The Flick Notes - Given Circumstances PDF

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Professor William Cunningham
Notes from class on the given circumstances of the play The Flick...

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Do research, conflict and 3 examples for all of them Place ● Worcester County, MA ● Movie Theatre - Single screen, rundown, 35mm projector ○ Film vs. digital ● Clark University vs. Fitchburg State Time/Date/Season ● Summer ○ Summer job for Avery ○ Rose and Sam are there all the time ○ Summer job vs. Full time ● 2012 ○ Digital age ○ Current movies ○ Updated vs outdated ● Time ○ Work schedule ○ Usually at night, Friday nights ○ 35 year old - Sam ○ 24 year old - Rose ○ 20 year old - Avery ○ How long has each employee been working at the movie theatre ■ Sam - 5 month before Rose ■ Rose - Newer on the job, promoted faster ■ Avery - New Economics ● Clark University vs. Fitchburg State ● Dinner money ● $8.25/hr ○ Minimum wage ● Minimum wage is not enough money to live on ● Student debt - $20,000 for Rose ● Avery gets a free ride ● Rich vs. poor Social ● Sam - 35, Living with parents ● Depression - Avery ● Hookup culture ○ Rose lives in hookup culture ○ Avery dislikes it ● Unrequited love ● Pop culture

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Friendship ○ Work friends vs. Real friends ○ Avery very awkward and lonely Divorce Social Media ○ Facebook ■ Facebook “Friend”

Politics ● Power ○ ○ ○ ● Race ○

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Work positions Projectionist job disappeared How quickly power can disappear

Avery blamed for dinner money ■ Rose and Sam do nothing to stop that ○ This is one of the disadvantages for Avery Conservative vs. Liberal ○ How they respond to moral values ○ Liberal will justify, Conservartive will prefer cut and dry morals ○ Avery has a conservative view about the movies

Moral ● Dinner Money/Stealing ○ Avery didn’t want to do this in the first place ● Friendship ● Betrayal...