Blog #7 Theater and INT 95 events

The theater presentation was very interesting and informative for people who would like to be enrolled in the theater program here or even just do some sort of theater work. I definitely thought that he was most likely the best speaker in talent wise. He really made me stay awake with the way he changed his voice and the way he moved around I was just very impressed with the way he was able to keep everybody's attention. As I looked around I saw excitement in the eyes of the students and even I was somewhat excited. I also kind of want to try one of those one credit plays as an actor maybe a world war two play because I find world war two very interesting. On a different topic I would like to take some time to talk about some of the INT 95 events I attended. The first event I attended was a career resource presentation in the formal lounge. The main thing I learned here was if I want to get hired here I should put down work study program. Second event I attended was the Wednesday faculty lunch when the engineers where there. Here I talked to professor Gallucci and talked to him why the economics curve was so hard and if he would bring in some Economics professors so I would be able to determine the best route for me. Overall all the events were very interesting and informative, I really felt i got the most out of the class.

Macbeth

I attended the Macbeth play on Friday night, which was opening night with no opinion or knowledge of how the play would turn out to be. With an open mind I walked in the door and picked up the play pamphlet which I ended up giving to the girl sitting next to me and never got back. I hate to give a poor review but unfortunately the play did not impress me to the point that it was hyped up to be. First the costume design was terrible, I know they were going for an approach that would make it seem as the characters could put down there masks and become objects however, this was not the right way to do it. Second if you have no prior knowledge of the play it would be very difficult to tell which characters are which because of the costume choice, minus Macbeth and his wife, and the King. Unfortunately the costume design left me with a sense that the acting was mediocre. Because there was such a big point of the assimilation and alikeness of the characters it was truly difficult to admire the acting of one character and really see the character on his or her own. This stated it was something new and I have never seen a play performed like this which made it interesting and made me want to see it played out till the end just incase the director had something interesting up his sleeve. Overall to appreciate this play you needed to be a master of the novel and truly understand every single character dynamic which will then allow for you to focus on the true essence of the acting and style.

Week 5

I really enjoyed the presentation that the dean gave. I was really happy he said that critical thinkers come to universities to think but he did not sugar cot it that sometimes you need to just go with the flow and not piss people off by thinking critically all the time. However I feel he should have kept his political opinions to himself especially if he is saying he wants to take away everybody’s second amendment right to bear arms. Then he started to go into another topic that a strongly disagree with and that is religion and saying that Jesus was just a “wonder bright dude, challenging fate”. I understand we are supposed to let go of some of our “most cherished ideas” but religion is a very important part of many people’s lives and making these statements in a speech is sickening to me. In fact religion has saved my life and given me sanity when I needed it most so I was angered with his debauchery of my religion. Other than that I was happy to hear about the sunset cruise that was going to take place and I think that would be a very cool and interesting experience to par take in with a date. Unfortunately I was not able to go to the library visit because I was home with my parents. I ate some great home cooked food and was just happy to be able to be back home in a nice calm environment.