Today in musical theatre, we focused on the Britney scene. In
the script, the scene is from pages 55 to 73, before transitioning into act
two.
The world of Dissocia shows cultural comparisons to the real
world Lisa lives in. One of these differences is in their food traditions. For
example in Dissocia, people there are offered hot dogs when waiting around. Hot
dogs are a type of fast food, which has several inferences to why Lisa may have
imagined fast food being a part of her world.
Fast food-
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Cheap, easy and time saving
·
Indulgence
·
Low self-control
·
Can be associated to relaxation
During the scene previous to the Britney scene, Lisa has an argument
with her boyfriend Vince, which is done as a voice over. The argument consists
of Vince asking Lisa why she was at the airport when they had plans to meet with
each other. Vince uses strong language and says ‘I’m really getting fucking
sick of this’ this line conveys his sheer anger towards her incapability to
keep plans and arrangements however, contrastingly shows is desperation for
Lisa to recover from her illness as he can’t bear to see her in this way. You
can infer from the language she uses against Vince, ‘Just leave me alone,
Vince.’ that she is exasperated with him and has no wish to see him at this
point.
Lisa- Britney scene
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I estimate Lisa to be an overall 5 throughout this
scene, in the states of tension scale. I believe she fluctuates between a 4 and
7 in certain parts however collectively, I would class her as a 5.
·
She is trying to block out and deny the fact she has
been in an argument with Vince because she loves and cares about him.
·
She is stressing out, due to the fact she has a
desperate desire to find her lost hour.
Britney scene units of emotion and intension
Units;
1) State of tension- 3 / characters intention in
the unit- to have help from Britney to find her lost hour.
2) State of tension- 5 / characters intention in
the unit- to understand how the lost property office is no longer the lost
property office.
3) State of tension- 6 / characters intention in
the unit- to find an alternative lost property officer where her hour may have
been handed in.
4) State of tension- 7 / characters intention in
the unit- to be listened to and understood by the citizens of Dissocia.
5) State of tension- 1 / characters intention in
the unit- here what Biffer has to say about potentially finding her hour.
6) State of tension- 5 / characters intention in
the unit- to visit the lost property office and develop her understanding of the
characters Laughter and Argument.
7) State of tension- 3 / characters intention in
the unit- to understand Laughter
8) State of tension- 6 / characters intention in
the unit- to work out the personalities and characteristics of Argument and
Inhibitions.
9) State of tension- 5 / characters intention in
the unit- to inform and reach a conclusion in her disagreement with Argument.
10)
State of tension- 4 / characters intention in the
unit- Thinking about and trying to make sense of why Britney and Biffer survey
food to people waiting in Dissocia only adds to the time they’re there.
11)
State of tension- 5 / characters intention in the
unit- to inform citizens of Dissocia
about how if they didn’t sell food, they wouldn’t have to wait for half as long
as they currently do with the service.
12)
State of
tension- 6 / characters intention in the unit- informing Britney of her despair
with the system in the world of Dissocia.
13)
State of
tension- 7 / characters intention in the unit- exclaiming her shock and trying
to make sense of inhibitions and why he acts the way he does.
14)
State of
tension- 5 / characters intention in the unit- watches the happenings on stage
and attempts to figure out what she is doing in Dissocia and why Biffer is so
clumsy.
15)
State of
tension- 6 / characters intention in the unit- for her thoughts to be heard by
and citizens of Dissocia.
16)
State of
tension- 4 / characters intention in the unit- pushes to find her lost hour
17)
State of
tension- 5 / characters intention in the unit- to find out why she has been
lied to and how this is associated to her lost hour.
18)
State of
tension- 2 / characters intention in the unit- to make sense of lyrics in the
song being sung to her.
19)
State of
tension- 5 / characters intention in the unit- exclaiming her anger and showing
the characters that she isn’t naïve.
20)
State of
tension- 7 / characters intention in the unit- (subconsciously) to withstand the
attack.
21)
State of
tension- 4 / characters intention in the unit- to make sense of the character’s
accusations that she is the Queen of Dissocia.
22)
State of
tension- 6 / characters intention in the unit- to get herself out of being
Queen and being in charge of this weird, wonderful and mad world she has found
herself in.
23)
State of
tension- 7 / characters intention in the unit- to work out why Vince is the Dog
King!
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