Resource Guide for the Classroom: "Rock Out with Your Schnoz Out: The COVID Play"Main MenuIntroductionHistorical ContextComedic Performance During the COVID-19 PandemicSelected Scenes and Experiences during the COVID-19 PandemicScript: "Rock Out with your Schnoz Out: The COVID Play"BibliographyNaomi Bennett23b1029a1f3b3d6af2741a77a477efd46d923cd0Zoe Whitton9c8666aabd39053cb1420cc613c9068f02aba2dc
Game Show Applause
1media/Gameshow_Applause_thumb.png2023-06-19T09:16:34-07:00Naomi Bennett23b1029a1f3b3d6af2741a77a477efd46d923cd0429426Lorena Patterson-Vallian introduces the rules of the game show "Chuck or Cherish" to contestants (left to right) Drake Coffey, Michal Sextion, and Robin Lilja Talbot (The Nose) as Unpaid Intern (Vanessa Sanders) crosses with applause sign. Photo by Naomi Bennett.plainpublished2023-06-23T16:36:27-07:00Naomi Bennett23b1029a1f3b3d6af2741a77a477efd46d923cd0
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12023-06-22T11:04:56-07:00Analysis of "Chuck or Cherish"8plainpublished2023-06-23T15:42:20-07:00 The scene "Chuck or Cherish" is formatted like a game show. The object of the game is to correctly decide whether or not to "chuck" or "cherish" a memory from the pandemic. The game show is satirical in nature, with each of the memories from the pandemic, including "having no sense of what day it is / and being unemployed," "signing into class from bed / and realizing your professor has a “cameras on” policy," and "having more free time / and your professors assigning double the work," being negative in nature. No one would ever choose to "cherish" these moments.
"Chuck or Cherish" also involved audience participation. One of the contestants on the show was an audience member.
At the end of "Chuck or Cherish," the winner of the game show was given the option to choose one of three prizes. The first prize was a six-foot pole, the recommended "social distancing" distance during the pandemic. The second was a Kevin Bacon face mask with the caveat that it should be selected if you "want to blend in." Lastly, the final prize was "all the Rock Out With Your Schnoz Out toilet paper you could carry," a reference to the toilet paper shortage that occurred at the beginning of the pandemic as a result of panic buying.
