discussion part 1 amp part 2 200 words each
Part 1:
About thirty years ago I attended a humanities conference in Atlanta and spotted this slogan on a tee-shirt. I’ve kicked myself ever sense for not buying the shirt.
“Television is furniture
Film is art
Theatre is life”
Tell me what this means
Part 2:
View the four clips from The Merchant of Venice productions (two are of Al Pacino in the same role). Watch the different performances. How does the actor’s work, his interaction with others in the scene, his costumes, the framing, and so on impact how you, the audience, reacts to the words and the performance?