Cosi, directed by David Berthold and staged at La Boite Theatre explores human potential, humanity despite mental instability and the assumptions of society in regards to love, relationships and mental health. All of these themes remain relevant despite the play being set in 1972. The production begins with a downhearted and pessimistic feel but evolves into a light-hearted comedy through the libidinous behaviour of Anthony Standish as Zac and the vocal strength and disciplined movement of James Stewart who portrays Henry. The show was successful in both engaging and entertaining the audience through the character development of Henry, the tension created by James Stewart and his manipulation of movements and the comical relief of Zac through his frequent sexual references. Throughout Cosi, the characterisation of Henry by James Stewart evolved the dramatic mood into one of sympathy towards the character and engaged the audience members through his development. Henry’s insecurity and self-consciousness is evident as the production began with his shape being in a hunched manner and his movements being defeated and small. His actions were nervous and jerky whilst his arms were kept closely wrapped around his body to protect himself. These actions remained continuous until someone would approach him, physically contact him or bring focus to him, where he would make percussive and startled movements in attempts to protect himself from the focus of others. This provoked from the audience a yearning for a connection. The unusual and introverted posture signified his lack of self-confidence and engaged the audience further by intriguing them to know more about Henry and his mental illness. Henry’s posture was in contrast to Doug, who ove... ... middle of paper ... ...usly swallow or collect his thoughts before and whilst speaking, acting as only an entertaining comical relief of a character, but not one that would engage and intellectually stimulate. Standish also regularly held his hands around his crotch, comically relieving the audience of intense dramatic moods and powerful tensions through his erotically focussed thoughts and actions. Standish’s portrayal of sexual frustration and the habit of making lascivious jokes were entertaining for the audience, yet not engaging. This was due to Zac’s mainly repulsive actions, spoken thoughts and general insensitivity. The audience to be able to further understand the characters and empathise with them through such humour as to some he was an emotionally accessible man. The lascivious nature of Zac succeeded in providing entertainment to the audience and lightening the dramatic mood.
After evaluating the 2081 movie, it is apparent the film elements and techniques are important when defining the mood. The four main techniques used throughout the film were lighting, music, sound, and dialogue.
audience in his play. I will be analysing act one of the play to try
The first and most obvious change in behavior is shown by comparing Henry?s actions when they stopped at the place with the willows during the road trip and the description of Henry when he first returned home from the war. While resting at the willows, Lyman said, ?Henry was asleep with his arms thrown wide? (366). Henry was completely relaxed. When a dog or cat lies on his back with his belly exposed, he is making himself vulnerable, so therefore this is a sign of trust. Henry is showing a similar trust by lying in that position. This changes drastically when Henry comes home from the war. Lyman states, ?Henry was very different, and I?ll say this: the change was no good. You could hardly expect him to change for the better, I know. But he was quiet, so quiet, and never comfortable sitting still anywhere but always up and moving around? (367). The war has turned him into a very cautious man...
It appears that the war in Vietnam has still gotten into Henry. The war may be over in reality but in his mind it is still going on. This can explain all the agitations and discomfort he has such as not being able to sit still. Based on research, what Henry was experiencing was shellshock from the battlefield from the many soldiers being killed to t...
Before the Vietnam War, Henry’s appearance was cheerful and energetic. Henry enjoyed the time he had with Lyman, working on the Red Convertible, and traveling across the U.S. during the summer. They went from Little Knife River to Alaska without a worry in the world. Henry was talkative and friendly to even strangers. For example, when they pass a woman on the side of the road Henry says, “Hop on in”, indicating his friendliness and confidence (975). Henry’s appearance before war suggests that his life was complete.
Journalist Jon Krakauer reassembles the fact of life of a young man who leaves his family and society to find true himself. Krakauer intends to reveal Christopher McCandless’s character and nature by interacting people who influenced him. The more people were attached to him, get to know more about him in depth; those who know him from outside often refered him as careless. In the book Into the Wild Krakauer presents McCandless as modest and caring person whereas other may see him as thoughtless.
Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, “When the opportunity presents itself for you to defeat your enemy, that is the time which you must not do it,” embodying his philosophy of mutual “Christian love.” Up until the Civil Rights Movement, discrimination and racism had been a major problem in the United States. King’s An Experiment in Love was a declaration of principles, introducing his idea of agape, neighborly, “Christian” love, which he also described as “the love of God toward his creations.” Later, Jane Elliot, whose experiments were documented in A Class Divided, studied discrimination among young children, and Abbey Crain and Matt Ford described an incident of discrimination occurring at their school, the University of Alabama, in the article The Final Barrier: 50 Years Later, Discrimination Still Exists. Harper Lee’s book To Kill a Mockingbird is a love story as interpreted by An Experiment in Love because agape is portrayed in many forms throughout the course of its events.
Coonawarra is the oldest vineyard in Limestone Coast. In 1890, the first vines were planted in Coonawarra. The entrepreneur John Riddoch starts the Penola Fruit Colony which John Riddoch changed the name to Coonawarra Fruit Colony was producing large quantities of an unfamiliar kind of wine. The main grape that produced were Shiraz, Carbernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Chardonnay. In 1897, Riddoch cellars was the first vintage that had made and the building now named as the Wynns winery. Other entrepreneur which are Redman and Brand families, Lindemans and Mildara realize the potential of Coonawarra wines. In 1900 to 1970 they had planted Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvigon, Chardonnay and Riesling.
Henry suffers from retrograde amnesia due to internal bleeding in the part of the brain that controls memory. This causes him to forget completely everything he ever learned. His entire life is forgotten and he has to basically relearn who he was, only to find he didn’t like who he was and that he didn’t want to be that person. He starts to pay more attention to his daughter and his wife and starts to spend more time with them.
Cosi was a play about an up and coming director who was given the opportunity to direct a show that would be put on by patients in a mental institution. Lewis, the director, did not seem too excited about the opportunity but he takes on the job and works hard. The play is set in the 1970’s during anti-Vietnam war protests in Sydney, Australia. The acting in Cosi was at a variety of different skill levels. Since the play was set in Australia, the actors were using Australian accents which was distracting at times because that is a difficult accent to be able to pull off. I was impressed by the believability of the actress who played Ruth, confused by the goals of the character Lewis, and intrigued by the character Roy.
Bennett uses farcical elements, although not exclusively, in the play. The comedic device of stock characters is exploited to the farcical subgenre, with them being created to provide the material for the inclusion of farce in the play. For example, the French scene in Act One predominantly these elements mixed with an underlying polemic and political message, which is prevalent throughout. Firstly, the audience is separated from the characters with the use of foreign dialogue. This reflects Hector’s need to make sure their lessons are ‘not a part of the system’ . When the headmaster enters the boys’ lesson with Hector, he is forced by Hector to speak French and accept the absurdity of the situation in the classroom. ‘Porquoi Belgique?’ He asks when the boys’ state they are playing the characters of wounded soldiers in Belgium. This choice of lexis by the Headmaster immediately betrays his stock character, revealing that he is the buffoon of the play, as this man, with the most legitimate power in the play, is manipulated into believing lies told be eighteen year old boys and an old general studies teacher of ‘studied eccentricity’ . In addition, this quote also highlights and exaggerates his ignorance and lack of intellect, as the Headmaster ‘was a geographer’ and ‘went to Hull’ . If one had studied Geography degree at university, it would be expected for them to know why wounded soldiers would be in Belgium.
depressed and could barely function. Henry's state of mind is so bad that one night when
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Henry’s character is introduced in the movie when his cousin Mark, who is just about the same age as him, suddenly comes to stay with their family because his father had to go away on business. Mark’s mother recently passed away right in front of his eyes and he was still dealing with the repercussions of it all. Dealing with feelings of loneliness, Mark immediately developed a close bond with Henry. He found Henry to be adventurous and nice but was not aware of who Henry really was and what he was experiencing. At first, Henry seemed like a decent young boy who enjoyed experimenting with new things. On ...
In the cognitive level of analysis there are three principals that can be demonstrated through research. The cognitive level of analysis focuses on the mental processes, for instance like memory, attention, thinking and language. With that information it see how we take in all our outside information and process it. The three principals consist of; social and cultural factors that affect cognitive processes, human beings are information processors and that mental representations guide behavior, and that mental processes can and should be studied scientifically by developing theories and by using a variety of research methods. These principals allow us to focus on how behavior can truly affect our cognitive levels of analysis.