Love and Information overview

Question 1

my key themes

Answer 1

. Impacts of the modern, tech driven world
. e.g. modern world desire for affection, love, and attention, as well as easy access to information, lack of empathy from desensitisation
. Are we all going through the same thing

Question 2

section 1 themes

Answer 2

. Our expectations of knowledge
. Technology has given us easy access to everything so we want to know everything and expect to

Question 3

section 2 themes

Answer 3

. responsibility of knowledge - are we ignorant
. Info should be delivered with love and empathy - can we still achieve that with tech like messages or is it better in person

Question 4

section 3 themes

Answer 4

. validity of information and knowledge
. what we know and don’t know effects how we love and communicate

Question 5

section 4 themes

Answer 5

. Recalling memory (information0
. Reliance on technology to hold memories, but does this make them artificial
. Memory can be inaccurate - love or hate

Question 6

section 5 themes

Answer 6

. Communication of information
. How we convay love and information varies and therefore can be interpreted differently

Question 7

section 6 themes

Answer 7

. Lack of empathy
. Emotions are complicated but with desensitisation our responses have changed

Question 8

section 7 themes

Answer 8

. We don’t know and cannot know everything
. cannot always access or understand info - but do we need to

Question 9

scenes in section 1

Answer 9

secret
census
fan
torture
lab
sleep
remote

Question 10

scenes in section 2

Answer 10

irrational
affair
mother
fired
message
grass
terminal

Question 11

scenes in section 3

Answer 11

schizophrenic
spies
dream
recluse
gods voice
a child who didn’t know fear
star

Question 12

scenes in section 4

Answer 12

wedding video
savant
ex
memory house
dinner
piano
flashback

Question 13

scenes in section 5

Answer 13

linguist
maths
sex
god
rash
children
shrink

Question 14

scenes in section 6

Answer 14

The child that didn’t know sorry
climate
censor
wife
decision
the child who didn’t know pain
earthquake

Question 15

scenes in section 7

Answer 15

Chinese poetry
manic
grief
fate
stone
virtual
small things

Question 16

playwright

Answer 16

Caryl Churchill
known for experimental theatre
doesn’t give interviews - wants the audience to draw their own conclutions

Question 17

cultural references

Answer 17

. terrorism post 9/11 - modern day with Manchester attacks
. Afghanistan war, Iraq war - modern day with Russia and Ukraine
. new technology - apple releasing phone very often - modern day apple vision pro’s - show memories and screens in-front of us
. climate crisis becoming more talked about - now at 400 ppm