TV drama-rama feedback

Some feedback for your viewing assessment.

1) Define target audience. What was the intended audience? Why? If discussing your personal response, mention your context and relevant attitudes and values.

2) Mention specific attitudes and values.

3) Formulate a thesis. Do we accept, reject, challenge, disagree, identify with the values and attitudes of the text? Justify your position and explain how the text presents these values. Don't just look at the characters, although they are a vehicle for such attitudes and values, but consider how text promotes or privileges certain values. Does the text use satire or humour?

I have an annotation of the question (in my scribble) and some good responses on the portal.

Enjoy.

If you have the attention, interest, desire and action, and would like to study for your test tomorrow, here are some ideas. You can re-view clips of the pilot episode, or episode two of Desperate Housewives (Season One) online. I have linked to a small section, with some interesting subtitles. Unfortunately I can't find any clips from The Socratic Method.

You can also comment/ask questions of your peers. You may like to explore relevant conventions and techniques and how they show issues, values and themes of the text.


Are there any interesting symbols in the pilot? How do they show key themes or attitudes in the text?