In class today, Millie, Jackson and I worked on an interpretation of scene 5 using the Artaud Method. We decided to interpret the scene as a police interrogation with a murder in the beginning of the scene. We had Jackson be the interrogator and Millie be the criminal; I was the murdered person. We decided to include some levels and physicality in the scene to embody Artaud. In the beginning of the scene, I stood emotionless and Millie stabbed me in the stomach, then I fell backwards with my body limp on the floor. Then Millie took off her watch and placed it in my hand and then sat at the desk. At this point the scene was quiet, then Jackson walked onto stage, stomping. This sound filled up the room. When he started speaking, he put his face right up next to Millie's to make the audience uncomfortable with his closeness. Jackson continued to interrogate Millie until he asked her if she had a watch, then took my leg and dragged me over to the desk and then flung my arm up so that ...
- main character: Nia, single working class mother, 'on the edge' --> trying to parent her son and save him from the "school-to-prison" pipeline - exhaustion: physical, mental - strained relationships with her son Omari, ex-husband Xavier, possible relationship with Dun? - Use of poem - "We Real Cool..." by Gwendolyn Brooks --> school to violence or crime, to death - discrimination and racism? - public school vs. private school education, assimilation --> Omari feels he will benefit more by being around people who have the same background as him - the use of silent moments, intense looks (the ending) - what is Jasmine's role in the play? Her character seems a little bit unnecessary - Jasmine and Omari relate to each other, from the same background - Omari feels like his...
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