I really loved reading "Polaroid Stories" because of the rhythm in the language, and, if LSU ever puts this on, I would love to be in it. I was also wondering about how some of the actions would be staged (ex. Skinheadgirl turning into a star, Narcissus and the broken mirror, etc.). I pictured it in the studio theatre. Something else that stuck out to me was the heavy use of light and sound in the play; I think it's nice that these two areas are used so frequently. I agree that it would be helpful to have knowledge on the Greek stories that were used as inspiration for the play, but I think that some readers would still be able to follow and get into the story, even if they don't have that knowledge.
(Just incase my previous post wasn't read lol)I read the play, and even though it's kind of yadiyadiyada, I didn't think it was that bad. I understood most of it and most of the references but I don't know, the way it was writen kind of threw me off. It's probablly because I skimmed through it and all the back and forth and arguing and stuff went over my head because all the "problems" and "context" were "normal" to me. I wouldn't say I'm from the ghetto, but I spent about half of my life growing up there and to me, until I left, it was all I had. I mean, I knew there was more out there but, I don't know, it's hard to explain. I guess you have to be in my shoes to understand, but anyway, I liked the article much more than I did the play. Knowing that all these homeless kids believed in something was amazing, but what they believed shocked me. Hell and evil was winning and was going to prevail, but they still had hope. I was never homeless or in a shelter or anything like that, but I totaly understood where that type of thinking came from and that touched me.
I really loved reading "Polaroid Stories" because of the rhythm in the language, and, if LSU ever puts this on, I would love to be in it. I was also wondering about how some of the actions would be staged (ex. Skinheadgirl turning into a star, Narcissus and the broken mirror, etc.). I pictured it in the studio theatre. Something else that stuck out to me was the heavy use of light and sound in the play; I think it's nice that these two areas are used so frequently. I agree that it would be helpful to have knowledge on the Greek stories that were used as inspiration for the play, but I think that some readers would still be able to follow and get into the story, even if they don't have that knowledge.
ReplyDelete(Just incase my previous post wasn't read lol)I read the play, and even though it's kind of yadiyadiyada, I didn't think it was that bad. I understood most of it and most of the references but I don't know, the way it was writen kind of threw me off. It's probablly because I skimmed through it and all the back and forth and arguing and stuff went over my head because all the "problems" and "context" were "normal" to me. I wouldn't say I'm from the ghetto, but I spent about half of my life growing up there and to me, until I left, it was all I had. I mean, I knew there was more out there but, I don't know, it's hard to explain. I guess you have to be in my shoes to understand, but anyway, I liked the article much more than I did the play. Knowing that all these homeless kids believed in something was amazing, but what they believed shocked me. Hell and evil was winning and was going to prevail, but they still had hope. I was never homeless or in a shelter or anything like that, but I totaly understood where that type of thinking came from and that touched me.
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