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This Memoir covers Judge Tebbutt’s career as a radio and television
commentator, advocate, judge, judge president of Botswana,
businessman (managing director of Syfrets), chairman of the UCT
Convocation, charity fund-raiser and public figure. Judge Tebbutt
was interviewed on his career by Prof Michael Bruton at Nicolas
Ellenbogen’s Orange Theatre recently in front of an appreciative
audience who showed interest in the forthcoming Memoir.
Nina G bills herself as "The San Francisco Bay Area's Only Female
Stuttering Comedian." On stage, she encounters the occasional
heckler, but off stage she is often confronted with people's
comments toward her stuttering; listeners completing her sentences,
inquiring, "Did you forget your name?" and giving unwanted advice
like "slow down and breathe" are common. (As if she never thought
about slowing down and breathing in her over thirty years of
stuttering!) When Nina started comedy nearly ten years ago, she was
the only woman in the world of stand-up who stuttered--not a
surprise, since men outnumber women four to one amongst those who
stutter and comedy is a male-dominated profession. Nina's brand of
comedy reflects the experience of many people with disabilities in
that the problem with disability isn't in the person with it but in
a society that isn't always accessible or inclusive.
This book explores representations of race and ethnicity in
contemporary cinema and the ways in which these depictions all too
often promulgate an important racial ideology: the myth of
colorblindness. Colorblindness is a discursive framework employed
by mainstream, neoliberal media to celebrate a multicultural
society while simultaneously disregarding its systemic and
institutionalized racism. This collection is unique in its
examination of such films as Ex Machina, The Lone Ranger, The Blind
Side, Zootopia, The Fast and the Furious franchise, and Dope, which
celebrate the myth of colorblindness, yet perpetuate and entrench
the racism and racial inequities that persist in contemporary
society. While the #OscarsSoWhite movement has been essential to
bringing about structural changes to media industries and offers
the opportunity for a wide diversity of voices to alter and
transform the dominant, colorblind narratives continue to
proliferate. As this book demonstrates, Hollywood still has a long
way to go.
This innovative book examines the discourse of reality television,
and the elasticity of language in the popular talent show The Voice
from a cross-cultural perspective. Analysing how and why elastic
language is used in persuasion and comforting, a comparison between
Chinese and English is made, and the authors highlight the special
role that elastic language plays in effective interactions and
strategic communication. Through the lens of the language variance
of two of the world's most commonly spoken languages, the insights
and resources provided by this book are expected to advance
knowledge in the fields of contrastive pragmatics and
cross-cultural communication, and inform strategies in bridging
different cultures. This study highlights the need to give the
elastic use of language the attention it deserves, and reveals how
language is non-discrete and strategically stretchable. This book
will be of interest to academics and postgraduate students engaged
in elastic/vague language studies, cross-cultural pragmatics, media
linguistics, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics and communication
studies.
Applying the theories of Popular Culture, Visual Culture,
Performance Studies, (Post)Feminism, and Film Studies, this
interdisciplinary and well-crafted book leads you to the
fascinating and intriguing world of popular film, (musical)
theatre, and TV drama. It explores the classical and contemporary
cases of the literature works, both Eastern and Western, adapted,
represented and transformed into the interesting artistic medium in
films, performances, TV dramas, musicals, and AI robot
theatre/films. 'Iris Tuan's book is wide ranging in scope and
diversity, examining theatre, music, film and television
productions from both Western and Asian countries. Tuan also
surveys an extensive range of critical and theoretical
perspectives, especially from performance studies and popular
cultural studies, to offer context for her descriptions of the many
different works. Some of her examples are well-known (Shakespeare's
Romeo & Juliet, Disney's The Lion King) while others little
known outside their place of origin (such as the Hakka Theatre of
Taiwan) -- all are approached by the author with enthusiasm.'
-Susan Bennett, Professor of English, University of Calgary, Canada
'Tuan takes us through multiple examples of contemporary popular
performance in theatre/film/TV ranging from "high" art sources
(Shakespeare or Journey to the West in films, Hirata's robotic
theatre experiments) to "low" (Taiwanese TV soap operas Hakka
Theatre: Roseki and Story of Yangxi Palace, Korean film Along with
the Gods: The Two Worlds). The reader moves at a speed-dating pace
through contemporary culture production and interpretive theories,
encountering significant works, controversies (i. e., yellow face),
and conundrums selected from China, Korea, Japan and the U. S. and
filtered through a Taiwanese female gaze.' -Kathy Foley, Professor
of Theatre Arts, University of California Santa Cruz, USA
Vocal, Instrumental, and Ensemble Learning and Teaching is one of
five paperback books derived from the foundational two-volume
Oxford Handbook of Music Education. Designed for music teachers,
students, and scholars of music education, as well as educational
administrators and policy makers, this third volume in the set
emphasizes the types of active musical attributes that are acquired
when learning an instrument or to sing, together with how these
skills can be used when engaging musically with others. These
chapters shed light on how the field of voice instruction has
changed dramatically in recent decades and how physiological,
acoustical, biomechanical, neuromuscular, and psychological
evidence is helping musicians and educators question traditional
practices. The authors discuss research on instrumental learning,
demonstrating that there is no 'ideal' way to learn, but rather
that a chosen learning approach must be appropriate for the context
and desired aims. This volume rounds out with a focus on a wide
range of perspectives dealing with group performance of
instrumental music, an area that is organized and taught in many
varied ways internationally. Contributors Alfredo Bautista, Robert
Burke, James L. Byo, Jean Callaghan, Don D. Coffman, Andrea Creech,
Jane W. Davidson, Steven M. Demorest, Robert A. Duke, Robert Edwin,
Shirlee Emmons, Sam Evans, Helena Gaunt, Susan Hallam, Lee Higgins,
Jere T. Humphreys, Harald Jers, Harald Jorgensen, Margaret Kartomi,
Reinhard Kopiez , William R. Lee, Andreas C. Lehmann, Gary E.
