Historical and Cultural context of the Musical Hairspray The Buddy Dean Show which was a teen dance show in Baltimore is memorialized in the musical and film by John Waters‚ Hairspray. The plot of this story revolves around an attempt in which teens from both backgrounds in Baltimore integrate successfully in a teen dance show called The Corny Collins show. There was a massive cultural revolution in musical taste in the ‘50s and ‘60s that was signalled by teens from the big band sound of rock and
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4/26/2010 Creative Presentation – Les Miserables as a Musical Les Miserables (Les Mis for short) is a musical that was composed in 1980 by the French composer Claude-Michel Schonberg with the libretto‚ or text‚ by Alain Boublill and lyrics by Herbert. It is one of the most performed and well-known musicals in the world. On October 8‚ 2006 Les Miserables celebrated 21 years on London’s West End and became the longest running West End musical in history‚ reaching 9‚500 performances. The show continues
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have to face and overcome. In Thomas C. Foster’s book‚ How to Read Literature like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines‚ he states‚ “ people expect them (symbols) to mean something. Not just any something‚ but one something in particular” (104). That means that we want symbols to mean in thing like in Beowulf the monster Grendel could symbolize something. Grendel could be the very first major battle the a person faces‚ like Beowulf did in the book. This battle could
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Evita was a very well rounded musical production. All aspects of the production‚ including the singing‚ dancing‚ lighting‚ scenic design‚ and stage projections produced a great show. Not only were the actors on stage talented‚ but the use of light and video projection enhanced the performance and was one of the highlights throughout the show. I specifically enjoyed when the white curtain became the train of Evita’s dress and was used as a projection screen while it was attached to her. I have seen
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chivalry he is showing as well. I imagine her talking about the man’s courage in a very stern tone of voice. The last element that I noticed is symbolism and I think there were a few symbols. She says that “the sky filled with crows he held her up.” I think that the crows are symbolizing heaven. The other symbol I noticed is the stone steps‚ and to me this
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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS CLASSIFICATION All musical instruments can be divided into four major classes: aerophones‚ chordophones‚ electrophones and percussion. The biggest and the most versatile class is aerophones which can be further subdivided into free aerophones and pipe aerophones. On the next level free aerophones fall into those with free reed and with beating reed. Beating reed aerophones are represented by single reed (organ pipes) and double reed (human voice) instruments. Free reed instruments
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The musical production Rent is Jonathan Larson’s adaptation of Puccini’s ‘La Boehme’‚ and was set in New York in the early 1980s (Encyclopedia of World Biography‚ n.d.). The musical has a variety of characters: straight‚ gay‚ lesbian‚ cross-dressing‚ and bisexual. Many of the cast’s characters have HIV/AIDS. Larson personally identified with the musical‚ as he too had several friends that had HIV/AIDS who had then later passed away from the disease (Encyclopedia of World Biography‚ n.d.). HIV/AIDS
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message through art. In this case though‚ Hairspray has been the selected piece I’m choosing to write about. It is considered to be a flashy‚ catchy‚ musical that ultimately hits on racial segregation and inequality. In this paper‚ I will be covering different material ranging from the actual background story of the musical‚ the themes the musical is trying to convey‚ information on John Waters (the man who started it all)‚ some elements of set design‚ and the overall influence Hairspray has had
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Symbols/Motifs in The Awakening Art: ▪ Art becomes a symbol of both freedom and failure. ▪ A major part of Edna’s initial awakening is her decision to take up painting again‚ and it is partly through the income from the sale of some of her paintings that she is able to abandon her husband’s home and establish her own. ▪ At the same time‚ however‚ there are suggestions that Edna’s art is somehow flawed. When she tries to make a sketch of Madame Ratignolle‚ we are told that the sketch
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Themes and Symbols: It is quite difficult to distinguish some of the themes from the symbols in this story. Themes Symbols Hypocrisy The Box Religion: Past and Present The Stool Names of the characters 1. Hypocrisy The act of pretending to have beliefs‚ virtues and feelings that one does not truly possess. The word derives from the late Latin hypocrisis and Greek hupokrisis both meaning play-acting or pretence. A. The Adams and their
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