I thought this bit was kind of funny. In some parts of this play it seems like it is going to run as a continuous story, but then there are cuts and the story changes. It's easy to forget that the characters are trying to reenact this one Simpsons episode, because there are so much other stories and side thoughts that go on. It's funny that actors would be discussing whether or not they had enough time to get into position after the transition. If there was an audience, they would expect the dialogue to continue.

A massive change here. The conversation moving forward for the next 8 pages or so is no longer about the Simpsons episode. When Maria says this line "...where" this echos to the episode. After the scene in the Duff bar where the pandas are set free, the next scene shows Bart staring out his window asking "You're out there somewhere, but where? WHERE?" The next images we see is an aerial shot of Bart's home to Springfield's prison where Sideshow Bob is writing his final letter to Bart and has been granted access to leave the facility. The following action of the characters in darkness with their weapons in the woods represents the feeling that Bart has. The darkness represents not only uncertainty and fear, but also speaks of the violence that is to come.

A threatening reminder to Anya and Lyubov and some other family members that their cherry orchard estate will soon have new owners. Lopakhin seems at first as the bad guy, uprooting a family, taking away memories., but he is not. He and his past generations have worked in the cherry orchard. He has worked his way up to where he is at this moment. Whereas, Lyubov (although dealt with sad misfortune) is sloshing away her life on drugs, living off of her late husband's money.

A character with an interesting choice of costume. I imagined this character to be in their late 40s, but still in a school boys uniform. Still living in the past, even though it's apparent to everyone around him, that he has aged (even if he hasn't realized it). Thin hair, glasses and a shabby school uniform still don't discourage him from making advances onto Anya.

It sounds like she had a difficult time with her parents growing up. It might have been different if she had one parent from the US and another originally from Korea. It's a tight spot raising kids in another country that speaks a foreign language. As kids grow, they'll learn more and more about this foreign language, while the parents (unless they have proper learning opportunities) will be left in the dust. It is harsh for this character to refer to her parents as monkeys, but from her point of view, I suppose it's an accurate comparison.

This is nice dialogue between the two characters. There’s no profanity or vulgarity, but are we just to forget the conversations between the Koreans and Korean Americans? All the violence, vulgarity, and recounts of rape? The play ends on the white characters making amends. I’m a little confused how the relationship between the 2 white characters and Koreans are connected. Are they meant to be separate stories that are connected through talks of Christianity or is there another connection?

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Why would someone’s grandmother sing that kind of song?

intentional or mistake #3?

The same girl who was sold in the same cafe years ago now has a family of her own. Although she has a full family, her family still lives in fear because of an uncle “Dali”.

20 years later and nothing has changed, people are still starving and struggling to survive.

Echoing of the thugs in the same cafe from act 1

The same cafe where people brought their teetering birds, reminisced on life (but nothing political), people drank tea and relaxed. A description repeated multiple times up to this point, but now it is also a place to sell children. This felt like a drastic change, but the only ones reacting were the girl, her parents and the girls new owners. Other guests in the cafe fell silent but did not stir.

Agate is a multi colored stone that can be worth an upwards of $3000 if tumbled and polished.

Orioles are a black and yellow bird, spanning 6-8”. They are seemingly found on various continents but some subspecies are found in northeastern China, Korea, Serbia, and Vietnam. They are found in gardens or in woodlands, high in trees

I believe in reference to a percussion instrument that can have many different forms. It can be just two blocks of wood beaten together, two clam shaped pieces of wood hit together or it can look like something different.

For an intercultural performance (?) class I took last semester, one of the plays we read mentioned how destructive China’s opium problem was. During this time period (around the 1800s) certain towns in China were run by their ports. That was how opium first landed in china- by ships. It brought in a lot of wealth, but also destroyed livelihoods.

A daunting list of characters to remember or refer back to.

Amandla is a Xhosa and Zulu word meaning power. It became popular during the apartheid, used by Nelson Mandela and others. Lumumba was the former prime minister of the drc, who helped transform the Congo from Belgium rule to an independent republic, until he was assassinated.

References of women in this play: "bitches" "whores," victims of rape.

