of real-life. In effect, we’ll be forced to reflect on every lapse of judgement that we palm off to the clichéd attitude that ‘boys will be boys’. With this attitude, Blackrock emulates a widely accepted culture of misogyny especially prevalent among the Australian teenage demographic; a culture that places males beyond any blame for acts of sexualisation and objectification. It further shows how a sexual remark, or even a slight, seemingly harmless whistle, can ultimately lead to a sexual assault case – devastating as that

It is hard to say if rock and roll impacts culture or is impacted by culture. I feel that as you explore music from different eras you can often hear the story being told from that time. You can feel its impact and see the impact on it. When I explored the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame site I immediately looked for my favorites because they tell a story to me. Then I randomly selected someone I had never heard of and began to listen to that music as well. It is interesting not only to see the differences but also the similarities in my purposeful choices and my random choice.