Priscilla Queen Of The Desert Theatre Report

Power is a force that can be wielded by anyone whether it is for good or bad; physically or mentally. The story, “Priscilla and the Wimps,” by Richard Peck tells us of a school ruled by a notoriously known student named, Monk Klutter and his gang, Klutter’s Kobras. This group goes around school bullying others and demanding them to pay for “passes.” All the students fear them, except for one girl, the biggest and strongest, Priscilla Roseberry. Even though she’s a girl, she’s not afraid of the gang and defeats their leader effortlessly, proving that she is the strongest.

Shakespeare's Twelfth Night examines patterns of love and courtship through a twisting of gender roles. The play centers on the lead female role and protagonist, Viola, who

Lauren Greenfield’s 2012 documentary The Queen of Versailles offers an entertaining and thought provoking look at what subjects a documentary can cover as the film follows billionaires David and Jacqueline Siegel and their family as they navigate the 2008 economic crisis and attempt to build a mansion inspired by Versailles. Though the premise of the film is fairly straightforward, on a deeper level the film touches upon such ideas as the unattainability of the “American Dream,” the correlation between wealth and happiness, and family perseverance in the face of adversity. However, one key theme of the film serves to discredit the outside assumption that wealthy individuals lead flawless happy lives, and are in someway elevated beyond typical humanity, not experiencing hardships in the same manner as middle class society. In reality, as the film demonstrates, the wealthy are as flawed and as deeply human as any other class, capable of experiencing hardships and unhappiness regardless of material wealth. To further explore how the film achieves its theme, one must first have a firm understanding of the documentary form and how certain events in the film highlight the theme, which is explored in the following paragraphs .

I admired the character Princess Jasmine in the film “Secondhand Lions” by Tim McCanlies because she was a minor character but she stood out in the film. This movie was about a fourteen year old boy whose mother sent him off to his Great Uncle's farm on a mission to find their millions that rumor said they had stashed away. His summer stay features stories of his Uncle's past and of their adventures a long time ago with princesses, wars and evil sheiks. Film techniques helped manifest Jasmine’s importance in the movie through narration, music and costume. This essay in my opinion, concludes Jasmine was a minor character that was seen rarely, but her presence was overall substantial.

For example, the music video introduces Mercury in the appearance of drag wearing a large upright wig with a pink sweater vest, tight leather short-skirt with stockings and high heels. Furthermore, we are shown Deacon, May, and Taylor being in the appearance of drags as either a school girl, grandmother and an awoken female in her pink pyjamas. Although drag is noted as a form of performance, it is often associated with queer culture because of this idea where the artists perform as the opposite sex. Furthermore, drag is often highlighted as part of queer culture through main stream mediums such as Stephan Elliot’s The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994), which is critically acclaimed by AfterElton’s as the 10th greatest gay film of all time (AfterElton).

Many, if not all, plays are written to evoke thoughts from people in the audience. Through their scripts, authors deliver messages about their opinions on various issues ranging from gender roles to class ranks. These messages are developed to provoke thoughts and questions from people who experience performances. In the play Rome Sweet Rome, the Q Brothers Collective use both new and old theatrical techniques to make parallels between the Roman and United States governments by addressing issues involving women’s roles in society, class rank, and homosexuality. The play uses methods both similar and different to other classic plays to deliver a message that is relatable to issues in today’s world. This message is enhanced through the use of acting styles, set design, costumes, music, and lighting.

On Thursday evening, February 9, 2017, my mother drove me to Georgia State Perimeter College Clarkston Campus which is located in Clarkston, Georgia for my second mandatory encounter for HUMN 1000. Due to the fact that I was going at night, it was quite a boring drive to Georgia State University Clarkston Campus (GSUPC); however, on the way to GSUPC, I had the anxious feeling of not knowing what to expect from the play I was going to watch, SHE. SHE is a play that was written and devised by Shirlene Holmes and Anastasia Wilson. Eventually, I would reach the Fine Arts building at GSUPC with my anxiety at full throttle. Although my mother drove me to see the play, she did not stay to watch driving away while wishing me good luck. I then

