Well just recently I went to the play cripple of inishmaan. This play in particular made me realize how hard it is to pick up foreign accents. The jokes in this play relied partly on the accents and history of it's setting. I particularly noticed the accents in this play because it was one of the main things that could make or break the character portrayals. It's very hard to keep an accent like an Irish one for example for the full duration of the play. This is again where the audience plays an important part a well.. I bet that the actors and actresses didn't know that there was a group of students there as part of a class, Well prepared and ready to be critical... However we are not experts on the Irish dialect. I would assume that there were people of Irish decent that would have had a better eye for criticizing their accents.
All this brings me to a conclusive idea about the audiences role. They play an extremely important part in how they enjoy or even percieve the play... This might not be very clear but what I mean is that an audiences reaction relies heavily on who the audience is.... For example, if a group of high school kids saw a play and didn't read the script or know anything about the play then they will be surely less critical... But let's say they tool this play to Ireland for a performnce. Well I think it's safe to say that they will be way more critical of accents and jokes and everything.
So how can we even start to be generally critical... It's not possible. No matter what, we brin ourselves to the play... In our case, we bring a bag full of knowledge to the play. It heavily influences our criticisms and notions about the play. One of the things I found with this play was that I didn't quite find the jokes funny... I already heard them and laughed at them... On top of that.. I analyzed the jokes so much and their meanigs that when the performers delivered them, I could only snicker in happiness that they actually pulled them off....... Anyways, that's about all I have to say
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Learning Reflection #6
After reading Cripple of Inishmaan and researching the play, I have learned much about the questions that need to be asked and answered. a gelpful process was the feedback from our classmates. They told us that we did a good job and they also made us recognize some of the things we forgot to include in our presentation. This feedback allowed us to reflect on the play and the different perspectives that others hove of the play.
I think that having others comment and view your work allows for a richer learning experience. we can change, re-examine and add to our research after other people have shown us what we missed. that's about all I have to say this week. bye.
I think that having others comment and view your work allows for a richer learning experience. we can change, re-examine and add to our research after other people have shown us what we missed. that's about all I have to say this week. bye.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Learning Reflection #5
This week i read the Cripple of Inishmaan. i really enjoyed this script and i could not help but recognize the difference in perspective throughout the play.
being far away from our culture, the people of Inishmaan have some very funny views of our society and the rest of the world. one of the examples that sticks out to me is when one of the characters talks about a man with a funny mustache. this man is of course hitler and i find it funny when the woman says "i hope he does well" or something along the lines. this not only shows how far away and uninformed these people are, but also the time in which the play takes place.
i think it is important that they place little facts like this in the script because it gives the reader a sense of what time and place this is. at first i thought maybe the play was set in a far off time, however, hearing about hitler and how people from inishmaan immmigrate to america tells much about the setting.
of course this then helps with the researchers of the play. knowing the setting gives a point of reference for further research. we can learn about inishmaan during this time and look into some of the things that influence and appear in the play. its quite important to recognize the time and place for a better understanding of the play. of course when performed, the characters will appear like people from the setting, however when reading the script, some references are needed to pick up on the setting.
this play does this well. unlike some plays which either ignore setting up the times and the tribulations of which the play takes place, cripple of inishmaan allows those who just read the script to pick up on what times these characters live in. one of the things i was confused about was how johnny gave the news. at first i thought that it was because there was no technology to present the news. however, because the script says that the play takes place in the 1930s, it allows the reader to understand that its a social and communal thing that johnny delivers the news.
although i think there is much to say about the presentation of the setting in the script, i will stop here. as i have showed briefly, knowing the setting of the play can really affect the understanding of the characters, jokes and culture in the play. cripple is a prime example because it presents this information not outright but by hinting at things that were happening during their time period and this allows the reader to understand a bit about where they live and how separate they feel from and know about the rest of the world.
being far away from our culture, the people of Inishmaan have some very funny views of our society and the rest of the world. one of the examples that sticks out to me is when one of the characters talks about a man with a funny mustache. this man is of course hitler and i find it funny when the woman says "i hope he does well" or something along the lines. this not only shows how far away and uninformed these people are, but also the time in which the play takes place.
i think it is important that they place little facts like this in the script because it gives the reader a sense of what time and place this is. at first i thought maybe the play was set in a far off time, however, hearing about hitler and how people from inishmaan immmigrate to america tells much about the setting.
of course this then helps with the researchers of the play. knowing the setting gives a point of reference for further research. we can learn about inishmaan during this time and look into some of the things that influence and appear in the play. its quite important to recognize the time and place for a better understanding of the play. of course when performed, the characters will appear like people from the setting, however when reading the script, some references are needed to pick up on the setting.
this play does this well. unlike some plays which either ignore setting up the times and the tribulations of which the play takes place, cripple of inishmaan allows those who just read the script to pick up on what times these characters live in. one of the things i was confused about was how johnny gave the news. at first i thought that it was because there was no technology to present the news. however, because the script says that the play takes place in the 1930s, it allows the reader to understand that its a social and communal thing that johnny delivers the news.
although i think there is much to say about the presentation of the setting in the script, i will stop here. as i have showed briefly, knowing the setting of the play can really affect the understanding of the characters, jokes and culture in the play. cripple is a prime example because it presents this information not outright but by hinting at things that were happening during their time period and this allows the reader to understand a bit about where they live and how separate they feel from and know about the rest of the world.
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