Above is a scene from the Seattle Rep's production of Fences. Below is a picture of Denzel Washington's Troy with his son who is played by Chris Chalk.
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Good evening :)
Good news....our new due date for the paper will be Tuesday October 7 at 11:59 pm. If you have questions about the paper, please feel free to email them to me or stop by my office times. I will also talk a little about the paper on Oct. 1.
This evening we finished our section on drama/theater with a discussion of Fences. Next week we are moving on to fiction with chapters 3 and 4 in our book and the following folktales:
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/
http://www.native-languages.
But let's return to our questions about Fences.
Here are links to the scenes we watched:
I am adding another scene with Troy (Denzel Washington) and Rose (Viola Davis): https://www.youtube.com/
-- Note that these scenes are all in the theater. What do they tell you about acting in the theater, the sets, and the way that Wilson's text is performed?
-- Fences is a character-driven play. Discuss the strengths of this type of play. Discuss its limitations.
-- What role does plot play in Fences?
-- What role does setting play in Fences?
-- Fences shows unity of setting but not of time. Discuss the strengths and the limitations of this. Could Fences be revised to show unity of time? How would this affect the play and our understanding of its characters?
-- How does the last scene resolve the play? Does Cory leave the military alive and/or intact?
-- We did not talk enough about Gabriel. What part does he play in his family and the play? Does Wilson use him to comment on war and the role that African-American men have played in it?
-- Discuss the humor that Denzel Washington brings to Fences.
-- Discuss the father/son relationship in Fences.
-- How does August Wilson's commentary (including stage directions) help you understand the play more fully?
-- Compare Rose and Nora, continuing our discussion from class. How might a female playwright represent these women?
Here are the videos on baseball that we saw in class:
This is also worth looking at:
-- How do these videos help you understand Fences (and Troy's anger) more fully?
-- How do they help you understand American culture?
-- What surprised you about Fences? Why?
-- What would you like to write about for your paper?
Good night, and see you next week! I hope that those of you who celebrate Rosh Hashanah had a wonderful celebration.
Dr. Szlyk
Here we see Cory and Raynell in the Syracuse Rep's 2010 production.
Here you see Gabriel with Troy and Rose in the same production.
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