Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Writing with a Thesis and Cyber-Post for the Scenes from Holler if You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac
We continued working on the skits. I handed out a section from the book: Writing with a Thesis. Students are to read pp. 1-17 and answer the questions in the text. We will review the answers tomorrow.
English 201 8-9 a.m., post your plans and outlines for the scene where assigned. So far, nothing is posted.
A sample scene is:
Title--Act 1, Scene 1 (the title of the scene is taken from the title, for example: "No Malcolm X in My History Text."
Cast
Characters--Markita as Miss Steinberg
Edna as: narrator
Barry as: Tupac
(if the actors are double cast, put a slash between the characters they play
e.g. Barry as Tupac/narrator)
Setting--A park in Marin County, 1982
The narrator summarizes the chapter and leads into the scene..."In Michael Eric Dyson's book, Holler if You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac," in Chapter ? "No Malcolm...looks at .... In the opening scene, (tell us who she is) Leila S-- is sitting on the grass reading Winnie Mandela's book...when the young poet, Tupac walks up.
Tupac's lines
Leila Steinberg's lines|
Each character has his or her own lines. When the character changes, use another line.
We are meeting in L-202E--both classes Wednesday, October 15 and Thursday, October 16.
English 201 8-9 a.m., post your plans and outlines for the scene where assigned. So far, nothing is posted.
A sample scene is:
Title--Act 1, Scene 1 (the title of the scene is taken from the title, for example: "No Malcolm X in My History Text."
Cast
Characters--Markita as Miss Steinberg
Edna as: narrator
Barry as: Tupac
(if the actors are double cast, put a slash between the characters they play
e.g. Barry as Tupac/narrator)
Setting--A park in Marin County, 1982
The narrator summarizes the chapter and leads into the scene..."In Michael Eric Dyson's book, Holler if You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac," in Chapter ? "No Malcolm...looks at .... In the opening scene, (tell us who she is) Leila S-- is sitting on the grass reading Winnie Mandela's book...when the young poet, Tupac walks up.
Tupac's lines
Leila Steinberg's lines|
Each character has his or her own lines. When the character changes, use another line.
We are meeting in L-202E--both classes Wednesday, October 15 and Thursday, October 16.
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Markita Stewart
Edna Sanchez
Barry Maes
English 201A
“No Malcolm X in my History Text”
Chapter 3, Holler if you Hear Me, Dyson, Michael Eric.
Narrator: This scene takes place in 1988 at a park in Marin City, in one of the ghetto parks. Leila Steinberg is about to sit on the grass to read a new book which was given to her by a friend. The title of the book was named “A Part of my Soul went with him” By Winnie Mandela. This is where Tupac Shakur and Leila Steinberg finally meet.
Act 1, Scene 1, Tupac – What do you know about Winnie Mandela?
Act 1, Scene 1, Leila – I do a lot of reading and I can’t tell you what I know until I’m done.
Narrator: Tupac, without missing a beat, leaving Leila speechless.
Act 1, Scene 1, Leila – Ok, so you’ve read this book.
Act 1, Scene 1, Tupac, I read everything I can get my hand on.
Narrator: Tupac Shakur was always hungry for knowledge. A skill he had developed as a young child that he got from his mother. A tool that his mother used as a disciplined act especially when he got out of line with her, she would make him read the New York Times cover to cover. A gift he would later carry with him until his death.
Edna Sanchez
Barry Maes
English 201A
“No Malcolm X in my History Text”
Chapter 3, Holler if you Hear Me, Dyson, Michael Eric.
Narrator: This scene takes place in 1988 at a park in Marin City, in one of the ghetto parks. Leila Steinberg is about to sit on the grass to read a new book which was given to her by a friend. The title of the book was named “A Part of my Soul went with him” By Winnie Mandela. This is where Tupac Shakur and Leila Steinberg finally meet.
Act 1, Scene 1, Tupac – What do you know about Winnie Mandela?
Act 1, Scene 1, Leila – I do a lot of reading and I can’t tell you what I know until I’m done.
Narrator: Tupac, without missing a beat, leaving Leila speechless.
Act 1, Scene 1, Leila – Ok, so you’ve read this book.
Act 1, Scene 1, Tupac, I read everything I can get my hand on.
Narrator: Tupac Shakur was always hungry for knowledge. A skill he had developed as a young child that he got from his mother. A tool that his mother used as a disciplined act especially when he got out of line with her, she would make him read the New York Times cover to cover. A gift he would later carry with him until his death.
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: 8:55 AM
: 8:55 AM
Eng 201
Jakaila Scott
Kiara Perine
Julian Pete
Dion Cade
Title--Act 1, Scene 1: "The Son of a Panther; A Post revolutionary Childhood."
Cast
Characters—
Dion Cade as Interviewer
Kiara Perine as: narrator
Julian Pete as: Tupac
Jakaila Scott as: Summarizer
Setting— Brooklyn , New York
the narrator summarizes the chapter and leads into the scene..."In Michael Eric Dyson's book, Holler if You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac," in Chapter? "No Malcolm...looks at .... In the opening scene, (tell us who she is) Leila S-- is sitting on the grass reading Winnie Mandela's book...when the young poet, Tupac walks up.
Tupac's lines:
”Not so good I could be better.”
“Actually, I just quit my job today, because I wanted to come and do this [interview] and my boss wouldn’t let me.”
“I thought that this was much more important than serving up pizza, and there were enough people so, I feel as like, since I’m an actor that my boss should’ve understood and let me go, but he didn’t and so I quit.”
“And on top of that I too had a cold and had to work the freezer section which I felt had been real disrespectful towards me as a person so I had to go.”
“In a way I’m sort of, well kind of arrogant, so when he told me that I couldn’t quit due to the fact that we had, had all these customers I took it upon myself to hop on the soapbox counter grab my leather jacket, light myself a cigarette right in front of his face and leave in the middle of a lunch rush.”
“Yea actually, I have inherited a lot of traits from my mother Ms. Afeni Shakur.”
Interviewer’s lines:
“How are you doing today Tupac?”
“Oh really? Well I’m sorry to hear that.”
“So, today you are talking about yourself, your mother, and the impact she has had on you. Correct?”
“I know that the two of you have been through a lot and she brought you into the revolution.”
“Now, since then you’ve been through protest injustice with your mother who seems as if she’s had a great effect on your life and as a person, elaborate on that for me a little bit, if you will.”
Jakaila Scott
Kiara Perine
Julian Pete
Dion Cade
Title--Act 1, Scene 1: "The Son of a Panther; A Post revolutionary Childhood."
Cast
Characters—
Dion Cade as Interviewer
Kiara Perine as: narrator
Julian Pete as: Tupac
Jakaila Scott as: Summarizer
Setting— Brooklyn , New York
the narrator summarizes the chapter and leads into the scene..."In Michael Eric Dyson's book, Holler if You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac," in Chapter? "No Malcolm...looks at .... In the opening scene, (tell us who she is) Leila S-- is sitting on the grass reading Winnie Mandela's book...when the young poet, Tupac walks up.
Tupac's lines:
”Not so good I could be better.”
“Actually, I just quit my job today, because I wanted to come and do this [interview] and my boss wouldn’t let me.”
“I thought that this was much more important than serving up pizza, and there were enough people so, I feel as like, since I’m an actor that my boss should’ve understood and let me go, but he didn’t and so I quit.”
“And on top of that I too had a cold and had to work the freezer section which I felt had been real disrespectful towards me as a person so I had to go.”
“In a way I’m sort of, well kind of arrogant, so when he told me that I couldn’t quit due to the fact that we had, had all these customers I took it upon myself to hop on the soapbox counter grab my leather jacket, light myself a cigarette right in front of his face and leave in the middle of a lunch rush.”
“Yea actually, I have inherited a lot of traits from my mother Ms. Afeni Shakur.”
Interviewer’s lines:
“How are you doing today Tupac?”
“Oh really? Well I’m sorry to hear that.”
“So, today you are talking about yourself, your mother, and the impact she has had on you. Correct?”
“I know that the two of you have been through a lot and she brought you into the revolution.”
“Now, since then you’ve been through protest injustice with your mother who seems as if she’s had a great effect on your life and as a person, elaborate on that for me a little bit, if you will.”
# posted by : 9:37 AM
: 9:37 AM
Markita, Barry and Edna, this is a great start. I have emailed you a draft with comments. Please revise for tomorrow.
