Magical Theory (Wednesday, 1/18/2006, 4th Period)

[romanywitch]

"Okay, guys, so last time? We watched 'The Craft.'" Jenny grinned. "It's not one of my favorite movies, but it does exemplify one of the modern stereotypes of witches. This week we're not so much talking about theory of magic, but how the world perceives people with magical abilities. We can get some good theory out of it too, depending on how the discussion goes. Unfortunately, with perception? Not so many movies about demons or seers to use as examples, or we'd do more than one movie." We are not watching My Demon Lover in class. Ever.

So. A few things that you guys brought up that we can discuss? Written on the board."

On the board -
How do you feel about the portrayal of witchcraft as evil? Any of you guys run into a witch using black magic?
Which stereotype in the movie bothered you the most? Why?
Covens? What kind of ideas did you get about them from this movie?
Feel like trashing the movie? Go for it.
Any other questions on the movie? Ask them.


OOC: Due to the occasional intrusion of RL for me and for everyone else, I'm going to change my posting policy a bit. I'm leaving each class open the entire week for comments, not just 'til the next class session. Hopefully this will make things easier all around. I'll close them up when absentee reports are due in at the office. Please let me know if you have any questions on this.

OCD comment threads coming soon are finished, so comment away.

Comments

Re: After Class

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

[OOC: How about Mondays?]

Re: After Class

[soldtoarmenians]

{{Mondays are cool! (And fwiw, if Tue/Thurs is better for you/Jenny/most of the people interested in it, don't worry about me. I can figure out a way around it or come up with an in-game reason Xander can't make it. He's not exactly essential to the club's existence, and it wouldn't be his only activity; he's already got I-Club and TA-ing.}}

Re: After Class

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

[OOC: Mondays work for me - just she's already doign Self-defense club on Wednesday and Fridays... not so good. ;) So, if Ms. Calendar can do Monday's we'll go with that!]

Re: After Class

[romanywitch]

OOC: Works! And sorry it took so long to get back to you!