Echos Antigone here. In the original, Antigone is adamant about her brother's funeral rites, making sure he is buried properly. She goes as far as risking her life for him, defying Creon. At that point, she no longer cared for her well being. The thing that kept her in an everlasting conviction was seeking justice for her brother. This First Silhouette echos that conviction.

While reading I was trying to find a connection between Sophocles's Antigone and this version. In the original one, the struggle dealt with the struggle of funeral rites. In this version, the struggle deals with loosing Africa's history, oral history.

When I worked in a restaurant, the Chef used this term to mean that the restaurant was out of an item on the menu (the ingredients/main part of the dish was used up). In this case, I think it means a human sacrifice. The plant is asking Seymour to take out someone so the plant can consume their blood.

The plant is offering, tempting Seymour with all these things, but Seymour can't partake in them if he dies from loss of blood. In the next line, the plant says "I'm your willing slave" The only slave in this excerpt is Seymour, the plant his master.

funny

nitrous oxide is commonly known as laughing gas. It's used in surgery, such as dental procedures (removing a permanent tooth). For some people, it creates a sense of euphoria, making it easier to laugh. It's purpose is to relax you/make you sleepy so the surgery won't be painful. It's odd that Orin carries it around in an inhaler and carries it around period.

• I meant to only highlight " Imagine me giving letters" but hypothesis only gave me the option of choosing a larger piece of dialogue. I can't imagine Seymour giving a speech. Up to this point, I've imagined him as a super nerdy guy with low self-esteem and probably having a nasally sounding voice.

why is watch marked out? What is the writing above?

Audrey could have said anything here (about her wants). She chose essentially the suburbs as her " greener grass on the other side". She didn't mention anything about a mansion or anything super expensive, just sameness, perhaps to be like everyone else. This may say that she wants not just a house and yard, but maybe to be equals to others and to feel like she belongs to a community. Another note, I'm sure there are some who consider this suburban, -all houses being the same, kind of life unappealing.

The words in parenthesis are stage directions meant to inform the reader the movements on stage. This last part of the direction, seems different. It feels like the writer is directly talking to the reader. It felt like I was pulled into the world of the play. Like all the directions and dialogue before this point felt 2 dimensional, but this little part felt personal/connected.

Although it could be other languages as well, in German it means broken.

"I have no desire for death" is repeated multiple times throughout and is in close proximity when suicide is mentioned. I guess they are saying that suicide isn't the desire for death, but the desire for freedom from something ie pain, being misunderstood, etc.

involuntary, repetitive movement that is caused by long-term use of psychiatric drugs.

"Taking the piss" is British lingo. It means to make fun/ mock someone with or without intent. It's still used today- most notably in a bbc tv show 'The Inbetweeners.'

I don't believe this line is meant to be understood literally. I see it as an echoing of page 3 "What do you offer your friends to make them so supportive?". "I am killing them both." I think both lines are part of a depressed persons' inwardly thoughts about themselves. The thought that they are a burden to their loved ones or are undeserving of support.

A visually and abstract descriptive run-on sentence. Here's how I made sense of it. When I think of something being consolidated, I think of something once in excess changed to orderly and smaller. I think of a banqueting hall as a large space. So, all in all, an orderly consciousness is inside a large banqueting hall in the dark. It is floating in the area near the ceiling. Below, the floor is covered with cockroaches, that scurry about hurriedly across the floor, making it look like the floor is shifting. This shifting ceases when a flash of light enters the room. All thoughts- perhaps refers to the cockroaches. The cockroaches unite in an instant of agreement (accord in this instance means an official agreement). The body (I guess connected to the consciousness) is no longer forcing out something. The cockroaches (or thoughts?) compose (comprise in this instant can mean to make up) a truth.

This line is said multiple times in this short passage. I think its significance is to set forth the rule of law that the Argentinian military had against it's people when it made Argentinians disappear. For the Argentinians who were socialists, leftist, or supported social justice, they were punished by the military dictatorship. The significance of having this line repeated would be to illustrate the harsh environment of Argentina and the helplessness these people faced. For those made to disappear, there was no day in court for them.

In Sophocle's Antigone and in this version, Antigone/a does not actually battle in the battle that he brothers fought in. In this excerpt, the emotional and physical toll of war is described in a visual manner with the use of choreography. Although in both versions, she is safely away from the violence, the phycological hardship I think is presented better with Antigona's visual stunt.

