Tony Kushner

do Angels in America because I had heard of it before, and as I was searching through the Tony Award’s for the Best Play’s, looking for something impressive to perform, I saw a familiar name and decided I would give it a go. Originally I wanted to do a piece by Prior, but as I read the play I liked the idea of trying out Roy’s character more, so I changed it. My goal was to capture what I imagine was Tony Kushner’s idea of the character and portray him correctly, and also to determine whether I…

Tony Fadell- The first secret of design is …noticing • The intro to this talk was an explanation of a snippet from the movies “Blue Brothers’ how a character bought a new apartment and it was a couple blocks away from the train station so his apartment would shake every time the train would go by, his friend asks “how many times does that happen?” And he replies too often to notice. Starting with this story really shows the clear goal in his mind which is humans get use to stuff quickly. • Tony…

What makes a text so transitional into different forms of medium and why are some successful whereas others are not? It has to do with the content of the original narrative itself and the audience in which it is intended impact. Is the author able to change the description of a scene into a visual that will catch the attention of the viewing audience? The more a reader's expectations match up with the film the more successful the film will be. The two main couples in this play Louis and Prior…

Roy Cohn and Joe Pitt demonstrate an intriguing relationship throughout the entirety of Tony Kushner’s play Angels in America: Millennium Approaches. This relationship reaches a climax in Act 3 Scene 5 showcasing an eruption of emotion that fills the entire stage. Both the script reading and performance provided me something to analyze. However, whereas the script lets the reader envision how the setting should be shown, the live broadcast showcases the emotions in a way that words alone could…

The Anarchist’s Dream She was hated by some for the same reason she was loved by others; SHE was a free spirit. Born: June 27, 1869, Kaunas, Lithuania. Died: May 14, 1940, Toronto, Canada. Her existence involved fighting. Fighting for the freedom of speech, gay rights, women's rights, and oh right- inciting riots. Emma Goldman, a tenacious activist, achieved the american dream because she fought for the rights of all humans, dreamed of ideal change, and lived her life with passion.…

Throughout the book Angels in America, Tony Kushner uses the truth to portray how ignorance and innocence can worsen situations that are unwanted, while cognizance may not fully solve the problem, it may help this person come to a realization of what needs to happen, and ultimately end or move on from that current situation. In this quote about the truth, Prior specifically does not say that the truth always fucks you, he states that the truth “mostly” fucks you. The word “always” means, at all…

as the Connecticut representatives voted in favor of the amendment. Connecticut Congressman Joe Courtney called out the historical inaccuracy and requested it be fixed before Lincoln came out on DVD. This did not happen, but Lincoln screenwriter Tony Kushner responded to Courtney’s request by explaining, “We changed two of the delegation 's votes, and we made up new names for the men casting those votes, so as not to ascribe any actions to actual persons who didn 't perform them.” He goes on to…

Friends of people getting married often jest that marriage means “Game Over” for their once seemingly single brethren, but for Nick and Amy Elliot Dunne in Gillian Flynn’s novel Gone Girl the game doesn’t end. Like other couples, they put on a mask of their best selves to accommodate the other person in their life while dating, but their inability to be honest with each other about who they are cause a downward spiral in their marriage. Instead of shedding their masks just as most couples do…

affects the relationships they have with friends, family and loved ones. Along with the fear of self identification, some would rather live a life in denial, than to act in the lives of what they know is their identification. In Angels in America by Tony Kushner, some characters such as Roy, Louis, Joe and Harper struggle with the way they identify themselves. These internal identifications, although some may not publicize it, affects the way they carry themselves and the actions that follow it.…