Blackness, Performance, Freedom
What is the effect of reimagining the story of Harriet Jacobs? In “Harriet Jacobs” by Lydia Diamond, what does Diamond incorporate or leave out of her adaptation of The Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, and what effect does this have on the reading of this text? Take 1: Analysis of Act 1,…
The Carters’ APES**T music video opens with black man with angel wings on the steps of the Louvre. He wears ripped jeans and sneakers and no shirt. Later, two black women sit on the floor, facing away from each other, linked by white fabric on both of their heads. They are placed in front of…
With Donald Glover at the helm of this episode, the audience is pulled into a parallel TV network that shocks, exposes, and tackles issues of the Black experience in America. Glover’s satire binds together a multitude of underlying messages. Current media repeatedly avoids gray areas. The binary of good and evil is something to cling…
The space I chose to use as my garret was actually already constructed. My sister’s room (for whatever reason) has a Coroline-esque door which leads to a small, enclosed room. The door itself can’t be more than a foot and a half tall. The ceiling is slanted, and I can’t fully straighten my back out…
YOUR NAME: ___________________________________ Describe the arc of your experience completing the project (beginning, middle, and end): Describe the knowledge and/or skills you gained and/or strengthened while working on this project? What aspects of the project did you find most challenging? What aspects did you find most rewarding? Which part(s) of your final product do you…
Reflection on Content Describe a few of the connections you see between your different entries? As you reflect on your entries, do you find any contradictions between one entry and another? Or even within one entry? Compare your first entry, your 5th entry, and your last entry. Are their similarities to the types of questions…
In Atlanta‘s episode “B.A.N.”, they show a series of commercials. Which of these commercials stand out to you? Why promote each of these items (ex. Dodge Charger, Swisher Sweets, etc.)? What was their overall goal through these parody commercials and how did it serve the Montague show?
While watching Beyonce’s music video for “Diva,” I noticed Beyonce performs the same punch dance move that was featured in the choreography that Toni and the Lionesses perform in The Fits. The motion of punching is an offensive attack. It is an action where one strikes their opponent. However, in both choreographed performances in The…