As Rayna requested :)
Please make sure you sign up for at least ONE role for the next three plays (click link). Some roles can double up. We'll see if we go further. The final exam will be based on this text, and we will be distributing it later in the week.
MASTERS OF THE TRADE: roles
"Reiner Holzemer’s 2008 documentary film, William Eggleston: Photographer, includes a black-and-white family snapshot. It shows a very young Eggleston in the foreground, looking natty in cap and sailor suit, a tricycle behind him. Might it be a sidewalk-worthy equivalent of Charles Foster Kane’s Rosebud? Surely, not even Eggleston can say. In such indeterminacy begins the mystery and wonder of art, three-wheeled and otherwise." — Mark Feeney, Smithsonian.com
William Eggleston, Untitled (Memphis), 1970
“I do have a personal discipline of only taking one picture of one thing. Not two. I would take more than one and get so confused later. I was trying to figure out which was the best frame. I said, this is ridiculous—I’m just going to take one.”
“...So then that picture is taken and then the next one is waiting somewhere else.” – William Eggelston
Why isn't there more outrage in the USA over income inequality? Here are some answers generated by the class:
- Negative perception of the protesters (eg., "Occupy Wall Street)
- Aspiration to become upper class as opposed to resent those citizens
- A disproportionate influence (by the upper class) in the political arena (lobbying) and in the media
- Ever-increasing amounts of consumer and household debt helping to finance an American consumer lifestyle
This NPR report seems to be about dating and romantic relationships, but listen to the end when the researcher reveals secrets about the language we use and the power it connotes. Read Gatsby, pp. 69-72 and count how many times each character uses the word "I" inside of quotes of dialogue.
Full transcript below. We watched the clip. "How to Marry the Rich".
Now that you have viewed the video below:
- Guess which suburb(s) on the UP-W line is MOST like Winnetka (or your suburb). What evidence did you use?
- Use the following websites to corroborate your claim:
- ZIP CODE LOOKUP
- Nielsen's "MY BEST SEGMENTS"
Social Class Stations from Spiro Bolos on Vimeo.
A recording of the Metra Union Pacific-West line, detailing all of the stations from Wheaton to Oak Park.