Andrew Nguyen
Lou Saechao
Earnest (Don't know last name)
Dung Nguyen
Thomas (Don't know last name)
English 201
8-8:50
This is the draft without Thomas nor Earnest's lines in yet.
"Give Me a Paper and Pen"
“Searching for Tupac Shakur”
Characters - Earnest - Tupac Shakur
Lou - Michael Eric Dyson
Thomas - Nas
Andrew - Jay-Z/Narrator
Narration -In Dyson’’s “Holler If You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac” in the chapter “Give Me a Paper and Pen,” he explains Tupac’s music and the issues that involves current and mainstream Hip-Hop music. He also shows people’s opinions on Hip-Hop and the music videos that support it. In this scene, we have Michael Eric Dyson, portrayed by Lou, who has his own talk show with guests, Nas, portrayed by Thomas, Jay-Z, portrayed by me, featuring a surprise guest. Dyson talks to these artists about their opinions on Hip-Hop.
Setting - PCTV Studio in Oakland
Time - 2008
Dyson’s questions
- What makes Hip Hop important to you?
- What do you think of Hip Hop now? What’s good and bad about it?
- What kind of criticism do you hear about current Hip Hop music?
- If you could change Hip Hop, what do you want to change about it?
- What makes Tupac’’s music different from the others?
- What do you think about Tupac coming back from the dead?
Questions for Tupac Shakur
- Tupac Shakur, what is your opinion about hip hop now a day?
- What makes your music difference between the music of mainstream?
- What do you think about my book by: Eric Dyson” Holler If You Hear Me Searching for Tupac Shakur”
Alternates from Nas to Jay-Z.
Jay-Z’s question and response
Dyson: -sits down on the chair- Hello everyone. Welcome to “Searching for Tupac,” a talk show about Hip Hop and Tupac Shakur. Today we have two very famous artists and a very special guest in the show. Please welcome, Nas and Jay-Z!
-Jay-Z and Nas walks in and sits down-
Dyson: Welcome! It’’s great seeing you guys!
Nas: It’s great to be here
Jay-Z: Yeah. Likewise.
Dyson: So I have some series of questions for you guys to answer. I’ll just alternate from Nas to Jay-Z from each question. First question: What makes Hip Hop important to you?
Nas:
Dyson: -agrees with Nas- Jay-Z?
Jay-Z: Hip Hop is a form of expression through music. Whatever you feel can be put into Hip-Hop: sadness, happiness, anger, whatever. What I really love about Hip Hop is it’s flexibility. And can fit through any situation.
Dyson: -agrees with Jay-Z- Alright, alright. What do you think of Hip Hop now? What’s good and bad about it? Jay-Z?
Jay-Z: Hip Hop now is bittersweet. We have our expression through the music like I said previously, but we can also use it in a bad way, y’know? We could promote many things through our music. Sometimes we promote the wrongs things, like violence.
Dyson: -agrees with Jay-Z- Nas?
Nas:
Dyson: -agrees with Nas- What kind of criticism do you hear about current Hip Hop music? Nas?
Nas:
Dyson: -agrees- Jay-Z?
Jay-Z: Well, currently, I have been hearing that Hip Hop is immoral and it’s really offensive. People say that the music videos show a lot of offensive imagery like guns, the women, and some languages. I’d like to change the videos.
Dyson: -agrees- If you could change Hip Hop, what do you want to change about it? Jay-Z?
Jay-Z: Like I said previously, I want to change the music videos. So far, I’ve been seeing a lot of y’know, offensive images. There is no age restriction to watch or listen to music. Anyone of any age can listen or watch music.
Dyson: -agrees- Nas?
Nas:
Dyson: -agrees- What makes Tupac’s music different from the others? Nas?
Nas:
Dyson: -agrees- Jay-Z?
Jay-Z: What I believe what makes Tupac’s music different from the rest is the fact that Tupac himself went through these issues. He had issues like violence, police brutality, and poverty in his lyrics.
Dyson: -agrees- What do you think about Tupac coming back from the dead? Nas?
Nas:
Jay-Z: That would be great man. I mean, come on! Think about it, Tupac? Alive? That’d be– I have so many questions to ask him! But don’t bring peoples hope high please.
Dyson: Well we have a special surprise for you and the audience. Back from the dead, please welcome THE TUPAC SHAKUR!!!
-Tupac enters and Nas and Jay-Z are ecstatic about his arrival-
Dyson: Welcome Tupac! It is great to have you here! We have many questions for you to answer, and some people are probably wondering where have you been all this time? So first question on the table: Tupac Shakur, what is your opinion about hip hop now a day?
Tupac:
Dyson: Really, really. Next question, what makes your music difference between the music of mainstream?
Tupac:
Dyson: Of course. What do you think about my book by: Michael Eric Dyson” Holler If You Hear Me Searching for Tupac Shakur”
Tupac:
Dyson: Of course we have the last question, where have you been all this time? But first, a poem by Tupac.
Tupac: -stands up and recites poem-
Dyson: That was amazing! So finally, the question everyone has been waiting for! Tupac Shakur, where have you-- Oh! I’m sorry, we are all out of time! But, Tupac will come back next time. Please give a hand to our three artists, Nas, Jay-Z, and Tupac Shakur himself! Please tune in next time on “Searching for Tupac Shakur”!
Lou Saechao
Earnest (Don't know last name)
Dung Nguyen
Thomas (Don't know last name)
English 201
8-8:50
This is the draft without Thomas nor Earnest's lines in yet.
"Give Me a Paper and Pen"
“Searching for Tupac Shakur”
Characters - Earnest - Tupac Shakur
Lou - Michael Eric Dyson
Thomas - Nas
Andrew - Jay-Z/Narrator
Narration -In Dyson’’s “Holler If You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac” in the chapter “Give Me a Paper and Pen,” he explains Tupac’s music and the issues that involves current and mainstream Hip-Hop music. He also shows people’s opinions on Hip-Hop and the music videos that support it. In this scene, we have Michael Eric Dyson, portrayed by Lou, who has his own talk show with guests, Nas, portrayed by Thomas, Jay-Z, portrayed by me, featuring a surprise guest. Dyson talks to these artists about their opinions on Hip-Hop.
Setting - PCTV Studio in Oakland
Time - 2008
Dyson’s questions
- What makes Hip Hop important to you?
- What do you think of Hip Hop now? What’s good and bad about it?
- What kind of criticism do you hear about current Hip Hop music?
- If you could change Hip Hop, what do you want to change about it?
- What makes Tupac’’s music different from the others?
- What do you think about Tupac coming back from the dead?
Questions for Tupac Shakur
- Tupac Shakur, what is your opinion about hip hop now a day?
- What makes your music difference between the music of mainstream?
- What do you think about my book by: Eric Dyson” Holler If You Hear Me Searching for Tupac Shakur”
Alternates from Nas to Jay-Z.
Jay-Z’s question and response
Dyson: -sits down on the chair- Hello everyone. Welcome to “Searching for Tupac,” a talk show about Hip Hop and Tupac Shakur. Today we have two very famous artists and a very special guest in the show. Please welcome, Nas and Jay-Z!
-Jay-Z and Nas walks in and sits down-
Dyson: Welcome! It’’s great seeing you guys!
Nas: It’s great to be here
Jay-Z: Yeah. Likewise.
Dyson: So I have some series of questions for you guys to answer. I’ll just alternate from Nas to Jay-Z from each question. First question: What makes Hip Hop important to you?
Nas:
Dyson: -agrees with Nas- Jay-Z?
Jay-Z: Hip Hop is a form of expression through music. Whatever you feel can be put into Hip-Hop: sadness, happiness, anger, whatever. What I really love about Hip Hop is it’s flexibility. And can fit through any situation.
Dyson: -agrees with Jay-Z- Alright, alright. What do you think of Hip Hop now? What’s good and bad about it? Jay-Z?
Jay-Z: Hip Hop now is bittersweet. We have our expression through the music like I said previously, but we can also use it in a bad way, y’know? We could promote many things through our music. Sometimes we promote the wrongs things, like violence.
Dyson: -agrees with Jay-Z- Nas?
Nas:
Dyson: -agrees with Nas- What kind of criticism do you hear about current Hip Hop music? Nas?
Nas:
Dyson: -agrees- Jay-Z?