McPherson, Steven J. Morrison, John Nix, Ioulia Papageorgi, Kenneth
H. Phillips, Lisa Popeil, John W. Richmond, Carlos Xavier
Rodriguez, Nelson Roy, Robert T. Sataloff, Frederick A. Seddon,
Sten Ternstrom, Michael Webb, Graham F. Welch, Jenevora Williams,
Michael D. Worthy
"Hollywood Game Plan" is an in-depth, how-to guide for aspiring
Hollywood hopefuls. It provides a concrete, step-by-step strategy
to land a job in the entertainment industry.
When Maurice Podbrey arrived in Montreal from England to teach at
the National Theatre School in the autumn of 1966, Canadian theatre
was in ferment and the excitement of Expo '67 and Canada's
centenary was in the air. By 1969, he had become founding artistic
director of Montreal's Centaur Theatre and embarked on 28
successful seasons of theatre. This story of the Centaur and
Podbrey's reflections on theatre--directing, acting and actors,
theatre administration, teaching, the audience, and
critics--spotlights Canada's remarkable cultural evolution over the
last three decades.
In the late 1970s, the alternative comedy scene exploded into life
in Britain and completely changed the style, subject matter and
politics of British stand-up. Contemporary critics talked about it
as 'anti-matter comedy' that 'makes you laugh while actually
rearranging large chunks of your brain'. This book draws on a
wealth of archive material - including unpublished recordings of
early performances - and new interviews with key figures such as
Alexei Sayle, Andy de la Tour and Jim Barclay, to provide a
detailed history of the early scene and an examination of the
distinctive modes of performance style which developed. Beginning
with its origins, the volume traces the influence of American
stand-up, and in particular the significance of Mort Sahl and Lenny
Bruce as the originators of a style of stand-up that influenced the
British pioneers of alternative comedy. It shows how the opening of
the Comedy Store in 1979 provided a catalyst for a new movement,
which grew outward from there with the foundation of the group
Alternative Cabaret and the opening of the Comic Strip. But it also
looks at smaller venues and less celebrated acts that have not been
as well remembered, including ranting poets and street performers.
Finally, it looks at alternative comedy's legacy, showing how it
was the starting point for the UK's thriving and varied live scene,
which encompasses anything from small pub gigs to huge arena tours.
This book is by far the best study of Huangmei Opera as social and
cultural history of twentieth-century China. A regional opera of
the countryside of the Anqing area, Huangmei Opera became popular
all over China along with the great success of the play and the
movie Married to a Heavenly Immortal in the 1950s. Through the case
of Married to a Heavenly Immortal, Idema illustrates the
complicated process of rewriting and revising the play/movie in the
context of a rapidly changing cultural and ideological climate
during the Communist theater reform movement. As a result, the
traditional theme of filial piety was turned into class struggle
and the pursuit of free love. The book is enriched by a full
translation of a traditional version of the play and a revised one
in the 1950s, as well as selected articles by script-writers,
directors, performers, and critics. These primary sources allow
readers to access inside views of the contemporaries and their
political and artistic concerns. This book contributes
substantially to the current scholarship on traditional Chinese
opera, especially studies on Chinese theater and operatic movies in
the early years of the People's Republic of China.
Absent Friends: A Tribute To Sir Ken Dodd is a fantastic collection
of humorous and heartfelt stories, poetry, photographs and artwork
all dedicated to the one and only, Master of Mirth, King of Comedy
the Squire of Knotty Ash...Sir Ken Dodd! The Foreword was provided
by Ken's very good friend and joke writer John Martin. The
Introduction is by Shaun Gorringe, stage manager of The Grand
Blackpool. This publication was kindly approved and edited by Lady
Anne Dodd. The 2 registered charities The Children's Air Ambulance
and The Liverpool Whitechapel Centre will be supported with
donations from the sale of this book.
It's tempting to skip over theory when you want to get on with the
practice of video production. But understanding theory can actually
give you the confidence to make good practical decisions and to
produce higher-quality videos and films. This no-nonsense,
straight-talking book helps you to grasp key theoretical ideas and
shows how to use them in your filming projects. Exploring issues
and ideas that will inform and enhance your work, Video Production
builds skills and understanding from the very basics. The book is
split into two halves, carefully building a foundation of
theoretical knowledge before steering readers through a variety of
production briefs. In particular, the book: * Clearly introduces
the essentials of film, media and communication theory * Looks at a
variety of film genres, from the drama short to magazine programmes
* Pays close attention to the different demands of pre-production,
production and post-production * Gives handy hints, tips and advice
that show how to avoid common mistakes and pitfalls * Links with a
companion website that offers resources such as examples of
successful student projects, downloadable templates and career
advice. Written by experts in an easy-to-follow, clear and
comprehensive way, this book can be read cover to cover, or dipped
into at crucial moments. Video Production is the ultimate guide for
all students and novice film-makers.
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