Starting to sound a lot like Covid when it hit NYC. Hand sanitizer, masks, and gloves prices soared in some stores. People in grocery stores rushed to stock up food and tp. Then everyone stayed in their homes.

I can't possibly imagine being in the situation of these characters. Some type of military-government conflict is about to interrupt their seemingly peaceful lives. It sounds like this is not the first time it's happened to them or someone they know. Since bread is all they're concerned with buying for up to 4 days, I imagine they don't have enough money to begin with. Also, there's fear that the little money they do have will become worthless.

It means to make a false statement about someone in order to tarnish the reputation.

I wonder if there is a reason Arabic is specifically used here? For example, when greeting it is "As-Salaam-Alaikum" which means peace be with you, but in the play, it is in english (p.142 Costumer 3). The response to this would be "Wa alaykumu as-salam" and peace be with you. On page 142, Customer 2 doesn't give back the greeting.

A long spear on a wood staff that can be 10-20 feet long. Used during the late Middle Ages in European warfare.

That's an interesting character flaw for the Sergeant. It's a flaw for him because it doesn't seem like he can lead his troops as effectively. Although it is great for his troops today, because they are trying to replace their missing member. It seems that things are coming together for the soldiers in an unrealistic circumstance.

Why is it taking Jesse so long to recall Galy Gay's name, when he mentioned it above? The language seems semi-modern. It's not Shakespearean, but some lines are odd or a little confusing. Above, Galy states "as you know that." This is perfectly comprehensible, but I had to read it another time, because it's just a bit different.

palaquin is like a carriage for people (royalty) to sit in. Instead of having wheels and being led by horses, it has 1 long pole on the right and left sides and bearers carry the carriage around.

Not sure what pitch means when used in this sentence.

that's an interesting way to spell veranda. Could it have been a typo?

This is an interesting greeting. It is the first time these characters meet and right off the bat they are vulgar to each other.

At the end of recounting the bee dream, BJJ stated "I was the bees". At this moment in the play, this is his second time reciting his dream, but this time, it seems that he has figured out how it relates to his life/what it means. Up until now, it seems like his life is littered with stress. The panic feeling he is experiencing in his dream is due to the stress and inner conflict he has with himself and his job (casting, racism, etc). His environment is causing him stress and it doesn't seem like there's much BJJ can do, and that's why it feels like he's suffocating in this dream.

I read this as BJJ breaking the fourth wall, which is interesting. Does the actor playing BJJ see the audience or do they imagine a different group of people?

I thought this bit here was odd. Bjj has just struck the audience with the fact that he in fact does not have a therapist. The conversation that he just had, was probably between himself, in his head (although another actor could have said those lines). I don't get why he does this. He gives the audience eye contact, while giving himself an intense wedgie without showing emotion.

I thought this was an interesting dialogue format. It's not one that I think was innovative for when this play was produced. It is interesting, because it is a pattern unseen in at least the one other play read in this class thus far. The lines "some vague long ago" and "and made his work" are said simultaneously between two characters. Also, while I'm pointing out this unique playwriting format, I was confused at first as to why some lines were italicized and some were not, even in the same dialogue from the same character. I found Fun Home's playlist on youtube: https://youtu.be/f6Cn2gmQJ5A .The words italicized are sung, and the ones unitalicized are not sung, but still have an instrumental background or sounded like the characters were about to break out into another song.

I think these lines here emphasize the amount of avoidance of problems that occur with characters, especially Bruce and Helen. "Days made of bargains" here Helen is addressing that her marriage wasn't always perfect, she had to make bargains/compromises to keep the marriage together, but even that wasn't enough "my life is shattered". She could go into more detail, but she returns to the chorus "we rearrange and realign." The first time reading these lyrics and now, make me think that this household wants to appear perfect, knowing that there are existing fractures in the structure of their family. Bruce avoids who he is. He buries himself in his work and lashes out on his wife and kids. His personal conflict is festering internally. Even though he has many affairs while married, those short lived instances are not enough for him to cope with his daily life. When he avoids who he wants to be, he gives the appearance that his family is one that society will accept, but with them he is bitter.