Jay-Z: Well, currently, I have been hearing that Hip Hop is immoral and it’s really offensive. People say that the music videos show a lot of offensive imagery like guns, the women, and some languages. I’d like to change the videos.
Dyson: -agrees- If you could change Hip Hop, what do you want to change about it? Jay-Z?
Jay-Z: Like I said previously, I want to change the music videos. So far, I’ve been seeing a lot of y’know, offensive images. There is no age restriction to watch or listen to music. Anyone of any age can listen or watch music.
Dyson: -agrees- Nas?
Nas:
Dyson: -agrees- What makes Tupac’s music different from the others? Nas?
Nas:
Dyson: -agrees- Jay-Z?
Jay-Z: What I believe what makes Tupac’s music different from the rest is the fact that Tupac himself went through these issues. He had issues like violence, police brutality, and poverty in his lyrics.
Dyson: -agrees- What do you think about Tupac coming back from the dead? Nas?
Nas:
Jay-Z: That would be great man. I mean, come on! Think about it, Tupac? Alive? That’d be– I have so many questions to ask him! But don’t bring peoples hope high please.
Dyson: Well we have a special surprise for you and the audience. Back from the dead, please welcome THE TUPAC SHAKUR!!!
-Tupac enters and Nas and Jay-Z are ecstatic about his arrival-
Dyson: Welcome Tupac! It is great to have you here! We have many questions for you to answer, and some people are probably wondering where have you been all this time? So first question on the table: Tupac Shakur, what is your opinion about hip hop now a day?
Tupac:
Dyson: Really, really. Next question, what makes your music difference between the music of mainstream?
Tupac:
Dyson: Of course. What do you think about my book by: Michael Eric Dyson” Holler If You Hear Me Searching for Tupac Shakur”
Tupac:
Dyson: Of course we have the last question, where have you been all this time? But first, a poem by Tupac.
Tupac: -stands up and recites poem-
Dyson: That was amazing! So finally, the question everyone has been waiting for! Tupac Shakur, where have you-- Oh! I’m sorry, we are all out of time! But, Tupac will come back next time. Please give a hand to our three artists, Nas, Jay-Z, and Tupac Shakur himself! Please tune in next time on “Searching for Tupac Shakur”!
Andrew team...you're ending is such a cop-out :-) Why don't you let Tupac tackle those questions I posed this morning. In fact, I insist.
Renee
Treanna
Monique
Vonreesha
Eng201A/B
1-2:50pm
No Malcom X in My History Text pgs 76 - 78
Cast:
Treana as “Tupac”
Monique as “Interviewer”
Renee as “Dyson”
Vonreesha as “Narrator”
Setting:
Marin City , Mt Tamalpais High School , 1987
Summary:
In this scene of Chapter 3 “No Malcolm X in My History Text”, of “Holler If You Hear Me” by Michael Dyson, Leila Steinberg presents Dyson with a video interview of Tupac. The interview takes place at Tupac’s High School, Mt. Tamalpais and Tupac speaks on the issues of school and his opinions of how the school system should change. For example, when he says “There should be a class on Drugs” he breaks down the affects of them. In the interview, Tupac stresses out the fact that the world has taught him more than he could ever know more than the school can.
Poem:
Only 4 the Righteous
I'm Down with strictly Dope "So"
That means Im more then you can handle
"Hot" Im hotter then the wax from
a candle
"Him" thats Roc he's my microphone companion
"Lyrics" full of knowledge truth and understanding
"Hobbies" rapping is my only recreation
"retire" u must be on some kind of medication
"why" because I'll never loosen up my mic grip
"Drugs" never cuz im living on the right tip
"sex" only with my girl because i love her
"Babies" impossible I always use a rubber
"Bored" rarely cuz i keep myself busy
"Scratch" nah I leave the cutting up to Dize
"Dize" yeh thats my D.J hes the greatest
"Word" nah he's paying me 2 say this
"the mind" is something that I cultivate
and treasure
"Thanks" your welcome and besides it was
my Pleasure (19)
Act 1, Scene 1
Narrator: This scene takes place in 1987 at Mt. Tamalpais High School in Marin City .
Dyson: “I had the chance to see this desire countenance when Leila Steinberg showed me the video of Tupac being interviewed in high school…Tupac readily admits that he has goofed off in school, largely because he craved popularity and being social. He gives a precocious analysis of the tension between schooling and education. (76)”
Interviewer: “So did you stop going to school or how did you use your education in your everyday life?”
Tupac: “I think that we got so caught up in school being a tradition that we stopped using it as a learning tool, which it should be…(76)”
Interviewer: “What are they teaching you in school that makes you feel like it’s irrelevant?”
Tupac: “They tend…to teach you to read, write, and [do] arithmetic, then teach you reading and writing and arithmetic again, then again, and then again. (76)”
Interviewer: “What do you think should be taught in school that will benefit students better now, then what is already being taught”
Tupac: “There should be a class on drugs. There should be a class on sex education, a real education class, not just pictures and diagrams and illogical terms…There should be a class on scams. There should be a class on religious cults. There should be a class on police brutality. There should be a class on apartheid. There should be a class on racism in America . There should be a class on why people are hungry. (77)”
Dyson: “His list gives pride of place to the themes that he learned as a child of social protest and radical resistance. Like a good son of the panthers, Tupac is interested in forging connections between sites of learning and the communities in which they are located. Schools should help students negotiate the worlds they occupy. (78)”
Interviewer: “Was there anything in school that you were interested in that you have carried on until now?”
Tupac: “the things that helped me were the things that I learned from my mother, from the streets, and reading. (78)”
Dyson: “He is grateful to school because it… (78)”
Tupac: “…it taught me reading, which I love. (78)”
Dyson: “Watching this tape, I’m astounded at the thoughtful engagement displayed by this young man who is on the verge of a wildly successful life that will take him far outside the schoolroom. It is clear that Tupac believes schools should address the pressing social issues of the day, and even more specifically, they should help [the] youth confront the ills that directly affect them. Classes on sex education, scams, and religious cults would explore general problems confronted by youth of all colors. (77)”
Treanna
Monique
Vonreesha
Eng201A/B
1-2:50pm
No Malcom X in My History Text pgs 76 - 78
Cast:
Treana as “Tupac”
Monique as “Interviewer”
Renee as “Dyson”
Vonreesha as “Narrator”
Setting:
Marin City , Mt Tamalpais High School , 1987
Summary:
In this scene of Chapter 3 “No Malcolm X in My History Text”, of “Holler If You Hear Me” by Michael Dyson, Leila Steinberg presents Dyson with a video interview of Tupac. The interview takes place at Tupac’s High School, Mt. Tamalpais and Tupac speaks on the issues of school and his opinions of how the school system should change. For example, when he says “There should be a class on Drugs” he breaks down the affects of them. In the interview, Tupac stresses out the fact that the world has taught him more than he could ever know more than the school can.
Poem:
Only 4 the Righteous
I'm Down with strictly Dope "So"
That means Im more then you can handle
"Hot" Im hotter then the wax from
a candle
"Him" thats Roc he's my microphone companion
"Lyrics" full of knowledge truth and understanding
"Hobbies" rapping is my only recreation
"retire" u must be on some kind of medication
"why" because I'll never loosen up my mic grip
"Drugs" never cuz im living on the right tip
"sex" only with my girl because i love her
"Babies" impossible I always use a rubber
"Bored" rarely cuz i keep myself busy
"Scratch" nah I leave the cutting up to Dize
"Dize" yeh thats my D.J hes the greatest
"Word" nah he's paying me 2 say this
"the mind" is something that I cultivate
and treasure
"Thanks" your welcome and besides it was
my Pleasure (19)
Act 1, Scene 1
Narrator: This scene takes place in 1987 at Mt. Tamalpais High School in Marin City .
Dyson: “I had the chance to see this desire countenance when Leila Steinberg showed me the video of Tupac being interviewed in high school…Tupac readily admits that he has goofed off in school, largely because he craved popularity and being social. He gives a precocious analysis of the tension between schooling and education. (76)”
Interviewer: “So did you stop going to school or how did you use your education in your everyday life?”
Tupac: “I think that we got so caught up in school being a tradition that we stopped using it as a learning tool, which it should be…(76)”
Interviewer: “What are they teaching you in school that makes you feel like it’s irrelevant?”