The movie The Princess Bride originated from the book The Princess Bride by Williams Goldman. The storyline goes along demonstrating the typical knight and the royal characteristic in Medieval times. The events in the movie are based on the courtly love of the main character, Westley. Before being arrested to be a pirate, Westley was a farm boy, who is deeply in love with Buttercup. When he heard of the kidnap the trio, he immediately came to rescue Buttercup, who is at that time Prince Humperdinck's fiance. Within the fight scene of Westley and Inigo Montoya, a knight from the trio, the chivalry of medieval knights is being shown. From the beginning when Inigo patiently waits for Westley to climb up the cliff for the fight, to during the fight

I selected the novel Astray by Amy Christine Parker for our novel analysis. I decided to read Astray after reading the series’s first book, Gated. I first read Gated because it is on the 2015-16 SC YABA nominee list, and I wasn’t disappointed. It kept me on the edge of my seat throughout the entire book. When I saw Astray in the library, I really wanted to know what happened to all the characters, and if this sequel was as good as Gated, so I chose it. I would recommend this series to anyone interested in finding a novel with lots of suspense and plot twists to read.

“The King of Masks”, directed by Wu Tianming, is a sentimental melodrama with many underlying themes, one of which is the theme of love. The plot of the film, the morals that it teaches, and its impact on the audience all revolve around love. "The King of Masks" centers around the old street performer, Wang, played by Zhu Xu, who is desperately in search of a male successor to inherit his secret art of "face-changing". Fate allows him to meet with Doggie, a young child whose role is heartwarmingly played by the child actress Zhou Renying, who herself was sent away by her impoverished family to join an acrobatic troupe at the age of 3 (Maslin, 1999). The importance of love during harsh times is portrayed through the development of the

Due to the fact that I had no intentions to see the musical, I hadn’t the slightest inkling of its plot or its storyline - I wasn’t even sure which of the characters was “Gypsy”. In fact, I believed that the protagonist was Gypsy Rose Lee’s sister for the entirety of the first act, when, in reality, the story revolved around the relationship of Gypsy and her mother. Although I should have seen this as an annoyance, it actually evoked the opposite reaction: admiration. This is because, rather than focus on the details of the plot, I now found myself infatuated with the musical due to the actors’ impressive on stage presence. In particular, I couldn’t help but marvel at the electricity and dynamics of Imelda Staunton, who performed with such fervor and zeal that she had everyone in the audience standing when the curtains came to a

I have never been involved with the production of any kind of play, so my partner and I decided that we would watch multiple versions of this play. There was Kenneth Branagh’s version which was sort of lack characteristic that we thought would be suiting for our “soap opera” themed performance.

It has been theorized that the ability to communicate through language made the human species possible and in the same way, each individual becomes humanized as he/she enters into verbal communication with those around (Simmons-McDonald). If this statement is accepted as true, then it follows that the continued development of the human species depends on each individual being able to participate effectively in the process of communication. Was this the message of the movie “My Fair Lady”? Mr. Higgins certainly believed that a person’s accent and tone of voice determine his/her prospects in society and that ‘verbal class distinction could be extinct if the English taught their children how to speak.’

Phantom of the Opera is the longest running musical to date and has become one of the most beloved and well known musicals on Broadway. The musical was inspired and loosely based on the characters and the story of the book Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux. This CD is the original London cast which means that this recording is with the first cast that ever preformed the musical with the actors that created the parts. The musical was written and composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber who is one of the most famous musical composers and has composed some of the most well loved musicals of the last fifty years. Webber created incredible and emotional music for Phantom of the Opera that set this musical apart from all the others.

First, the costumes and set design of the show. There were a total of four characters in this show and each character had their own uniqueness. The three girls in the play all had different costumes. These costumes were fine, but the problem was that I had no idea which character was which. It was so confusing and frustrating now knowing why that specific character was wearing those types of clothes. Throughout the play, I was able to get a read on why the characters were wearing what they were. It helped explained what type of character they were trying to portray in the story. The three women in the story wore jeans, leggings, boots, jackets, and long dresses.