Rajaa Dawood
Voice and Diction Class
Critique Questions For “The Odd Couple”
1.) After watching “The Odd Couple” I was astonished by how outstanding the actors were. I was instantly drawn to the show and loved every act of it. Personally, I liked Vera’s performance who is played by Shakiba Shadman and Manolo Costazuela who is played by Adam Mercado. They were very entertaining and they portrayed their role very well. Vera is basically a girl who is not very intelligent and she is enthusiastic. Manolo Costazuela is a Spanish man who lives with his brother and he wants to find himself a new girlfriend. Manolo’s character is very hard to play because he has a Spanish accent which makes it difficult. However, Adam Mercado played the character well by doing the Spanish accent and being humorous. On the other hand, Shakiba Shadman played Vera really well because it is extremely tough to play a foolish character. Shakima Shadman portrayed Vera well and made her likeable rather than annoying. They both were very good actors and they did not
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It put me right in the mood and I felt like I was watching a sitcom such as “That 70s Show.” Whenever they switched scenes, they’d turn off the lights and the set management will come out and set the next scene while they played funny acts on the small tv. The lightening was good and the sound was great as well. The costumes were ideal for the 90s and the set design caught my attention the moment I walked in. For example, the high waisted pants and the old fashioned dresses that Florence wore were specifically designed in the 90s. The whole stage design reminded me of a 90s show that I used to watch with my family. Since I was sitting in the front row whenever the actors threw something it always came by my feet and they would pick it up and apologize. This actually made me laugh and it made me feel like I was involved in the
Danny Zuko mainly cared about what people thought about him and his reputation. Though his style is like he’s cruising for a bruisin. What i like about Betty Rizzo is that she doesn’t care of what people think about her, but what I don’t like is that she acts like a spoiled little girl who always wants it her way. I like that Kenickie is a greaser type a guy and what I don’t like is that he sometimes tries to act like Danny. What I like about Frenchy is that she is full of joy, but it’s when she really acts like an airhead that I don’t like. What I like about Leo Balmudo is that he has a nice car, but that he is against the T-Birds. What I mainly like about the story line is that Danny and Sandy fall in love and they try to change themselves to fit into each other’s lifestyles. Plus how the music fit in well with it too. What I don’t like about the story line is that it’s cliche and predictable. The time zone it was based off of is that it was in the 50’s and I like that it was based off the 50’s because it gives out that it could be a classic. Now onto the Conclusion where I’ll be describing who would or would not like this
The sounds and music in this film are very realistic, and to the point. There is not anything abstract or out of place, and everything is very appropriate. The
The stage was set up to look like a classroom but everything appeared to be so two dimensional, just like in a story book, or an animated movie. Miss. Swamp's costume was the most eccentric. The huge black hair, dark mole, and green and yellow stripped socks were the cherry on top of her look. I was also shocked to find out Miss. Nelson and Miss. Swamp were played by two different people. I know Miss. Nelson is
Another aspect of The Odd Couple that is never completely resolved but can be highly interpreted is that the two main characters change their personalities throughout the show, and become less of their archetypes. The two men start as rather polar opposites, with Felix being feminine and scar being masculine. By the end of the play, the characters are no longer so far away from the center
The lighting changes during and between scenes were done extremely well. The shifts in colors and brightness of the lights helped set the mood without overwhelming the audience or being too direct. It became clear when Jackson was angry, sad, or happy. I did find myself picking up on a lot more negative aspects of the production than positive ones. As I said previously, the overuse of profanity distracted from the storyline of the show and led to a decreased enjoyment for me personally. It was also strange how only about
Everything looked like what you would expect of the late 1800’s. Horse drawn carriages, suspenders, paved streets, it all really added to the movie and helped the story along instead of getting in the way. Something that I think genuinely worked in their favor was the contrast between the wealthy and the poor. Take David’s family for example, a family of five living in what looks to be a studio apartment, maybe a one bedroom and contrast that with Joseph Pulitzer’s office at the top of a tall, domed building finished off with a gold coat. Also, the music used in the background was nice to help create suspense, I specifically liked how in spots during the second half you could hear pieces of “Santa Fe” float around. Along with that, this is a musical, songs are a large part of the plot and how the story is told and I believe that the songs were quite effectful. Songs where all of the boys sing together, like “The World Will Know” and “Seize the Day”, were really strong and gave you this feeling of power, determination, and readiness for what lies
As this was meant to be as realistic as possible, the low budget did them wonders. The color, I believe would also go into the realism aspect, as to my eyes, the colors seemed washed out and bleak. Now finally, the sound, there wasn’t too much out of the norm here. The music did its usual job of setting the tone with the film, but in my honest opinion, it did not add to my emotional experience.
The rhythm of the production was extremely fast paced due to the size of the cast and comedy. The costumes helped speeding up the pace with changes
Overally, I loved it. A lot of things happened that I would not think was possible because I have been to previous performances. It was always an unexpecting experience being in the same room with the actors and actresses because
It was magnificent because I genuinely like the way the pieces were performed by the dancers. Having this show dedicated to Martin Luther King, Jr. made me fall more and more in love with each piece. You could follow the storyline of Martin Luther King, Jr. as each piece was performed. I could not take my eyes off the stage when watching the pieces because each piece was just as captivating as the next one. The pieces makes me as an audience member reflect on why we celebrate the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. on Martin Luther King, Jr.. Day. I appreciate when a piece can make me reflect back on my life or reflect on the world around
On February 25th I attended Valencia's theater production of The Seven Year Itch. It took place at Valencia's East campus in the Black Box theater. It started at 7:30pm and lasted about two hours with a fifth-teen minute intermission. I selected this event because it was a requirement for my intro to theater class, and also I enjoy theater. I brought with me notes and paper so I could write down my thoughts on it. It ended up being too dark and I used my phone instead. I tried to keep what it was exactly about out of my mind. I wanted to go into it with an open mind. The lightening evoked flask backs. I personally enjoyed how the lighting was done. I could clearly separate from what was current and what was in the character past or thoughts.
Although there were just the slightest things that could be changed and that is that when Molly's part to sing came her voice was barely heard from the middle seats and also the half time food could have been better but aside from that it was great, amazing, astonishing, expectations met! For the first show attending this year it was great that is why I definitely recommend people should go and have an amazing time like I
I disagree with Sure Thing was funny stories about saying "chicken" because of the subject changes to discussing. The people is a knowledge that will tell something. There is truth to acting was communicate with a talking must converse. It's exchange of speaking will try again to explain and then can tell something again was object as explanation. I just to see both girl and guy are the characters that contestants use to abbreviate between negative and positive for an intelligence. They are were feeling differences have a changing to deserve, but I likable to know that is agree was my option.
I loved that when there was an explosion everything looked so realistic and broke in pieces. Then when they were singing everything came back together like magic. It was a cute and interesting setting. Also, the fact that the main setting was the downstairs of the house, but then when the construction was highered, the downstairs and the bedrooms upstairs were part of the stage.
Especially the age difference. There were old people, middle aged, teenagers and even little kids. There was this one woman that stuck out like a sore thumb. She was just going crazy with the dancing, and was just singing out every lyric to every song. But what was more impressing, (especially since her dancing wasn’t) here kids that couldn’t have been any older than 9 or 10, were also singing every lyric. They were singing songs that I had never even heard.