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AgendaforThu.,Sep.16

•  Takeattendance,etc.

•  FinishdiscussingM.Butterfly

•  DiscussTucker

• WatchinterviewsandstartdiscussingPS1’sGreaterNewYork

Blogs#3(PS1)and#4(Met)DueonR9/23

TheEndingofM.Butterfly•  Whatdowemakeoftheendingoftheplay?

•  WhydoesHwangreversetheopera’sendingandmakeGallimardbecometheButterfly?

•  Comparetheplay’sendingwiththeendingofthefilm.What’sdifferent?Whichdoyouprefer,andwhy?

•  WhatmakesM.ButterflyanAmericanplay,eventhoughit’ssetinChinaandFranceandnoneofitscharactersareAmerican?

Tucker’s“RespondingtoArt”

•  Visualliteracy(2)•  Visualmemory(5)

•  Expandingourdefinitionofintertextuality(10)

•  Whatshapesourperceptions?(14)

•  Intersectingorconflictingmeanings(16)

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DavidBrooks,PreservedForest

XavieraSimmons,Superunknown(AliveInThe)

DeanaLawson,Assemblage

FranklinEvans,timecompressionmachine