Reflection on the Mini Performances
1. Aaron/Grace/Yun
This mini performance is adapted from the scene of crown heights event. Aaron played as a volunteer who tries to stop people from fighting and biting each other, saying “the police won’t harm you”. However, he was captured by a police. The police kicked and punched him on the floor even after Aaron’s character explained what he was trying to do. Then, Yun came as another police, asking the other police to let go of the young man. This scene showed the conflict and discrimination within American society. It emphasized the violence caused by the discrimination as well. Under such an atmosphere, people don't trust each other. They fight, they rage, they do all they can to express their anger and only support what they think is right.
2. Helen/David. W/Joey
This mini performance represents the theme of race. Helen's character represented a Jewish man saying"Jewish people don't drive on the street; Jewish people don't drive to a child..." in a very feverish way. Joey's character expressed African American's point of view and claimed: "we don't do anything like that". David. W came in as a police whose very angry as well. This scene revealed the fact that the conflicts in that period of time were all judged based on race. People might've even put more attention to the race of the criminal rather than his/her name. Even a small conflict can spark a wildfire, no wonder why Crown Heights event attracted so much attention, creating such a tension in the society.
3. Nan/Josh/David. D
We performed on the theme of religion for our mini performance. I performed as the woman who can't turn off her radio because of her religion. And David performed as the Jewish man whose house was surrounded by the polices. My character can't turn off the radio because it was during the Shabbas(a religious holiday that restricted Jewish people from interacting with electricals). She had to find another person who's not Jewish to help her. And the boy she found didn't know about the Jewish holiday and was very confused. It showed the poor understanding across the nation in America. Under such a circumstance, people can misunderstand each other very easily.
This mini performance is adapted from the scene of crown heights event. Aaron played as a volunteer who tries to stop people from fighting and biting each other, saying “the police won’t harm you”. However, he was captured by a police. The police kicked and punched him on the floor even after Aaron’s character explained what he was trying to do. Then, Yun came as another police, asking the other police to let go of the young man. This scene showed the conflict and discrimination within American society. It emphasized the violence caused by the discrimination as well. Under such an atmosphere, people don't trust each other. They fight, they rage, they do all they can to express their anger and only support what they think is right.
2. Helen/David. W/Joey
This mini performance represents the theme of race. Helen's character represented a Jewish man saying"Jewish people don't drive on the street; Jewish people don't drive to a child..." in a very feverish way. Joey's character expressed African American's point of view and claimed: "we don't do anything like that". David. W came in as a police whose very angry as well. This scene revealed the fact that the conflicts in that period of time were all judged based on race. People might've even put more attention to the race of the criminal rather than his/her name. Even a small conflict can spark a wildfire, no wonder why Crown Heights event attracted so much attention, creating such a tension in the society.
3. Nan/Josh/David. D
We performed on the theme of religion for our mini performance. I performed as the woman who can't turn off her radio because of her religion. And David performed as the Jewish man whose house was surrounded by the polices. My character can't turn off the radio because it was during the Shabbas(a religious holiday that restricted Jewish people from interacting with electricals). She had to find another person who's not Jewish to help her. And the boy she found didn't know about the Jewish holiday and was very confused. It showed the poor understanding across the nation in America. Under such a circumstance, people can misunderstand each other very easily.
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