Paper for class today
Shannon Hollender
Prof. Mingus
Performance Analysis
Due: 3/8/06
Performance Analysis
“mehitabel has an adventure”
Don Marquis
Words:
This piece contains many strong words which require pausing before or after them to accentuate their importance, there are words such as “slicker” which need to be said as you pointed, as more of a hiss. Also some phrases such as “I’m a lady” need to be drawn out as more of a fallacy by gesture and tone. To me, this is the way they can be most effective in performance. The performance requires attention to the emotions in the phrases and the words to be most effective.
Persona:
The persona as written is as chosen a Jersey accent, with high nasal tones, I went for the mewing cat at midnight abrasive sound, hope the classes wincing doen’t deturr me too much. As the character is a woman I accentuated the maleness in her tough nature with instead a bitchy haughty feel to the persona. My hope is that this works. It seems to fit and work thus far, or at least you said it was ok.
Locus:
As the location is more a frame of mind than an actual location. The character is as if in a conversation with “archy” and talks about being in the alley or in the country but this is only to be portrayed by the words. Thankfully this is a very well written piece so I need not worry too much about what I have to do in this respect. Trying to over-do it – as you suggested though. Steps to indicate the mistress talking will be taken, hopefully none more though.
Climax:
A) logical: The logical climax of the piece is when the character meets the “slob” in the bushes – right before the end - and tears him to ribbons.
B) emotional: The emotional climax occurs when mehitabel gets insulted and this point needs to be portrayed as a nervousness and a sense of self-righteousness. This is elaborated in the next and last portion of the piece and is summarized in the fight.
Aesthetic Components:
The aesthetic components of the piece all rely heavily upon the performance and the way the interpreter (me) chooses to speak with her body and her emotions and her tones. There needs to be a certain free-flowing feel with underlying on-her-toes-all-the-time nervousness to the way she re-tells the events but it needs to be balanced out by randomness and a sense of “a free life.”
Prof. Mingus
Performance Analysis
Due: 3/8/06
Performance Analysis
“mehitabel has an adventure”
Don Marquis
Words:
This piece contains many strong words which require pausing before or after them to accentuate their importance, there are words such as “slicker” which need to be said as you pointed, as more of a hiss. Also some phrases such as “I’m a lady” need to be drawn out as more of a fallacy by gesture and tone. To me, this is the way they can be most effective in performance. The performance requires attention to the emotions in the phrases and the words to be most effective.
Persona:
The persona as written is as chosen a Jersey accent, with high nasal tones, I went for the mewing cat at midnight abrasive sound, hope the classes wincing doen’t deturr me too much. As the character is a woman I accentuated the maleness in her tough nature with instead a bitchy haughty feel to the persona. My hope is that this works. It seems to fit and work thus far, or at least you said it was ok.
Locus:
As the location is more a frame of mind than an actual location. The character is as if in a conversation with “archy” and talks about being in the alley or in the country but this is only to be portrayed by the words. Thankfully this is a very well written piece so I need not worry too much about what I have to do in this respect. Trying to over-do it – as you suggested though. Steps to indicate the mistress talking will be taken, hopefully none more though.
Climax:
A) logical: The logical climax of the piece is when the character meets the “slob” in the bushes – right before the end - and tears him to ribbons.
B) emotional: The emotional climax occurs when mehitabel gets insulted and this point needs to be portrayed as a nervousness and a sense of self-righteousness. This is elaborated in the next and last portion of the piece and is summarized in the fight.
Aesthetic Components:
The aesthetic components of the piece all rely heavily upon the performance and the way the interpreter (me) chooses to speak with her body and her emotions and her tones. There needs to be a certain free-flowing feel with underlying on-her-toes-all-the-time nervousness to the way she re-tells the events but it needs to be balanced out by randomness and a sense of “a free life.”
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