1/17/12 Journal

Today was our theater history day. Before we started the lesson, the seniors talked to us about how important grades are and how some of us aren't working to our fullest potential. I'm doing pretty well in all of my classes, but there's always room for improvement. Listening to the seniors talk to us was a good experience, because each of them have been in our place before. I will definitely continue to work to my fullest potential in all of my classes. After the talk, we finished watching My Fair Lady. I was honestly disappointed with the ending. I am a very big fan of a big twist or cliffhanger at the end of a story, and the end of the movie was basically expected. I haven't read Pygmalion yet, but I did hear that the ending was different than in My Fair Lady. I understand the point of watching My Fair Lady now. It adds to the whole topic of Melodrama and how a happy ending is added into most stories to please the audience. I think I understand why Broadway is so different from what we are doing now. This weekend, I went to see Sister Act on Broadway, and the whole time I was thinking about the discussions we have had in theater class. I was disappointed with it.