Tupac: “They tend…to teach you to read, write, and [do] arithmetic, then teach you reading and writing and arithmetic again, then again, and then again. (76)”
Interviewer: “What do you think should be taught in school that will benefit students better now, then what is already being taught”
Tupac: “There should be a class on drugs. There should be a class on sex education, a real education class, not just pictures and diagrams and illogical terms…There should be a class on scams. There should be a class on religious cults. There should be a class on police brutality. There should be a class on apartheid. There should be a class on racism in America . There should be a class on why people are hungry. (77)”
Dyson: “His list gives pride of place to the themes that he learned as a child of social protest and radical resistance. Like a good son of the panthers, Tupac is interested in forging connections between sites of learning and the communities in which they are located. Schools should help students negotiate the worlds they occupy. (78)”
Interviewer: “Was there anything in school that you were interested in that you have carried on until now?”
Tupac: “the things that helped me were the things that I learned from my mother, from the streets, and reading. (78)”
Dyson: “He is grateful to school because it… (78)”
Tupac: “…it taught me reading, which I love. (78)”
Dyson: “Watching this tape, I’m astounded at the thoughtful engagement displayed by this young man who is on the verge of a wildly successful life that will take him far outside the schoolroom. It is clear that Tupac believes schools should address the pressing social issues of the day, and even more specifically, they should help [the] youth confront the ills that directly affect them. Classes on sex education, scams, and religious cults would explore general problems confronted by youth of all colors. (77)”
# posted by : 7:15 PM
: 7:15 PM
Sameela Smith
Milosh Cufta
Audra' Tipton
Summary
In this chapter “Son of a Panther” Dyson shares with us the struggles Tupac and Afeni went through with her being apart of Black Panther Party and also with her drug addiction. Tupac 17 years of age at the time did not appreciate or understand why his mother worked so hard for the black community and neglected her own family. Tupac becomes bitter with the Black Panther Party. However later on in life he understands the sacrifices his mother made for her family as well as her community
Opening
“Fallen Star” 4 Huey p. Newton
They could never understand
What u set out 2 do
Instead they choose 2
Ridicule u
When u got weak
They loved the sight
Of your dimming
And flickering starlight
How could they understand what was so intricate
2 be loved by so many, so intimate
They wanted 2 c your lifeless corpse
This way you could not alter the course
Of ignorance they have set
2 make my people forget
What they have done for much 2 long
2 just forget and carry on
I had loved u forever because of who u R
And now I mourn our fallen star
Setting
Tupac Shakur museum in Atlanta Georgia
Cast
Sameela Smith
Audra’ Tipton
Milosh Cufta
Title~ Act 1 Scene 1
Tupac: MOM! MOM!
Afeni: what is it baby?
Tupac: Could you help me with my homework?
Afeni: I have to go to a convention to speak to youth about empowerment
Tupac: Damn! You are always going to these conventions! You ain’t never got time for me!!
Afeni: I’m trying…could you try and understand that I have other things to attend to
Tupac: NO! I’m your son…you could find time for me!
Afeni: Tupac you being really selfish right now! There are other people in this world
Tupac: man….that’s messed up this is a time when I really need you…
Afeni: you can’t be selfish!
Narrator: Several years later Afeni understood Tupac’s point of view. All the times she ignored his needs…years later she realized everything that took place in her household
Tupac: Dyson peep this, I’ma organize my own Black Panther Party, since the first one felled. Now don’t get me wrong they did tremendous good for the community, from their mistakes I see what to do and what not to do…it ain't gone be no whack shit.
Can U C the Pride in the Panther
Can U C the pride in the pantha
As he glows in splendor and grace
Topping OBSTACLES place in the way
Of the progression of his race
Can u c the pride in the Pantha
As she nurtures her young all alone
The seed must grow regardless
Of the fact it’s planted in stone
Can’t u c the pride in the pantha
As they unify as one
The flower blooms with brilliance
And outshines the rays of the sun
English 201B
Tipton
Milosh Cufta
Audra' Tipton
Summary
In this chapter “Son of a Panther” Dyson shares with us the struggles Tupac and Afeni went through with her being apart of Black Panther Party and also with her drug addiction. Tupac 17 years of age at the time did not appreciate or understand why his mother worked so hard for the black community and neglected her own family. Tupac becomes bitter with the Black Panther Party. However later on in life he understands the sacrifices his mother made for her family as well as her community
Opening
“Fallen Star” 4 Huey p. Newton
They could never understand
What u set out 2 do
Instead they choose 2
Ridicule u
When u got weak
They loved the sight
Of your dimming
And flickering starlight
How could they understand what was so intricate
2 be loved by so many, so intimate
They wanted 2 c your lifeless corpse
This way you could not alter the course
Of ignorance they have set
2 make my people forget
What they have done for much 2 long
2 just forget and carry on
I had loved u forever because of who u R
And now I mourn our fallen star
Setting
Tupac Shakur museum in Atlanta Georgia
Cast
Sameela Smith
Audra’ Tipton
Milosh Cufta
Title~ Act 1 Scene 1
Tupac: MOM! MOM!
Afeni: what is it baby?
Tupac: Could you help me with my homework?
Afeni: I have to go to a convention to speak to youth about empowerment
Tupac: Damn! You are always going to these conventions! You ain’t never got time for me!!
Afeni: I’m trying…could you try and understand that I have other things to attend to
Tupac: NO! I’m your son…you could find time for me!
Afeni: Tupac you being really selfish right now! There are other people in this world
Tupac: man….that’s messed up this is a time when I really need you…
Afeni: you can’t be selfish!
Narrator: Several years later Afeni understood Tupac’s point of view. All the times she ignored his needs…years later she realized everything that took place in her household
Tupac: Dyson peep this, I’ma organize my own Black Panther Party, since the first one felled. Now don’t get me wrong they did tremendous good for the community, from their mistakes I see what to do and what not to do…it ain't gone be no whack shit.
Can U C the Pride in the Panther
Can U C the pride in the pantha
As he glows in splendor and grace
Topping OBSTACLES place in the way
Of the progression of his race
Can u c the pride in the Pantha
As she nurtures her young all alone
The seed must grow regardless
Of the fact it’s planted in stone
Can’t u c the pride in the pantha
As they unify as one
The flower blooms with brilliance
And outshines the rays of the sun
English 201B
Tipton
# posted by : 9:45 PM
: 9:45 PM
Eng201A
Professor Sabir
MW 1-2:50
Group Assignment
Give me a Pen and Paper
Cast:
Vinson Lieu as “Big Tray Dee”
Josh James as “Mos Def”
Ryan Richey as “Toni Morrison “
Albert Dennie as “Tupac, Dyson”
Setting: A talk show that Michael Eric Dyson hosts.
Summary: In chapter 4 of Dyson’s Holler if You Hear Me, numerous artists try to define the term “Thug Life”. There are so many justifications of the word and its true value it has on society. Also, Tupac has his ups and his downs, his constructed criticism and his bad criticism, but most of all this chapter shows how he overcomes everyone’s opinion and molds it into what he is today an Icon! Even though people opposed to Tupac’s music there were others who embraced him.
Dyson: Good afternoon welcome to the Dyson show, today we will discuss ch.4 from my book Holler If You Hear Me. I am going to have a guest show host: Mos Def and we are going to have a few special guests. The guest show host will have a live interview with Tupac from jail via satellite link.
Commercial
Dyson: Welcome back. I’d like to welcome hip hop luminary, Mos Def.
Mos Def: Thanks for having me on the show Dyson!
Dyson: I’d also like to welcome special guests from The Eastsidaz, Big Tray Dee.
Big Tray Dee: Good afternoon Dyson, Mos Def.
Dyson: I want to know Mos Def, your views of Tupac? “Tupac’s art as a hip hop emcee was acquired taste among the genre’s cognoscente, even as the masses embraced him through huge record sales and he gained international noriety as a symbol of rap’s fortune and follies.”(Dyson 106)
Mos Def: “Tupac did not for instance posses the effortless rhythmic patterns of Snoop Dogg, the formidable timing and breathe control of the incomparable K.R.S. One, the poetic intensity of Rakim, the delt political rage of Chuck D, the forceful enunciation of M.C. Lyte, or the novelistic descriptions and sly cadences of Notorious B.I.G.- the mathematician of flow”(Dyson 106)
Big Tray Dee: “I’m real critical and skeptical about lyrics or what people say and how they put it from an artistic standpoint.” (Dyson 105)
Dyson: Tray Dee, what do you have to say about Tupac’s method of creation, highlighting in the process what made him such a big force in hip hop?
