Museum of Resistance and Resilience Main MenuPraxis #1: Curation and Annotation (Group Project)details of Praxis #1 assignmentPraxis #1.1 War, Memory, And Identity: Beyond Victims and Voice Museum of Resistance and ResilienceProfessor Marjory Wentworth Honor's Class at College of CharlestonPraxis #2 Media Intervention, Multimedia Essay (Individual Project)Entry 2 in our Museum of Resistance and ResiliencePraxis #3 Manifesto of Future Resistance and ResilienceMedia Intervention/Media PostsFinal Course Reflection - A Letter to the FutureDue November 18Vicki Callahanf68c37bed83f129872c0216fae5c9d063d9e11baLisa Müller-Tredecc71af55f5122020f2b95396300e25feb73b6995
On 77 Cents
12020-10-24T13:50:52-07:00Annie Zheng06f73f1d4eed923be34aff2d2892e21670204942377844plain2020-10-24T23:47:40-07:00Annie Zheng06f73f1d4eed923be34aff2d2892e21670204942With "77 Cents", it is easy to focus on and solely walk away with the idea that females deserve and need more safe spaces within entertainment, especially in comedy. However, underneath the surface, the mechanism that helped convey such a message is the formatting of the showcase adopted by Abigail and other producers on the project. Since it was a showcase that contained both stand-up and improv segments, this resulted in a fun and lighthearted atmosphere – the medium was not explicitly forcing their audience to consider heavy-hitting statistics of women in comedy or the dark side of the entertainment industry, instead it relaxed their viewers to prime them for a full appreciation of the content each performer had to offer. This medium is transformative because it allows viewers to form their own takeaways; simultaneously, it was resistant by making it difficult for unsupportive groups to create an effective argument against such a fun showcase, and it remained resilient against possible technical mistakes during the show because of its spontaneous nature. As Abigail summed up in her interview, “the best art is free-flowing – it won’t be confined by any expectations or boundaries, instead it is allowed to simply exist. And I think that’s beautiful”.