week 14) How did you incorporate beats, tactics (aka intentions), and obstacles into your scene this week? How do you think you improved in this area since your first scene?
I think that beats, tactics, and intentions are becoming easier to recognize when reading scripts than they were when the semester first began back in January. This particular performance still does have some confusing parts as to where certain beats and tactics are.
Norm: You actually got that to work?
Arthur: Got all this baggage.
N: You need to go through it.
A: I could beat you if we arm wrestled.
N: Can’t even talk to him.
This is just the first of several lines where I am confused on what exactly is going on. Usually, when reading a script or a book, it’s relatively easy to read the lines in a certain tone. With this script, the men seem to be talking all over the place. One of the main obstacles that these men must overcome is the zipper on the pants of the Mauritzio suit that Arthur is wearing, as it is stuck and will not close. Arthur eventually fixes the zipper, and their next obstacle is discussing taking care of their father. They first avoid talking about it, and Norm doesn’t ask Arthur to help out. During the arm wrestle, they confront the new obstacle, Norm even goes to the extent to ask Arthur to move from New York to Georgia just to be able to help take care of their father. I don’t believe that this obstacle is overcome in the end.
Remember that in real life, we often switch gears quickly and then return. See if this is a moment when someone--squirrel--finds themselves suddenly off an a tangent and then back to their original objective/tactic.
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