Big Tray Dee: “It would be maybe like thirty percent of his songs that I really wouldn’t feel all the time I would be like “That’s all right”. But, [his songs] wound up in my head because they grew on me, and I would see where he was coming from. I had to get that feeling or be in that mood to really relate to what he was saying at that particular time, on that particular song. He showed me how he made music through his heart and through his spirit, showing me that you have to have a certain vibe and continuity. You r not going to appeal to everybody”
Mos Def: “I wasn’t a big Pac fan when he was out, but I’ll tell you why people loved him. Because they knew him! Despite him being viewed as a “gangster rapper”, Pac ranged freely over the landscape of hip-hop, pursuing themes that bled through a number of rap’s subgenres, among the conscious rap, political hip hop, party music, hedonism rap, thug rap, and ghetto centric rap.”
Dyson: Let’s go to commercial and when we come back special guests Toni Morrison will be here.
Commercial
Dyson: Welcome back I’d like to introduce guest speaker Toni Morrison.
Toni Morrison: Hello everybody.
Dyson: “Rap is viewed as a barometer of what ails black youth. It is apparent that a great deal of bitterness and anger clutter the disputes between rap’s advocates and its critics. It is equally obvious that black youth have been under attack for many quarters of our culture. In hip hop, as with most music, that is nothing new.”
Toni Morrison: “All art created by young people are despised by adults. If it’s young, it always has to fight…, and what shakes out of that of course is the best.”
Dyson: Your view of hip hop is admirably international giving [you] an appreciation of the genres inspiring, and subversive, global reach. (Dyson 116)
Toni Morrison: “Just seeing what happened to it in Europe is astonishing. When I was in Frankfurt- the center of rap music in Germany- I got some unbelievable rap disc from a Turkish girl who was singing in German. What unifies hip hop throughout? Nobody admits it. The fact that it is ails the music you can’t sit down to [be] what really gets you up, it’s what made it so fetching.”(Dyson 117)
Dyson: Morrison, “You are completely ware of the controversial subject matters broached in hip hop.” (Dyson 117)
Toni Morrison: “It is always up for grabs and sexuality and violence. (Dyson 117)
Dyson: ok we will go to commercial and when we come back guest show host Mos Def who will interview Tupac via satellite.
Professor Sabir
MW 1-2:50
Group Assignment
Give me a Pen and Paper
Cast:
Vinson Lieu as “Big Tray Dee”
Josh James as “Mos Def”
Ryan Richey as “Toni Morrison “
Albert Dennie as “Tupac, Dyson”
Setting: A talk show that Michael Eric Dyson hosts.
Summary: In chapter 4 of Dyson’s Holler if You Hear Me, numerous artists try to define the term “Thug Life”. There are so many justifications of the word and its true value it has on society. Also, Tupac has his ups and his downs, his constructed criticism and his bad criticism, but most of all this chapter shows how he overcomes everyone’s opinion and molds it into what he is today an Icon! Even though people opposed to Tupac’s music there were others who embraced him.
Dyson: Good afternoon welcome to the Dyson show, today we will discuss ch.4 from my book Holler If You Hear Me. I am going to have a guest show host: Mos Def and we are going to have a few special guests. The guest show host will have a live interview with Tupac from jail via satellite link.
Commercial
Dyson: Welcome back. I’d like to welcome hip hop luminary, Mos Def.
Mos Def: Thanks for having me on the show Dyson!
Dyson: I’d also like to welcome special guests from The Eastsidaz, Big Tray Dee.
Big Tray Dee: Good afternoon Dyson, Mos Def.
Dyson: I want to know Mos Def, your views of Tupac? “Tupac’s art as a hip hop emcee was acquired taste among the genre’s cognoscente, even as the masses embraced him through huge record sales and he gained international noriety as a symbol of rap’s fortune and follies.”(Dyson 106)
Mos Def: “Tupac did not for instance posses the effortless rhythmic patterns of Snoop Dogg, the formidable timing and breathe control of the incomparable K.R.S. One, the poetic intensity of Rakim, the delt political rage of Chuck D, the forceful enunciation of M.C. Lyte, or the novelistic descriptions and sly cadences of Notorious B.I.G.- the mathematician of flow”(Dyson 106)
Big Tray Dee: “I’m real critical and skeptical about lyrics or what people say and how they put it from an artistic standpoint.” (Dyson 105)
Dyson: Tray Dee, what do you have to say about Tupac’s method of creation, highlighting in the process what made him such a big force in hip hop?
Big Tray Dee: “It would be maybe like thirty percent of his songs that I really wouldn’t feel all the time I would be like “That’s all right”. But, [his songs] wound up in my head because they grew on me, and I would see where he was coming from. I had to get that feeling or be in that mood to really relate to what he was saying at that particular time, on that particular song. He showed me how he made music through his heart and through his spirit, showing me that you have to have a certain vibe and continuity. You r not going to appeal to everybody”
Mos Def: “I wasn’t a big Pac fan when he was out, but I’ll tell you why people loved him. Because they knew him! Despite him being viewed as a “gangster rapper”, Pac ranged freely over the landscape of hip-hop, pursuing themes that bled through a number of rap’s subgenres, among the conscious rap, political hip hop, party music, hedonism rap, thug rap, and ghetto centric rap.”
Dyson: Let’s go to commercial and when we come back special guests Toni Morrison will be here.
Commercial
Dyson: Welcome back I’d like to introduce guest speaker Toni Morrison.
Toni Morrison: Hello everybody.
Dyson: “Rap is viewed as a barometer of what ails black youth. It is apparent that a great deal of bitterness and anger clutter the disputes between rap’s advocates and its critics. It is equally obvious that black youth have been under attack for many quarters of our culture. In hip hop, as with most music, that is nothing new.”
Toni Morrison: “All art created by young people are despised by adults. If it’s young, it always has to fight…, and what shakes out of that of course is the best.”
Dyson: Your view of hip hop is admirably international giving [you] an appreciation of the genres inspiring, and subversive, global reach. (Dyson 116)
Toni Morrison: “Just seeing what happened to it in Europe is astonishing. When I was in Frankfurt- the center of rap music in Germany- I got some unbelievable rap disc from a Turkish girl who was singing in German. What unifies hip hop throughout? Nobody admits it. The fact that it is ails the music you can’t sit down to [be] what really gets you up, it’s what made it so fetching.”(Dyson 117)
Dyson: Morrison, “You are completely ware of the controversial subject matters broached in hip hop.” (Dyson 117)
Toni Morrison: “It is always up for grabs and sexuality and violence. (Dyson 117)
Dyson: ok we will go to commercial and when we come back guest show host Mos Def who will interview Tupac via satellite.
Christopher Yee
1-3
" No Malcolm X in My History Text"
Chapter 3, Holler if you Hear Me, Michael Eric Dyson
Cast
Dyson/ Leila Steinberg/ Tupac - Chris
Setting: Interview with Steinberg, Dyson and Tupac
Summary: In chapter 3, of Dyson's Holler if you hear me, Dyson talks about how Tupac's education and the relationship he has with school. He also talks about Tupac's interests, and how he show presents a tough guy who is only into hip hop but he is very multi-genre. In this chapter we discover Tupac's early talents, these talents include his talent with performing arts and theater. Tupac loved to role play as a child because he felt like it was a time where he can escape and be somebody else. He did this because he did not like his life, so he escaped as characters. Tupac was interested in literature once he began grammar school: Shakespeare, ballet, jazz, and poetry. He made an easy transition from poetry, writing, and then to rap. Tupac was told that he had a lot of potential to make it big in the theatre business but in the streets of Baltimore where he lived at got tough.
SteinBerg: Tell me, what do u like, your interests? Do you have any hobbies?
Tupac : I like to read. I can read anything I get my hands on. My mother used to make me read the New York Times.
Steinberg: Oh. What are some kind of books you read?
Tupac: Anything. I began to read once I started grammar school.
Dyson: What are some other hobbies you had?
Tupac: I was very much into theatre. I used to roll play all the time. I would create my own crops and be my own characters. I used to roll play because I hated my life and I loved the feeling of escaping through the players that I created. -laughs- I would stage my cousins. (73)
-- everybody laughs --
Dyson: How did you feel about your mother and the drugs she used. How did that affect your life?
