Section A Flashcards
(18 cards)
Set: What is draped from the ceiling?
Dirty white viscose sheets that seem to mimic the shape of a cocoon, symbolic of Gregor’s impending metamorphosis.
Lighting: Projections of…
Silhouettes of…
Black and white photos and magazine clippings
Bug-like features, protruding legs and antenna
What is Gregor’s Metamorphosis a metaphor of?
The human condition and the ways that our circumstances transform us and isolate us from each other and from our own humanity.
Main musical aspect?
Pulsing sound of two bass notes on pre-recorded double bass
Why is moment 3 especially effective with Frantic Assembly as the practitioner?
Their ethos is about collaboration and empowerment and so the production is increasingly critical of the Samsa family’s toxic domestic environment and their abuse of Gregor.
What do frantic assembly want their movement to be?
Brave, bold and physically dynamic but tender and fragile.
Scott Graham has stated that Gregor’s goes from…
Breadwinner to burden
How could moment 1 be inspired by Berkoff’s adaption?
It is a moment of The Fantastic
What is The Fantastic?
Reimagines the everyday (through the use of ‘mine and movement’ in moment one) to provide an absurdist, critical analyse.
What may be Scott Graham’s directorial intention?
To highlight the effect of a damaging work schedule of someone’s identity, as Gregor’s passion is gradually overwhelmed by his responsibility to be the sole provider for his family.
What did Kafka believe, as a Marxist, that Graham may have wanted to communicate to his contemporary audience?
The Capitalism takes advantage of the weakest member to benefit those in control.
Describe the clerk’s vocal delivery and how it made you feel.
Blunt and arrogant vocal delivery made me feel defensive of Gregor.
When was Metamorphosis written and then?
Written in 1912
Published in 1915
Dehumanisation that comes..
from being reduced to one’s function in society.
Crushing weight of…
Capitalism
Gregor’s loss of..
Identity
The Kafka-esque nightmare forced me to question..
My role as a bystander and whether I was complicit in Gregor in his suffering.
The production’s use of technology with performance can be described as…
A perfect synthesis of both acting and design.