Even though the following lines feature Bruce exploding in anger, this scene is more of an emotional rollercoaster for Alison. She's just realized that her father is gay and is also looking back at this moment and partially blaming herself for his end. She is able to live openly while he has an emotional breakdown, probably because of years of compromising his wants for societal acceptance. It seems he is having an internal conflict with who he is and how he thinks he should be in the world. And all the while, Adult Alison is looking back on this pivotal moment confused for the things she couldn't understand when she was younger, and upset for the outcome she has to deal with in her future present.

.This segment gives a vague location. According to Wikipedia, I-80 is a highway that runs from California to New York. Castro is a street name in CA and Christopher St is a street name in NY.

I wonder if this message from the Creative Team about the play was shared with audience members before the first viewing. Up until now, we are aware that there is tragedy and that the play might be difficult to follow since it takes place in 3 different mental locations: past, present, and future. If I were seeing the play in person and only knew that there would be some type of tragedy, I probably would have tried to connect the scenes from these mental locations, to try to solve the origin of the tragedy. It is interesting that this message from the Creative Team was put before the script, because it tells you what points of the play you should focus on. This play is not so much about the tragedy, but about the main character's : "Allison's narrative arc" (p3).

I'm not sure what the significance of this short story the Grandmother tells, but parts of it reminded me of The Little Prince. Their journeys parallel in the fact that a boy goes out into the universe in search of something. The difference is that one story has a brighter ending than the other.

Up to this point, I considered the Captain as being the one with the most power over everyone in the play, but it is really the Doctor. For some unknown reason, the Doctor has put Woyzeck on a strict pea diet. It seems like it's a 3 month experiment with no given purpose. In this passage, the Doctor is being rather insensitive to Woyzeck's situation. He is aware that Woyzeck is poor and there is no easy way for him to get out of his situation. The Doctor criticizes Woyzeck for urinating in public, arguing that he could have chosen not to (will). I think this criticism is what ultimately catapults Woyzeck's decision to purchase the knife to murder his Marie. In an inadvertent way, the Doctor tells Woyzeck that he can make choses, he has his own free will.

A note about the language, vous is used instead of tu. Similiar to other languages not including English, there are different ways to address someone in "you" form. "Tu" is informal while "Vous" is formal. "Tu" is used for friends and peers, while "Vous" is used in professional work places, with adults you don't know. So, even though Jean in this sentence is having fun with Miss Julie, he is still aware and being respectful to Miss Julie's status. Vous voulez plaisanter, madame! Means "You want to joke, ma'am" Also, madame is used for a married woman or widowed woman. Jean entered the room when Kristin says that Miss Julie's engagement didn't come to anything.

Does Jean mean anything different by this? He is 5 years older (30 yrs old) than Miss Julie.

This is the first time in the play that we see Miss Julie and Kristin. Miss Julie's first line to Kristin seems abrupt and abrasive. There's no formal or informal greeting, no " good evening" or "good day" or "how are you Kristin?" So far, the most common thing we've heard about Miss Julie is about how she often "dances" with a majority of the males around the estate. One can see the class difference here and also some of Miss Julie's personality.

Jean has a lot of opinions about Miss Julie's behavior. When he says "her Ladyship" I understood that as Miss Julie's mother. It seemed that Jean's relationship to her Ladyship was good. He mentions that she acted more proper than Miss Julie. They are both "stuck up about some things and proud about others." He seems to disregard Miss Julie more though, saying how she "doesn't take care of herself." He says all these negative things about Miss Julie, but yet at the bottom of this speech, he goes on about Miss Julie's physical appearance "what shoulders". Also, the word "dances" is used frequently, but I don't think it has the same meaning as it being choreography.

I wouldn't describe what Miss Julie did to her "young man" as embarrassing. I assume "her young man" means her son in the author's style of language. In the following dialogue, Jean explains to Kristin that Miss Julie treated her son like a dog, "training him". The language here is different, but from what I can understand is that Miss Julie forced her son to jump over her "riding crop" which after looking it up, is a whip. He got cut twice because he couldn't leap high enough I suppose. Then on the third time, he snatched the whip from her hand. Her relationship to her son is questionable. Miss Julie said she was training him, why use that word and what was the purpose?