Sunday, September 21, 2008

blog due Sept. 28

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBjDu21c0cA&feature=related

The nae of this song is Best of Me (Remix) by Mya featuring Jay-Z. I choose this song in reference to Yolanda and Rudy of The Rudy Elmenhurst Story.

This message of this song is almost identical to Yolanda and Rudy! In the song, Mya's lyrics talk about wanting to be with the guy in every way, including sexually. She just does not want the guy to get the "best of her." In the chorus she says, "even though i wanna see, how you put that thing on me, I can't, let you, get the best of me." That line alone describes how Yolanda felt. Yolanda wanted to have sex with Rudy but she choose not to. Jay-Z's most notorized line in this song is, "that's high school, making me chase you around for months, have an affair, act like an adult for once." This line is very ironic; for the simple fact that Yolanda is acting in college, the way she did in high school. She still chooses not to let the relationship progress in a sexual manner. Considering college is suppossed to be the time when you become an adult. Rudy is expecting her to do as her peers and what the song says, have an affair; act like an adult. Jay-Z has also has a line that says, "get it together, or forget it forever." That line describes how rudy felt when he realized that Yolanda was not going to have sex with him. Since she did not "get it together," he said forget it and left her alone.

Sunday, September 7, 2008

Week of Sept 7th

The second clip does a better job at bringing Blache to life off the page. In the second clip, the actress is more dramatic and that is a strong characteristic of Blanche in the story. The actress in the second clip reenacted the scene of Blache calling the operator greatly!
The actress in the second clip also does a better job at playing the role Tennessee describes in his famous quote. She is very much on the verge of hysteria and afraid of life. This quality was displayed when she had her talk and made the phone call. She seemed to be desperate to get in contact with her friend so he could help her out of her current situation. It was almost as if she were dependent upon him at the time to rescue her and give her a better life; or atleast a new surrounding.