301- 401V May 2014 Test

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Part 1: Every Little Step.

(The film about the 2006 revival of the Broadway musical A Chorus Line.)... In this clip, dancer Donna McKechnie (who played Cassie in the original production of A Chorus Line), composer Marvin Hamlisch, and director Bob Avian are discussing a change that the original writer/director Michael Bennett made in the musical’s script.

1. McKechnie says, “... People walked out that night so depressed, it was horrible.” Who were “the people” and what had they been doing or seeing “that night”?

2. Why were these people depressed?

3. Describing the same performances, Marvin Hamlisch says, “And it was just always like, close, but it wasn’t that thing where you went, ‘wow’!” In the world of theater and drama, what is “that thing” that can cause people to go “wow!”?

4. What was Marsha Mason’s diagnosis of the situation?

5. What did Michael Bennett do in response to her comment, and what was the result?

Part 2: Reality Is Broken

Stephen Colbert (The Colbert Report) interviews Jane McGonigal on her new book, Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World.

1. Considering the interview as a whole: When McGonigal says that “reality is broken,” what reality is she referring to?

2. McGonigal claims that there are 500 million gamers on our planet now. How many gamers does she want to see, and how many hours would they play each week?

3. In this interview, Stephen Colbert often plays the role of devil’s advocate, expressing a negative view of gaming and gamers. What is his basic criticism of gaming?

4. What social benefits result from gaming, according to McGonigal? (Name at least two.)

5. What is the basic lesson that McGonigal would like to teach gamers so that they can be socially useful when they play?

Part 3: Speaking Proper.

From the documentary series The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language.

1. According to Melvyn Bragg’s summary of the plot of George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion, how is Henry Higgins hoping to change the “flower girl” Eliza Dolittle?

2. What was the source of the ruling classes’ power over ordinary people, according to Shaw?

3. Bragg: “And when the play was produced in London in 1914, there were plenty of bad ideas around.” What example does he cite?

4. What did Shaw hope to accomplish with his play?

5. What controversy diverted the public from seriously considering his main idea?

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