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Below is the prompt. please choose one play inside the prompt and analyze it. please answer all the "do and don't" question.

1. please underline the thesis and the topic sentence for me.

2. please use direct quote instead of paraphrase.

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TDGE 11 Spring Quarter 2018 Response Paper #1 Prompt: Queer Plays ***DUE WEDNESDAY, MAY 9TH AT 11:59PM VIA TRITONED So far this quarter we have focused on queer performances in film. For this response paper you will turn to queer theatre. Below is a list of five plays which deal with issues of queerness. With the exception of Cloud 9, these are all recent plays (and despite being 39 years old, Cloud 9 is still very timely). Choose one play and write a 700-1000 word response. You are encouraged to discuss the course’s guiding questions, but focus more on the topics the play is presenting and analyzing. Course Questions: Who is being represented? How are they being represented? Who is being obscured or forgotten? Who is the intended audience? How do these performances fall into or challenge stereotypes and established tropes? If you are not used to analyzing a play, look in the “Additional Readings” on TritonEd, on or after April 29th for a worksheet to help you organize aspects of the play you choose. I hope this worksheet will be helpful. I have also included links to trailers to productions of these plays in order to help you get a sense of the tone and style of the play, the set and characters (Do not analyze these clips in your paper). As with the “Genre” prompt, I will provide some tips and guidance in lecture, Week 5. Note: All plays are available electronically if you are unable to get to a bookstore or are concerned about a paperback being delivered in time. I encourage you to come to office hours or email me (kraphael@ucsd.edu) to discuss the play and your analysis as you form your paper. Play Options: • Cloud 9 by Carol Churchill (1979) - A complex British play about gender, sexuality, patriarchy and colonialism. This play is for students who are comfortable reading plays. Since this is commonly produced play, especially college productions, there are dozens of trailers and scenes on YouTube. Here is one: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=Wb0ovRCY7_U (Available on Amazon, https://www.amazon.com/Cloud-Nine-NHB-Modern-Playsebook/dp/B00ER83NNW/ref=sr_1_fkmr2_1?s=digitaltext&ie=UTF8&qid=1524732744&sr=1-1fkmr2&keywords=cloud+9+carol+churchill) • I Am My Own Wife by Doug Wright (2003) - Considered a “documentary play,” this is a oneman play based on the playwright’s real interviews with Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, a German trans woman (she preferred the term “transvestite”) who lived through WWII Germany and the post-war struggles of East Germany. Like Cloud 9, there are many clips on YouTube. Here is one: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=ROJEYh3ljmE (Available as an e-book through the UCSD library, and on Amazon, https:// www.amazon.com/Am-My-Own-Wife-Play-ebook/dp/B0057QT6WA/ ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1524732567&sr=8-1) • Choir Boy by Tarell Alvin McCraney (2012) - The story of an African American boy’s experience in school and as a member of his prep school gospel choir. Trailer on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwuR3v_brsQ (2016 edition available on Amazon, https://www.amazon.com/Choir-Boy-Tarell-AlvinMcCraney-ebook/dp/B00OFK044S/ref=sr_1_1?s=digitaltext&ie=UTF8&qid=1524732881&sr=1-1&keywords=play+choir+boy) • Hir: A Play by Taylor Mac (2015) - A play about a family. A young vet returns home from war to find his home very different from how he left it and to learn that his sibling is transitioning. This is a complex play. Taylor Mac is a writer and performance artist in NYC it may be helpful to look up clips of Mac’s performances on YouTube. Trailer on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmXx6rE9304. (Available on Amazon, https://www.amazon.com/Hir-Play-Taylor-Mac-ebook/dp/ B01J7SLPUE/ref=sr_1_1?s=digitaltext&ie=UTF8&qid=1524733368&sr=1-1&keywords=taylor+mac+hir) • Indecent by Paula Vogel (2017) - A play about a play. When the Yiddish play, God of Vengeance, was performed on Broadway in 1923 the entire cast was arrested for indecency. The play took place in a brothel and had a love story between two young women. Indecent imagines the theatre company’s experience rehearsing and performing God of Vengeance. Trailer on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQLeDhTtc9M (Available on Amazon, https://www.amazon.com/Indecent-TCG-Paula-Vogel-ebook/dp/ B06XPLGT43/ref=sr_1_2?s=digitaltext&ie=UTF8&qid=1524733117&sr=1-2&keywords=indecent) Does and Don’ts: 1. Do have a creative title for your paper. 2. Do have a thesis - doesn’t have to be 1 sentence. 3. Don’t include a plot summary. Assume the reader has watched the film. Include plot details and scene descriptions only as supporting material for larger claims. 4. Don’t write a research paper. You may do research and bring outside sources if you find that helpful, but this should not be a focus of your response paper. 5. Do not write a 5 paragraph essay. Paragraphs are an important way of organizing arguments but a 5 paragraph essay is an artificial high school format. 6. Provide specific examples and describe specific scenes in detail in order to support your analysis. 7. Use proper citations in your paper. How to read/Think about a Play Dramatic Literature - reading a script just like a novel or short story Like an actor - focus on the character, view the play through the character example: Nathan Lane in curren production. https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=yRcpyFHn8PM Like a Designer (set, lighting, sound and costume) - how does design relate to larger vision of the play? Like a Director - all aspects, from characters' perspectives, from design perspectives, creating a unified vision of the play. .
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