Blog Post: 4- Broadway

As far as Broadway plays, I have never seen one, but I think I want to after seeing and reading about some of these plays on this blog. What sparked my interest in one of the excerpts was that I have seen the movie that correlated with this Broadway show. This show is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The bright colors and so many things going on, on stage, definitely makes me want to see this particular show.

The next show that sparked my interest is one that I have not heard of, but I will add it to my must see list. It is the show Guys and Dolls, I like that each the guys and girls take the stage and speak their side on what they want versus what the other sex wants. All the cast members seem to be having a good time while performing and I really like the song beats. This is a show that I could see with friends that also haven't seen a Broadway show and I think they would appreciate it even still.

There are so many different types of Broadway shows that perform all over the country. This assignment made me think about more shows that I would possibly be interested in and it made me want to investigate to find those shows. I have only been to about four performances in my life. Two of which were in high school and the other two were the Radio City Rockettes which I saw here in Florida and in New York as well. I look forward to changing that.

Opera Assignment

Hansel and Gretel Opera Paper

Blog Post: 3-Madame Butterfly

If you haven't seen the stop-motion animation of Madame Butterfly by Pjotr Sapegin, you need to. This animation tells the story of a young woman who falls in love with a US Navy Sailor after having sex with him in Japan in the 1900s. It then goes on to show the man leaving while the animation continues, showing the woman growing and producing his child. As the woman waits for him to return to show him their child together, she is sitting around outside just praying for him to get back. Well, one day he does and he brings his new girlfriend.

Then they end up taking the baby without saying much to the Japanese woman. The woman is crushed, since this is a stop-motion animation and the characters are dolls, it then shows the woman getting very depressed and dismantling herself. After this, the parts end up flying out into the sea, as if to say "give me back my child and sailor". Then, the woman turns into a butterfly and realizes that everything will be okay, after all.

Stop-motion and claymation film, have always interested me just because of the amount of time it takes to create a small story and video. Pjotr Sapegin is definitely talented in this realm and I can appreciate how he used the doll itself and dismantled it, I think this brought the realism of the story out and showed that he is just attempting to tell a story and not pretending like the people are not dolls. I would definitely enjoy watching a few more of these