Singin In The Rain Analysis

On September 15th I went to go see Great Theatre’s Singin’ in the Rain at the Paramount Theatre. Singin’ in the Rain is a musical about silent film star Don Lockwood, who while walking the streets one night meets Kathy Selden, an unknown actress whom he becomes infatuated with, and they become unlikely friends. When the Jazz Singer premiered, the first talking picture, Don’s film studio began to go under, so Don, his best friend Cosmo, and Kathy turn the silent film Don is working on into a talking film, the only issue is his film co-star Lina can’t do the film as she has a very unattractive voice. This moment is when Don begins to help Kathy jump start her career, as he suggests she does the vocals for the movie. There are debates and arguments

Would you ruin something you really need, to stop something really bad? Yeah? No? Well in Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor that is what happens. Papa ruins his crops for people would stop the hanging. He caught his land on fire so T.J., Mr.Morrison, and him didn’t get hanged.

In the poem “Famous Blue Raincoat” by Leonard Cohen, from his third album Songs of Love and Hate, released in 1971, features the line “You’d been to the station to meet every train, but you came home without Lili Marlene” (15). This line is a reference “Lili Marlene” which is the title and heroine to the very famous war song sung by soldiers and become popular in World War II. The song is about love and prosperity to bring joy to the men on long times away from home. Throughout the war, the soldiers would sing this song to lifts spirits and imagine the good life that they would be coming home to. Leonard Cohen uses this intertext when writing to his brother figure to ask him how he is doing and presents him glimpses of Jane in his poem. The

The second act begins when numerous black town cars and suvs pull up to the house, which is signified by Rose’s line “oh man, here it begins, are you ready for this.” The second act uses mise en scène to make the viewer feel a sense of unease. The performances of the houseguests gives off a cringeworthy feeling to viewer as they talk to Chris. The group of predominately white people mention the fact that Chris is black, from comments like “I do know tiger [Woods]” to “black is the new trend,” even asking about if his penis is large since he’s black. In terms of this story, the guests talk discuss his to see if they want to buy his body for the coagula procedure. However, these characters are also archetypes of microaggression, which is a prevalent

Scene Analysis on Song at Midnight: the First Meet of Song Danping and Sun Xiao’ou

The song “It Will Rain” by Bruno Mars is for Romeo. The start of the song is, “If you ever leave me, baby, leave some morphine at my door.” This line means that Bruno needs to take painkillers to get over losing his girl. This is a less severe version of what happened to poor Romeo. He heard his girl was dead, so he bought poison to kill himself to be with Juliet again. In the second verse, Bruno sings “So keep in mind all the sacrifices I’m makin’ to keep you by my side.” Romeo sacrificed so much to be with Juliet. His best friend was killed, he was exiled, his mother died, and in the end, Romeo himself sacrificed his own life in her name. The song overall is quite dramatic, in a very Romeo fashion. In the third verse, Mars sings “Cause there’ll be no sunlight if I lose you, baby” This relates to Romeo, who, when rejected by Rosaline, “Shuts up his windows, locks fair daylight out, and makes himself an artificial night” It says in the song that ”Just like the clouds my eyes will do the same, if you walk away everyday it will rain, rain, rain.” Very dramatic, very Romeo.

Sunset Song is one of the most revered and acclaimed Scottish novels of the 20th century, dealing with subjects such as sexuality or violence in a way that was not common at the time. The novel focuses on the life of Chris Guthrie, a young woman living in rural Scotland who goes through many adversities related to family, farming life, and love. War is an important background factor to take into account as well.

Released in 1951, Singin in the Rain was one of the last films to be produced during the profitable golden age of the studio system. It evokes the typical characteristics of the popular MGM Hollywood musical by relying on superstar names and infectious dance numbers. However, Singin in the Rain incorporates an additional level of parody into its nostalgic plot that focuses on the disruptive shift from silent movies to "talkies." The film showcases classical Hollywood musical numbers supplemented by affectionate satire. The music of the film reflects each inherent level and in doing so becomes an identifiable character. It helps to add irony to the plot as well as comedic support. Singin in the Rain "glorifies American entertainment" while

Money is the best motivator in the country. In the movie Sing it shows how using a cash reward will generate more participants in the talent show. The movie is about a koala, Mr. Moon, who owns a failing theatre. In an attempt to generate more revenue to pay off his bank debts he decides to host a singing competition and offers a prize of one thousand dollars to the winner. His secretary accidently puts one hundred thousand dollars on the fliers. Before they could be looked over, the fliers fell out of the window and landed all around town. The next day a ton of auditioners showed up. When the one hundred-thousand-dollar reward is brought up Mr. Moon doesn’t correct them with the right amount since it was because of the enormous cash prize that so many participants came out. Though Sing is a cartoon movie, there are many different versions of this type of show in real life such as American Idol. Fear factor is another example of an American television show that portrays the crazy things people will do for money. This movie shows how important money is by the characterization and setting; through this it reflects America’s love for money.

