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Reality

Reality. Week 13 Nov.23rd-27th 2009 Sichuan Normal University Small-Group Performance. Is it a game? “ Worst game ever. ”. Homework:. What is reality? How do we know the difference between unreal and real? What kinds of problems do you think that people normally think or talk about?

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Reality

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  1. Reality Week 13 Nov.23rd-27th 2009 Sichuan Normal University Small-Group Performance

  2. Is it a game?“Worst game ever.”

  3. Homework: What is reality? How do we know the difference between unreal and real? What kinds of problems do you think that people normally think or talk about? • Relationship with their lover • Relationship with their friend • Some Scandals • Secrets • Passions/Desires • Suicide

  4. What is real?

  5. Adjust Compromise Idol-ize Ideal Reality-check Your reality and others’ cryogenics Psychologist Physician Confront Advice Assistance Found-out: discovered Obese Legitimate Valid Sin Sacred Illegal “go to jail for” Perverted Freak arrested Vocabulary

  6. Real • Definitions: • Actually existing as a thing or occurring in fact, objective, genuine, rightly so called, natural, sincere, not merely apparent. • Reality: property of being real.

  7. Daytime Television& Talk Shows Talking about Daily Issues: Women’s health Smoking Dishonest Companies

  8. Oprah Winfreyadvice & assistance

  9. Revealing InterviewsInforming

  10. Reality Television What is Reality T.V.? Is it real?

  11. An Audience to Watch Reality

  12. Normal People Watching Normal People

  13. But Are they Normal?

  14. “Steve’s Wedding”Why do you think people do this?

  15. Jerry SpringerSex, Sin & The Death Of All We Hold Sacred

  16. Bodyguardsto protect the Guests

  17. Sad Family Arguments“Marrying His Grandmother”(see video)

  18. You are on the Jerry Springer Show • You and your partners will perform a skit. • Some of you will choose one side of an argument and the others will choose the other side. • You can make your Own topics. • Your performance should be 3-4 minutes.

  19. Ideas • Your mother is in love with your best friend’s father! • Cryogenics? You want to freeze your body for the future, but people think the company is not legitimate. • You think your friend beats his baby too much. You want to confront him. • I just had your baby. Why would you cheat on me? • I’m sorry I’m not in love with you. I’m in love with another man/woman. • Someone is afraid of watermelon and need a psychologist to help. • Husband found out that your baby is not his. It has blonde hair and blue eyes. • Your girlfriend… has another girlfriend?! • You love obese men and you want to get married, but your friends and family think you’re making a mistake. • You want to get a good job, but you don’t ever want to study. Your family is angry. • Woman wants to leave China so she can have 10 kids. • Physician-assisted suicide. You want to die, your doctor agrees, but your family doesn’t. • You know the date of your death and this makes you crazy. Your friends don’t think you should believe in it but you do. • Your family died in the earthquake and you want more money. • Your best friend died for you in an accident but her family thinks you killed her.

  20. Additional QuestionsFor Your Journal • How do your national customs surrounding death reflect the values of your country? • How does a person cope with death of a friend or loved one? • What should you say (or not say) to a friend who is facing death? • Do you think it's acceptable for parents to use corporal punishment as a means of discipline? Why/why not?

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