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Journalism Class - Wednesday October 26
“Good morning, class.” Spider’s cigarettes were back and it looked as though he were suffering from a monumental hangover. “Yesterday, Professor Dream attended our class and shared an event with us. Each student wrote down their impression. Today’s exercise is for each of you to examine the various impressions and attempt to assemble the most cohesive whole that you can from the available witness pool.”
The cat, still round and looking self-satisfied, leaped onto the desk and sprawled out, attempting to snag Spider’s cigarettes. He fished one out and lit it for her. “It is the height of foolishness to choose a single witness to any shared event. It limits you to their perspective. Live footage is always best, because it allows you to see what went on and make your own observations, but whenever there’s a large pool of witnesses available, it always pays to get as much information as you possibly can – particularly when you couldn’t be there to witness it yourself.”
Tapping two fingers on the stack of printouts on the edge of his desk, he ended with, “Here are copies of what everyone saw, remembered and reported. Sift through, draw your own conclusions, and write me as concise a report as you can. Those of you who were present can add your own, personal observations if you like, but draw on as many of the others as you can in order to corroborate your account.”
"I remember animals. Animals talking in old English and, instead of using old English to describe events like regular humans do, they were substituting animal sounds. At least, I think they were." John rubs his hand over his face. "Lots of talking animals."
**
"The Fairy Queen, played by a boy because in that era women weren't allowed to act, being seduced by the Ass, also played by a man, both of them spouting lines from 'Midsummers Night Dream' until the Faerie Court enters the scene."
**
What impresses me most was the role reversals of all the players in the scene, not just the actors.
The actors, dressed as beings that would live in the woods were performing for the very beings they would represent through their costuming.
It's also amusing to note the queen fell in love with an ass who, as per usual, was completely ignorant to her feelings. Funny how that also seems to be mirrored in real life?
**
We were at a play, only it was outside, and the audience was sitting on the grass. The performers were doing something from Shakespeare, I think.
In the play, this really beautiful woman (only I'm not sure she was really a woman) wearing a crown was talking about how much she loved this guy with the head of an ass. I think. It was hard to follow exactly what they were saying.
**
There were fairies at a play. Notthat kind of fairy -- except since they all seemed to be guys, who knows. And not the Tinkerbell kind either; the weird, creepy, hard to tell from demons kind. Except those were the ones in the audience, and the ones on the stage were just people in fairy costumes. Except for the jackass that the drag-queen was in love with.
The cat, still round and looking self-satisfied, leaped onto the desk and sprawled out, attempting to snag Spider’s cigarettes. He fished one out and lit it for her. “It is the height of foolishness to choose a single witness to any shared event. It limits you to their perspective. Live footage is always best, because it allows you to see what went on and make your own observations, but whenever there’s a large pool of witnesses available, it always pays to get as much information as you possibly can – particularly when you couldn’t be there to witness it yourself.”
Tapping two fingers on the stack of printouts on the edge of his desk, he ended with, “Here are copies of what everyone saw, remembered and reported. Sift through, draw your own conclusions, and write me as concise a report as you can. Those of you who were present can add your own, personal observations if you like, but draw on as many of the others as you can in order to corroborate your account.”
"I remember animals. Animals talking in old English and, instead of using old English to describe events like regular humans do, they were substituting animal sounds. At least, I think they were." John rubs his hand over his face. "Lots of talking animals."
**
"The Fairy Queen, played by a boy because in that era women weren't allowed to act, being seduced by the Ass, also played by a man, both of them spouting lines from 'Midsummers Night Dream' until the Faerie Court enters the scene."
**
What impresses me most was the role reversals of all the players in the scene, not just the actors.
The actors, dressed as beings that would live in the woods were performing for the very beings they would represent through their costuming.
It's also amusing to note the queen fell in love with an ass who, as per usual, was completely ignorant to her feelings. Funny how that also seems to be mirrored in real life?
**
We were at a play, only it was outside, and the audience was sitting on the grass. The performers were doing something from Shakespeare, I think.
In the play, this really beautiful woman (only I'm not sure she was really a woman) wearing a crown was talking about how much she loved this guy with the head of an ass. I think. It was hard to follow exactly what they were saying.
**
There were fairies at a play. Notthat kind of fairy -- except since they all seemed to be guys, who knows. And not the Tinkerbell kind either; the weird, creepy, hard to tell from demons kind. Except those were the ones in the audience, and the ones on the stage were just people in fairy costumes. Except for the jackass that the drag-queen was in love with.
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“I think it’s an interesting thing to note that while we all saw (presumably) the same dream that we all came away with different spins on the events portrayed. They tended to paint onto the events those things that are personal and probably even important to them from the individual standpoint.
This would lead to the conclusion that an individual’s perceptions of events are colored by their own unique experiences and with a bit of their own expectations; seen through an emotional and mental filter that attempts to resolve the facts of the event into a palatable scene they can process.”