RLG332H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Alan Menken, Mccarthyism, Intellectual Freedom
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Religion vs science is the age old argument. There is a clip that explains method acting: the face becomes the canvas, you essentially become characters by studying the person, developed by konstantin stanislavsky and made popular by stella adler at actor"s studio in ny in 1950s. You bring up your feeling and relate it with the character you play. Adaption of a play of the same name. Film depicts a conflict to christian fundamentalists and broader adherence to sciences truth and justice. Between fundamentalists vs liberalism: this is the conflict. An oklahoma governor passed a law against evolution: they pretty much said no teaching evolution. William jennings bryan, a politician and three-time presidential candidate and is the guy who plays the evangelic christian. Substitute teacher john thomas scopes volunteered to be tried: didn"t actually teach it, but had it on a syllabus. Scopes trial was july 10-25, 1925, but was a media circus with a lot of weird people.