Tupac: I was always very honest with my mother. She taught me not to lie. She always says she is going to quit. But somewhere down the road she ends up back on drugs. So one day I got off a plane and I wrote her a nine page letter telling her how I felt of her and her drug use. Despite all the mistakes she has made, I will always love her. She is my mother.
1-3
" No Malcolm X in My History Text"
Chapter 3, Holler if you Hear Me, Michael Eric Dyson
Cast
Dyson/ Leila Steinberg/ Tupac - Chris
Setting: Interview with Steinberg, Dyson and Tupac
Summary: In chapter 3, of Dyson's Holler if you hear me, Dyson talks about how Tupac's education and the relationship he has with school. He also talks about Tupac's interests, and how he show presents a tough guy who is only into hip hop but he is very multi-genre. In this chapter we discover Tupac's early talents, these talents include his talent with performing arts and theater. Tupac loved to role play as a child because he felt like it was a time where he can escape and be somebody else. He did this because he did not like his life, so he escaped as characters. Tupac was interested in literature once he began grammar school: Shakespeare, ballet, jazz, and poetry. He made an easy transition from poetry, writing, and then to rap. Tupac was told that he had a lot of potential to make it big in the theatre business but in the streets of Baltimore where he lived at got tough.
SteinBerg: Tell me, what do u like, your interests? Do you have any hobbies?
Tupac : I like to read. I can read anything I get my hands on. My mother used to make me read the New York Times.
Steinberg: Oh. What are some kind of books you read?
Tupac: Anything. I began to read once I started grammar school.
Dyson: What are some other hobbies you had?
Tupac: I was very much into theatre. I used to roll play all the time. I would create my own crops and be my own characters. I used to roll play because I hated my life and I loved the feeling of escaping through the players that I created. -laughs- I would stage my cousins. (73)
-- everybody laughs --
Dyson: How did you feel about your mother and the drugs she used. How did that affect your life?
Tupac: I was always very honest with my mother. She taught me not to lie. She always says she is going to quit. But somewhere down the road she ends up back on drugs. So one day I got off a plane and I wrote her a nine page letter telling her how I felt of her and her drug use. Despite all the mistakes she has made, I will always love her. She is my mother.
# posted by : 1:38 AM
: 1:38 AM
Renee D.
Milosh's group.
your group work is very entertaining.... i would enjoy watching ya'lls presentation
Milosh's group.
your group work is very entertaining.... i would enjoy watching ya'lls presentation
# posted by : 1:30 PM
: 1:30 PM
Renee D.
Eng 201B
MW 1-2:50pm
10/29/08
Watching the group with dalena and her group members were very entertaining. I enjoyed watching how ya'll acted the scene out and manage to go through with the play without all of the members in your group. The poem chosen, "Family Tree," was very pleasant.
Eng 201B
MW 1-2:50pm
10/29/08
Watching the group with dalena and her group members were very entertaining. I enjoyed watching how ya'll acted the scene out and manage to go through with the play without all of the members in your group. The poem chosen, "Family Tree," was very pleasant.
# posted by : 1:47 PM
: 1:47 PM
To the first cast of dear mama the interview was fabulous.I felt as if i were there.The scene was in detail and very informative
Lisa Ryan
MW 1-2:50
English 201A
Skit comments:
"Son of A Panther"
The skit for "Son of A Panther" was delivered quite well. I enjoyed the cohesiveness of the group and the selection of scenes. Very well put together.
MW 1-2:50
English 201A
Skit comments:
"Son of A Panther"
The skit for "Son of A Panther" was delivered quite well. I enjoyed the cohesiveness of the group and the selection of scenes. Very well put together.
# posted by : 1:51 PM
: 1:51 PM
Joshua Brown-James
English 201A 1-2:50pm
October 29, 2008
Comments:
"Son Of a Panther"
Good performance just make more eye contact and speak louder. The skit was a good review of the chapter and the lines you had flowed well. Good job!
English 201A 1-2:50pm
October 29, 2008
Comments:
"Son Of a Panther"
Good performance just make more eye contact and speak louder. The skit was a good review of the chapter and the lines you had flowed well. Good job!
# posted by : 1:51 PM
: 1:51 PM
Dalena Tran
English 201A
MW 1-2:50
"Destination of an Outlaw Panther"
I really enjoyed your dialogue. It would have been even greater for you to act it out. I also enjoyed the poem. Great choice and it was really touching. Again, good job and great choice. Dialogue was great and the poem fit just right.
English 201A
MW 1-2:50
"Destination of an Outlaw Panther"
I really enjoyed your dialogue. It would have been even greater for you to act it out. I also enjoyed the poem. Great choice and it was really touching. Again, good job and great choice. Dialogue was great and the poem fit just right.
# posted by : 1:52 PM
: 1:52 PM
Lisa Ryan
English 201A
MW 1-2:50
"Dear Mama"
The poem that was selected "Family Tree" was perfect for the script that they chose to present. A couple of the characters remembered many of their lines which showed how committed they were to the presentation.
English 201A
MW 1-2:50
"Dear Mama"
The poem that was selected "Family Tree" was perfect for the script that they chose to present. A couple of the characters remembered many of their lines which showed how committed they were to the presentation.
# posted by : 1:52 PM
: 1:52 PM
Joshua Brown-James
English 201A 1-2:50pm
October 29, 2008
Comments:
"Dear Mama"
Good job remembering the lines and not having to refer to the paper as much, great eye contact and the overall interview flowed well together.
English 201A 1-2:50pm
October 29, 2008
Comments:
"Dear Mama"
Good job remembering the lines and not having to refer to the paper as much, great eye contact and the overall interview flowed well together.
# posted by : 1:53 PM
: 1:53 PM
Renee D.
1st Cast/group...
"Destination of an Outlaw Pantha"
After seeing ya'lls presentation, it made me see the scene in the chapter more clearly.
1st Cast/group...
"Destination of an Outlaw Pantha"
After seeing ya'lls presentation, it made me see the scene in the chapter more clearly.
# posted by : 1:53 PM
: 1:53 PM
To the second cast of dear mama i think that u could have looked up a little bit more and make contact with the audience. otherwise it was on point.
They wanted 2 c your lifeless corpse
This way you could not alter the course
Of ignorance they have set
2 make my people forget
What they have done for much 2 long
2 just forget and carry on
I had loved u forever because of who u R
And now I mourn our fallen star
SETTING
Tupac Shakur museum in Atlanta Georgia
CAST
Sameela Smith
Audra’ Tipton
Milosh Bucalo
Title~ Act 1 Scene 1
Tupac: MOM! MOM!
Afeni: what is it baby?
Tupac: Could you help me with my homework?
Afeni: I have to go to a convention to speak to youth about empowerment
Tupac: Damn! You are always going to these conventions! You ain’t never got time for me!!
Afeni: I’m trying…could you try and understand that I have other things to attend to
Tupac: NO! I’m your son…you could find time for me!
Afeni: Tupac you being really selfish right now! There are other people in this world
Tupac: man….that’s messed up this is a time when I really need you…
Afeni: you can’t be selfish!
Narrator: Several years later Afeni understood Tupac’s point of view. All the times she ignored his needs…years later she realized everything that took place in her household
Tupac: Dyson peep this, I’ma organize my own Black Panther Party, since the first one felled. Now don’t get me wrong they did tremendous good for the community, from their mistakes I see what to do and what not to do…it ain't gone be no whack shit.
Can U C the Pride in the Panther
Can U C the pride in the pantha
As he glows in splendor and grace
Topping OBSTACLES place in the way
Of the progression of his race
Can u c the pride in the Pantha
As she nurtures her young all alone
The seed must grow regardless
Of the fact it’s planted in stone
Can’t u c the pride in the pantha
As they unify as one
The flower blooms with brilliance
And outshines the rays of the sun
ENG 201A-B M,W 1-3
This way you could not alter the course
Of ignorance they have set
2 make my people forget
What they have done for much 2 long
2 just forget and carry on
I had loved u forever because of who u R
And now I mourn our fallen star
SETTING
Tupac Shakur museum in Atlanta Georgia
CAST
Sameela Smith
Audra’ Tipton
Milosh Bucalo
Title~ Act 1 Scene 1
Tupac: MOM! MOM!
Afeni: what is it baby?
Tupac: Could you help me with my homework?
Afeni: I have to go to a convention to speak to youth about empowerment
Tupac: Damn! You are always going to these conventions! You ain’t never got time for me!!
