Cradle Will Rock (musical satire) (excerpts) (1982)
Subject
Great Depression
Satire in art
URL
Moll's Song (I'm Checkin' Home Now)
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Introduction by John Houseman for its 1982 revival by PBS
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Description
Content description from Acting Company (http://theactingcompany.org/plays/2017-18-season/the-cradle-will-rock-1982-83#overview) :
When first produced in 1937, The Cradle Will Rock, combined musical comedy form with a strong pro-labor statement in the midst of the Great Depression. The play is a satire on the evils of a town run by a corporation demonstrated in a series of rapidly sketched scenes with music: ballads, production numbers, extended sections of recitative. These show the control of Mr. Mister, archetypal capitalist and war profiteer exerts over the mythical Steeltown USA.
One scene shows Mr. Mister’s cozy relationship with Editor Daily, culminating in an arm-flapping dash/duet sung to “The Freedom of the Press.” In another scene the president of the university parades his compliant professors before Mr. Mister; in yet another scene, two artists, Dauber and Yasha, alternately fawn over and snarl at Mrs. Mister – hungry for patronage, despising their own dependency.
This production was staged by Mr. Houseman in the style of the 1937 original. Performed on a bare stage, the production incorporates Brechtian staging techniques with the on-stage piano player again delivering scene-setting announcements.
Ephemera: none available
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Description
Short Cold-War era animated film illustrating the absurdity of stockpiling nuclear weapons.
Content description from YouTube
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro56gW3l9dA):
Fable Safe is a short film made during the Cold War that through art, animation, music, and lyrics demonstrate the absurdity of stockpiling more and more nuclear weapons. In this production a misinterpretation seen on radar causes both the United States and an unknown enemy to deploy part of its nuclear arsenal which leads to mutual destruction. The year of its release it was the opening film of the New York Film Festival Lincoln Center. Produced by Sumner Jules Glimcher.
Ephemera: available through CCDR Collections at Arizona State University. One small clipping with program description. Handwritten notes: Museum of Modern Art. 5 August, 1985. Under Cover. KAET.
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Love of Three Oranges (opera) - Sergei Prokofiev (composer) (1989)
Subject
Opera
Fairy tales--Italy
Fairy tales--Adaptations
URL
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Description
Content Description from Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Love_for_Three_Oranges):
The Love for Three Oranges, Op. 33, also known by its French language title L'amour des trois oranges (Russian: Любовь к трём апельсинам, Lyubov' k tryom apel'sinam), is a satirical opera by Sergei Prokofiev. Its French libretto was based on the Italian play L'amore delle tre melarance by Carlo Gozzi. The opera premiered at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, Illinois, on 30 December 1921.
Ephemera: text saved from original ephemera. Small clipping from program guide. The Love of Three Oranges. serge Prokofiev's fanciful tale concerns a sick and melancholic prince who will die if he cannot be made to laugh. Ryland Davies sings the part of the prince, Willard White is the King, and Nelly Morpurgo is the witch. A Glyndebourne Festival Opera production. Handwritten notes: "Prokofiev, Desianed - Maurice Sendak.
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Content description from WorldCat (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Movie):
Silent Movie is an American satirical comedy film co-written and directed by and starring Mel Brooks, released by 20th Century Fox on June 17, 1976. The ensemble cast includes Dom DeLuise, Marty Feldman, Bernadette Peters, and Sid Caesar, with appearances by Anne Bancroft, Liza Minnelli, Burt Reynolds, James Caan, Marcel Marceau, and Paul Newman playing themselves. While indeed silent (except for one word, music, and numerous sound effects), the film is a parody of the silent film genre, particularly the slapstick comedies of Charlie Chaplin, Mack Sennett, and Buster Keaton. Among the film's most famous gags is the fact that the only audible word in the film is spoken by Marcel Marceau, a mime. Sound is a big factor in the film's humor, as when a scene that shows the New York City skyline begins with the song "San Francisco", only to have it come to a sudden stop as if the musicians realize they are playing the wrong music. They then go into "I'll Take Manhattan" instead. The trend of large corporations buying up film studios is parodied by the attempt of the Engulf and Devour Corporation to take control of a studio (a thinly veiled reference to Gulf+Western's takeover of Paramount Pictures).
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Creator
Mel Brooks (director, writer, and performer)
Ron Clark, Rudy De Luca, and Barry Levinson (writers)
Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise, Bernadette Peters, and Sid Caesar (performers)
What Do Children Think of When They Think of the Bomb? (animation) (1983)
Subject
Nuclear warfare
Anxiety in children
Animated films
Interviews
URL
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Description
Content description from YouTube.com
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qnHLdm4urs):
Children's imaginings about the end of the world as a theme park provides the fodder for this animated sequence from a PBS special on young people and nuclear anxiety.
Ephemera: text saved from original ephemera. Small clipping from program guide. What Do Children Think of When They Think of the Bomb? A fast-paced collage of interviews, theatrical sketches, musical numbers, and animation, exploring children's awareness of nuclear war. Handwritten: KAET 5 August, 1985. Under Cover.
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