Social inadequacy is an aspect of life that many in today’s world consider a matter of great importance. There is a constant “war” for the apex position on the social hierarchy that has been created as a result of mankind’s strict focus on society. An indie pop band by the name of Fun. have taken this concern and made it the subject of a song called Some Nights. This song depicts and acknowledges the existence of a social hierarchy and the world’s fixation on reaching the top of it. This song also demonstrates the Marxist theory which states that one’s self-conscious is determined by one’s social existence. Simply put, with little social power, one cannot be sure of whom they are. Furthermore, this song illustrates

Singin’ in the Rain was directed by Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly who was one the main characters along Debbie Reynolds and Donald O’Connor. The movie was released in 1952 by

As Hollywood was coming out with a bunch of their silent productions, which included a black and white picture with each shot including subtitles. Singin’in the Rain shows the movie industry wanted something bigger than silent films. So, they got the idea to incorporate the microphone into the movie, which was such a fantastic idea that it spread across all over the Hollywood studios. In fact, an article “More Than Meets the Eye” in Singin’ in the Rain and for Night says the “director, crew, and sound engineer cope in inventive but ultimately futile ways with the cumbersome equipment, particularly the static microphone.” Pg. 2 lines 6-7. This quote is showing some of the process these people had to contend with as they incorporated audio. In one particular scene in the Singin’ in the Rain production, shows Don Lockwood (Gene Kelly) and Lina Lamont (Jean Hagen) getting ready to produce The Dueling Cavalier, which was about two people falling in love. As this production was in the process, the director of the movie was trying to figure out a way to include clear audio through the whole

The stage adaptation of the renowned motion picture, Singin’ In The Rain, is currently featuring out of the Zach Theatre in Austin, TX. Based on the 1952 film starring Gene Kelly and Debby Reynolds, it is regarded as one of the greatest musicals in history. The screenplay seemed to be based verbatim on that of the original picture’s. Prior to my investment of the act, it was evident that this production had great expectations to meet, and it would be a challenge to align with these standards and capture the essence and imagery of the original. Zach Theatre’s production exceeds this quality, and delivers righteously, tastefully recreating the legendary picture. The direction, choreography, and acting did not spare difficulties, and there was enough invention to bring this old-time production into the modern age to intrigue and entertain those of all ages. The actors impeccably resembled the original ensemble and characters, which immortalized each song and dance, as most would have remembered it. Luke Hawkins, who portrayed Don Lockwood, carried the cast with his perfected impersonation and tactical movements, combining elements of tap and swing. Supporting Hawkins, portraying Cosmo Brown and Kathy Selden, were Sasha Hutchings and Blake Spellacy. All were a joy to watch and indefinitely provided the audience with the required ambience, aura, and appeal that would be a cultivation of that glamorous appeal. The modern Don, Kathy, and

Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry is a novel written by Mildred D. Taylor in 1976. The Logan family, a black family, is the main focus in the novel. Mildred D. Taylor writes about the Logan family's lives during the time period of the Great Depression, and how the Logan family faces racism. Some people, mainly white, still aren’t keen on the fact that black people aren’t servants to the white. With that situation, lots of racism is presented in this novel, and Taylor shows that through the Logan family. Now the Logan family wasn’t judged on their beliefs, personality, or wealth. The Logan family got primarily judged on their race, the white think they are better than them because of their dark skin color. Cassie, one of the Logan families children, experiences several incidences of the racial division during her visit to Strawberry, Mississippi. She’s gone to Strawberry with Big Ma, her Mommas Momma, to go see the market in Strawberry for the first time, Cassie was very thrilled to go. Through the protection of her family, she hasn’t quite yet been broken into the racist community. Through these incidences in Strawberry, Cassie learns that she should respect the whites, do what the whites tell her to do, and watch her mouth towards the whites. Cassie had to learn all this through cruel incidents though, like mistakenly asking Mr. Barnett to finish T.J.’s order, a friend of the Logans, speaking out of turn, bumping into a white girl, and being publicly humiliated.

I have chosen a song entitled “Pent house Cloud” sung by the band “The Internet” which was released in 2015. Based on the lyrics, I have found a lot of significant foregrounding included in the song using the technique of parallelism and deviation.