In The Beggar’s Opera, we find the inversions of many societal norms for comedic effect. As is true of all satires, these purposeful reversals of positions and definitions, while at one moment the cause for hilarity, also serve to expose the dark truths behind institutions and ideas society accepts as natural. One of the institutionsContinue reading ““A wife’s like a guinea in gold”: The Commodification of Women in “The Beggar’s Opera””
Monthly Archives: May 2014
Fairy Tales (Part 2)
Part 1 of this story can be found here. When the child grew old enough to walk on his own, he began wandering into the dell, much to the chagrin of the man and woman in the thatched hut, who scolded him fiercely each time he returned from these rambles. They needn’t have worried. TheContinue reading “Fairy Tales (Part 2)”
Inspiration – John Philip Sousa and Honoring Sacrifice
An inventor, a soldier, a gifted musician – John Philip Sousa was all these things and more. His marches have become entwined with many citizens concept of what it means to be an ‘American’, even though they may be unaware of his name or history. With Memorial Day just around the corner, I felt itContinue reading “Inspiration – John Philip Sousa and Honoring Sacrifice”
“Big Fish”: Tall Tales Stretching from the Page to the Silver Screen (Part 2 of 2)
Many of the scenes in the Big Fish script seems long and a bit dry. Luckily, in the world of cinema, editing can make even the simplest scenes exciting, dramatic, and short. While the editing in Big Fish conforms to many of the traditional modern editing techniques, when several scenes from the script are compared with theirContinue reading ““Big Fish”: Tall Tales Stretching from the Page to the Silver Screen (Part 2 of 2)”
The Record
The day Georgie Fisher died was a record breaker, the hottest April afternoon the city had had since the nineties. Her trainer had warned her about overworking her body in this heat, but Georgie ran ten miles a day every day, and she wasn’t about to stop because of some nice weather. Death must laughContinue reading “The Record”