Afeni: I’m trying…could you try and understand that I have other things to attend to
Tupac: NO! I’m your son…you could find time for me!
Afeni: Tupac you being really selfish right now! There are other people in this world
Tupac: man….that’s messed up this is a time when I really need you…
Afeni: you can’t be selfish!
Narrator: Several years later Afeni understood Tupac’s point of view. All the times she ignored his needs…years later she realized everything that took place in her household
Tupac: Dyson peep this, I’ma organize my own Black Panther Party, since the first one felled. Now don’t get me wrong they did tremendous good for the community, from their mistakes I see what to do and what not to do…it ain't gone be no whack shit.
Can U C the Pride in the Panther
Can U C the pride in the pantha
As he glows in splendor and grace
Topping OBSTACLES place in the way
Of the progression of his race
Can u c the pride in the Pantha
As she nurtures her young all alone
The seed must grow regardless
Of the fact it’s planted in stone
Can’t u c the pride in the pantha
As they unify as one
The flower blooms with brilliance
And outshines the rays of the sun
ENG 201A-B M,W 1-3
# posted by : 1:54 PM
: 1:54 PM
Melissa Mah
Dalena Tran
Sameela Smith
English 201A
1-2:50
"Dear Mama"
Interviewer: Dalena
Tupac: Melissa
Afeni: Sameela
Interviwer: Godd afternoon everyone. I am here with Tupac and Afeni Shakur. So Tupac, what inspired you to write songs?
Tupac: Well, many events in my life had inspired my songs, like the neighborhood I had grew up in, the Black Panther's, discrimination... but the most important inspiration is my mother.
Interviewer: Exactly how has your mother inspired you?
Tupac: Living in the ghetto, most men follow a rule, and that is love your mama not your baby's mama, but i'm not like that. So anyways most children did not have a paternal figure in their lives, such as me. I didn't realize when i was young, what i realize now is that my mom did everything to make my life happy.
Interviewer: aww how sweet, you must be so proud Afeni.
Afeni: I am very proud of my son, and very blessed that i still ahve him in my life. Even though i had suffered from a drug addiction in the past, he was able to look over that and still be there for me in the end
Tupac: Aww mom, you will always be my homey
Dalena Tran
Sameela Smith
English 201A
1-2:50
"Dear Mama"
Interviewer: Dalena
Tupac: Melissa
Afeni: Sameela
Interviwer: Godd afternoon everyone. I am here with Tupac and Afeni Shakur. So Tupac, what inspired you to write songs?
Tupac: Well, many events in my life had inspired my songs, like the neighborhood I had grew up in, the Black Panther's, discrimination... but the most important inspiration is my mother.
Interviewer: Exactly how has your mother inspired you?
Tupac: Living in the ghetto, most men follow a rule, and that is love your mama not your baby's mama, but i'm not like that. So anyways most children did not have a paternal figure in their lives, such as me. I didn't realize when i was young, what i realize now is that my mom did everything to make my life happy.
Interviewer: aww how sweet, you must be so proud Afeni.
Afeni: I am very proud of my son, and very blessed that i still ahve him in my life. Even though i had suffered from a drug addiction in the past, he was able to look over that and still be there for me in the end
Tupac: Aww mom, you will always be my homey
# posted by : 1:54 PM
: 1:54 PM
Renee D.
"Dear Mama" Group 2
Watching them act out the scene without their lines shows a lot of dedication. Even though it was short, it was coo.
"Dear Mama" Group 2
Watching them act out the scene without their lines shows a lot of dedication. Even though it was short, it was coo.
# posted by : 1:54 PM
: 1:54 PM
Treana Penn
mw1:00-2:50
For the First Group of Dear Mama, they presented a well ptesentation of a mock interview. They did a interview with Afeni Shakur and Tupac Shakur and it showed the close connection between the mother and son relationship. That was very important to Tupac, a close relationship with his mom, because they were like friends.
mw1:00-2:50
For the First Group of Dear Mama, they presented a well ptesentation of a mock interview. They did a interview with Afeni Shakur and Tupac Shakur and it showed the close connection between the mother and son relationship. That was very important to Tupac, a close relationship with his mom, because they were like friends.
# posted by : 1:54 PM
: 1:54 PM
Joshua Brown-James
English 201A 1-2:50pm
October 29, 2008
"Dear Mama" Second Group
Good job with the skit just make more eye contact and speak louder. I think it could have been a little longer so it could have been a little easier to follow. Overall good job!
English 201A 1-2:50pm
October 29, 2008
"Dear Mama" Second Group
Good job with the skit just make more eye contact and speak louder. I think it could have been a little longer so it could have been a little easier to follow. Overall good job!
# posted by : 1:55 PM
: 1:55 PM
Poem to go with the Dear Mama group 1
Family Tree
because we all spring
from different trees
does not mean
we are not created equally
is the true beauty in the tree
or in the vast forest in which it breathes
the tree must fight 2 breed
amoung the evils of the weeds
I find greatness in the tree
that grows against all odds
it blossoms in darkness
and gives birth 2 promising pods
I was the tree who grew from weeds
and wasn't meant 2 be
ashamed i'm not in fact i am proud
of my thriving family tree
Family Tree
because we all spring
from different trees
does not mean
we are not created equally
is the true beauty in the tree
or in the vast forest in which it breathes
the tree must fight 2 breed
amoung the evils of the weeds
I find greatness in the tree
that grows against all odds
it blossoms in darkness
and gives birth 2 promising pods
I was the tree who grew from weeds
and wasn't meant 2 be
ashamed i'm not in fact i am proud
of my thriving family tree
# posted by : 1:57 PM
: 1:57 PM
Dalena Tran
English 201A
MW 1-2:00
Group 3 (Dear Mama [2])
Good ending. The acting was alright. I really enjoyed the poem and I liked how the poem came first. It explained the point of the scene and it went well with it. Good dialogue, although it was short, I got the meaning.
English 201A
MW 1-2:00
Group 3 (Dear Mama [2])
Good ending. The acting was alright. I really enjoyed the poem and I liked how the poem came first. It explained the point of the scene and it went well with it. Good dialogue, although it was short, I got the meaning.
# posted by : 1:58 PM
: 1:58 PM
Melissa Mah
Response to the " Destination of the outlawed panther"
I thought that they acted their scene very well, how the poem and the scene flowed was really intriguing.
Response to the " Destination of the outlawed panther"
I thought that they acted their scene very well, how the poem and the scene flowed was really intriguing.
# posted by : 1:59 PM
: 1:59 PM
Melissa Mah
Response to the " Destination of the outlawed panther"
I thought that they acted their scene very well, how the poem and the scene flowed was really intriguing.
Response to the " Destination of the outlawed panther"
I thought that they acted their scene very well, how the poem and the scene flowed was really intriguing.
# posted by : 1:59 PM
: 1:59 PM
Melissa Mah
Response to "dear mama 2 skit"
I really liked the poem they used and it was sweet how Afeni called Tupac little brown boy
Response to "dear mama 2 skit"
I really liked the poem they used and it was sweet how Afeni called Tupac little brown boy
# posted by : 2:00 PM
: 2:00 PM
Francisco Marcial
English 201A
MW 1-2:50pm
"Dear Mama" first group
They did a really good presentation. Everyone looked ready. They did an interview with tupac and afeni.
English 201A
MW 1-2:50pm
"Dear Mama" first group
They did a really good presentation. Everyone looked ready. They did an interview with tupac and afeni.
# posted by : 2:01 PM
: 2:01 PM
Francisco Marcial
English 201A
MW 1-2:50pm
"Give Me a Paper and Pen"
I really liked their presentation which was a show with tupac, mos def, big tray dee, and toni morrison. It was cool and fun. Everyone did a good job and everybody was prepared.
English 201A
MW 1-2:50pm
"Give Me a Paper and Pen"
I really liked their presentation which was a show with tupac, mos def, big tray dee, and toni morrison. It was cool and fun. Everyone did a good job and everybody was prepared.
# posted by : 2:11 PM
: 2:11 PM
Treana Penn
mw1:00-2:50
Dear Mama part two was very interesting. They stumbled at first, but they got theirselves together and had a greay play. Sometimes people make mistakes, something tupca talks about.
mw1:00-2:50
Dear Mama part two was very interesting. They stumbled at first, but they got theirselves together and had a greay play. Sometimes people make mistakes, something tupca talks about.
