Lidia Michols

English 3650 what is up? what r u watching?

[Lidia Michols @LidiaMarie3650]

@SPBPHD During physical exams the military men laugh at the man with nail polish on before singing White Boys / Black Boys. The two scenes contrast, working for and then against gender/sexuality norms back to back #script

[Lidia Michols @LidiaMarie3650]

@SPBPHD "Do you have any sexual attraction towards men?Can you tell me why you're so uptight about getting your hair cut?"
"You want to be a hero with a gun, a big macho dude in a uniform?"
The two performances of masculinity clash, coming to head the night before Claude reports #script

[Lidia Michols @LidiaMarie3650]

@SPBPHD "Take off your pants" "If you cut your hair I'll give you the money" "Take off your pants" Berger asking his parents for money is hilarious, and interesting to see his household dynamic, with him, normally so in charge, humbled, beginning to give his mother the pants #script

[Lidia Michols @LidiaMarie3650]

@SPBPHD Claude comes to New York to see tourist sites like the Statue of Liberty. But in Berger's speech he is in love and just wants to sit here and look at the girl on the horse for five minutes. A parallel is drawn b/w looking at the symbol of America and woman you love #script

[Lidia Michols @LidiaMarie3650]

@SPBPHD "A brain, some of your great Wiz-dom" even frightened to the point of fainting, the Scarecrow comes through with some wit #script

[Lidia Michols @LidiaMarie3650]

@SPBPHD "I can't see how goin' south of 125th Street ever made anybody's life better." This characterization of Dorothy contrasts starkly with male protagonists of other films like Shaft who own the streets he walks on--no matter the area #script #TheWiz #ENGL3650

[Lidia Michols @LidiaMarie3650]

@SPBPHD Dorothy having "Never been south of 125th Street." is an attempt to transfer the wide eyed innocence of a country girl onto a city gal. I'm not sure it is believable though... #script #TheWiz #ENGL3650

[Lidia Michols @LidiaMarie3650]

@SPBPHD "If the spics are good, they deserve it. Good is good." Tony's world is largely bad, so it is very important to him to recognize and appreciate the good. A good raise (no matter the amount) and good dancing. #script

[Lidia Michols @LidiaMarie3650]

@SPBPHD "Are you a nice girl or a cunt? I don't know. Both? You can't be both." Tony dislikes Annette because she does not fit into the role he wants her to be. She is more complex than a binary. Stephanie then does the same to Tony when they become dance partners. #script

[Lidia Michols @LidiaMarie3650]

@SPBPHD "You're turning God into a telephone operator" Tony tells his mother. Church is where she goes to relieve stress and worries of the day to day grind, no matter how small. Tony criticizes her for this, then goes off to the disco to do the same with dance. #script

[Lidia Michols @LidiaMarie3650]

@SPBPHD "Your mother wants to know where you've been.Where have you been?Your father asked where you've been." Tony's mom asks through his father, allowing it to seem like he is in charge. The way everything runs around mother's dinner, it's evident the mom is really in charge #script

[Lidia Michols @LidiaMarie3650]

@SPBPHD "I got heart but I ain't got no locker Mick" Rocky continues to exhibit high social intelligence despite his claims that he is dumb. His words and body language reveal he sees through Mick wanting to be his manager all of the sudden that he has this fight #script #ENGL3650

[Lidia Michols @LidiaMarie3650]

@SPBPHD "My father told me I better learn to box because I had a body and no brain." "My mother told me I didn't have a body so I better develop my brain." Opposites attract in the budding romance between Rocky and Adrian as they reveal how the 2 perform #gender #script #ENGL3650 #rocky

[Lidia Michols @LidiaMarie3650]

@SPBPHD "Who are you to give advice creep-o" Rocky's view of himself as a fighter tints his view of himself as a person, despite the succession of scenes where he altruistically helps people around him #script #ENGL3650 #Rocky

[Lidia Michols @LidiaMarie3650]

@SPBPHD This progression from hyperrealism to hyper-intentional aesthetic facade slowly is extending past the #networks shows into all scenes. Everything is starting to look sensationalized and overdone when compared to the opening shots #miseenscene

[Lidia Michols @LidiaMarie3650]

@SPBPHD The Howard Beale Show transitions from the boxy plain screen to bright circular backgrounds of various entertainers and shows, finally settling on him with a stained glass circle behind him, truly embodying the prophetic vision Diane had for his show #miseenscene #ENGL3650

[Lidia Michols @LidiaMarie3650]

@SPBPHD As Harry is being fired, the back wall is blank, save a window framing him, and photos that appear similarly to the multiple screen views of TV we often see. His diatribe on clarity and truth is a continuation of his recent speech on air #ENGL2650 #miseenscene #Network

[Lidia Michols @LidiaMarie3650]

@SPBPHD Screens on the screen open the film, cacophony of voices as we try to hear the narrator introduce the main character...the effect is disorienting to the viewer who tries to discern: Who is Howard Beale? What is he saying? Does it matter? #miseenscene #ENGL3650 #Network

[Lidia Michols @LidiaMarie3650]

@SPBPHD The fashion montage sequence is dreamlike, the epitome of fabulous. Unlike other roles we have seen empowered black women in, Tracy is not being sexualized so much as viewed as an art form in this scene. #miseenscene #ENGL3650

[Lidia Michols @LidiaMarie3650]

@SPBPHD The interview scene is staged in a way that looks like a court room--the interviewers the judges, Tracy waiting to receive her verdict #miseenscene #Mahogany #ENGL3650