# posted by : 2:11 PM
: 2:11 PM
Dalena Tran
English 201A
MW 1-2:50
"Give Me A Paper and Pen"
Longggg skit. But very enjoyable and entertaining. Good job! I really liked it. Poem matched too. Good job, you guys! Good skit, good connection. Very professional. Nice.
English 201A
MW 1-2:50
"Give Me A Paper and Pen"
Longggg skit. But very enjoyable and entertaining. Good job! I really liked it. Poem matched too. Good job, you guys! Good skit, good connection. Very professional. Nice.
# posted by : 2:12 PM
: 2:12 PM
Melissa Mah
"Give me a Pen and a paper"
The presented a long interview with Tupac, mos def, big trey and tony morrison. It felt like a real interview and the use of the applause, laugh, and sigh cards is very clever. Also the commercials Lisa did were funny.
"Give me a Pen and a paper"
The presented a long interview with Tupac, mos def, big trey and tony morrison. It felt like a real interview and the use of the applause, laugh, and sigh cards is very clever. Also the commercials Lisa did were funny.
# posted by : 2:12 PM
: 2:12 PM
Renee D.
"Talk Show Scene"
The Introductory to their play is very good. The way the are in character is very entertaining. Reading the signs as we are suppose to watch the Talk Show was funny. The comercial breaks were unique.
"Talk Show Scene"
The Introductory to their play is very good. The way the are in character is very entertaining. Reading the signs as we are suppose to watch the Talk Show was funny. The comercial breaks were unique.
# posted by : 2:13 PM
: 2:13 PM
Se Choe
English 201A
MW 1:00-2:55
"Dear MaMa" (1st Group)
It was a very nice interesting interview that worked very well. The choice selection for the poem was great how it related to the chapter "Dear MaMa".
English 201A
MW 1:00-2:55
"Dear MaMa" (1st Group)
It was a very nice interesting interview that worked very well. The choice selection for the poem was great how it related to the chapter "Dear MaMa".
Se Choe
English 201A
MW 1:00-2:55
"Give Me a Paper and Pen"
I really enjoyed the skits and how well they worked as a team. Organization was A+.
English 201A
MW 1:00-2:55
"Give Me a Paper and Pen"
I really enjoyed the skits and how well they worked as a team. Organization was A+.
Lisa Ryan
MW 1-2:50
English 201A
"Dear Mama 2"
Comments:
The poem that was selected "Family Tree" was perfect for the script that they chose to present. A couple of the characters remembered many of their lines which showed how committed they were to the presentation.
MW 1-2:50
English 201A
"Dear Mama 2"
Comments:
The poem that was selected "Family Tree" was perfect for the script that they chose to present. A couple of the characters remembered many of their lines which showed how committed they were to the presentation.
# posted by : 2:14 PM
: 2:14 PM
To the Holler If You Hear Me cast everything went smooth. At first i was a little shaky about it but we prevailed.Thanks to the three crew members that gave us our oooohhhssss, and aaaaaaahhhh's. Thx!
Dalena Tran
English 201A
My group "Dear Mama Group 1"
It was fun working together. Thank you so much for the Sameela. We really appreciate it. The poem was great and read seriously and deeply. And great script, thank you so much guys!
English 201A
My group "Dear Mama Group 1"
It was fun working together. Thank you so much for the Sameela. We really appreciate it. The poem was great and read seriously and deeply. And great script, thank you so much guys!
# posted by : 2:17 PM
: 2:17 PM
Lisa Ryan
English 201A
MW 1-2:50
"Dear Mama 2"
Comments:
I enjoyed the skit it looked as if they practiced it. They definitely worked well together. I loved the skit selection.
English 201A
MW 1-2:50
"Dear Mama 2"
Comments:
I enjoyed the skit it looked as if they practiced it. They definitely worked well together. I loved the skit selection.
# posted by : 2:17 PM
: 2:17 PM
"Holler If You Hear Me"
i think that all the scenes were very great. They were great in their own ways. I really liked the experience of just acting in the scene. I think that the script was very good, and how it was all set up.
-Anon
i think that all the scenes were very great. They were great in their own ways. I really liked the experience of just acting in the scene. I think that the script was very good, and how it was all set up.
-Anon
# posted by : 2:17 PM
: 2:17 PM
Melissa Mah
Response to "dear mama group 1"
I had a lot of fun doing this skit, and writing it. unfortunantly our group mate could not make it and we are very thankful that Sameela voluteered to help us out.
Response to "dear mama group 1"
I had a lot of fun doing this skit, and writing it. unfortunantly our group mate could not make it and we are very thankful that Sameela voluteered to help us out.
# posted by : 2:18 PM
: 2:18 PM
Melissa Mah
Response to "dear mama group 1"
I had a lot of fun doing this skit, and writing it. unfortunantly our group mate could not make it and we are very thankful that Sameela voluteered to help us out.
Response to "dear mama group 1"
I had a lot of fun doing this skit, and writing it. unfortunantly our group mate could not make it and we are very thankful that Sameela voluteered to help us out.
# posted by : 2:18 PM
: 2:18 PM
In Chapter 4, the group had a very professional presentation. They made a tv show with hip hop artists. They made it really realistic, when they interviewed Tupac on via sattelite and they showed all Tupacs characterisitics like him smoking a ciggarette. They kept us interested in the show, because the group put a couple of commercials in it. Even the crew was hot, since I was apart of it and we controlled the live audience with signs, for example, the sign of "applaud".
# posted by : 2:18 PM
: 2:18 PM
Joshua Brown-James
October 29, 2008
English 201A
Comments
"Holler If You Hear me"
I feel that the performance that we did went well I just think that we should have remembered the lines more so that the show would have flowed better. I think that the idea Ms. sabir had was good and it made it feel as if we were on a real talkshow. Overall I think it went good.
October 29, 2008
English 201A
Comments
"Holler If You Hear me"
I feel that the performance that we did went well I just think that we should have remembered the lines more so that the show would have flowed better. I think that the idea Ms. sabir had was good and it made it feel as if we were on a real talkshow. Overall I think it went good.
# posted by : 2:18 PM
: 2:18 PM
Isaiah Muhammad
Professor Sabir
English 201 B
10/29/08
Responce to Play
I thought the play with Al, Lisa, Josh and Vincent had a uniqueplay that captured the feel of a real life T.V show complete with the audience and the food commercial on a scale i'd rate this a 10.
Professor Sabir
English 201 B
10/29/08
Responce to Play
I thought the play with Al, Lisa, Josh and Vincent had a uniqueplay that captured the feel of a real life T.V show complete with the audience and the food commercial on a scale i'd rate this a 10.
# posted by : 2:20 PM
: 2:20 PM
Lisa Ryan
English 201A
MW 1-2:50
Albert, Josh, Lisa, vincent
"Holler if You Hear Me"
Comments:
The group worked well together and seem to enjoy what they were doing. The participation from the audience was a good addition to the skit as well as the commercials.
English 201A
MW 1-2:50
Albert, Josh, Lisa, vincent
"Holler if You Hear Me"
Comments:
The group worked well together and seem to enjoy what they were doing. The participation from the audience was a good addition to the skit as well as the commercials.
# posted by : 2:22 PM
: 2:22 PM
Eng201A
Professor Sabir
MW 1-2:50
Group Assignment
Give me a Pen and Paper
Cast:
Vinson Lieu as “Big Tray Dee”
Josh James as “Mos Def”
Lisa Ryan as “Toni Morrison “
Albert Dennie as “Tupac, Dyson, Narrarator”
Poem: If I Fail
Setting: A talk show that Michael Eric Dyson hosts.
Summary: In chapter 4 of Dyson’s Holler if You Hear Me, numerous artists try to define the term “Thug Life”. There are so many justifications of the word and its true value it has on society. Also, Tupac has his ups and his downs, his constructed criticism and his bad criticism, but most of all this chapter shows how he overcomes everyone’s opinion and molds it into what he is today an Icon! Even though people opposed to Tupac’s music there were others who embraced him.
Dyson: Good afternoon welcome to the Dyson show, today we will discuss ch.4 from my book Holler If You Hear Me. I am going to have a guest show host: Mos Def and we are going to have a few special guests. The guest show host will have a live interview with Tupac from jail via satellite link.
Commercial
Dyson: Welcome back. I’d like to welcome hip hop luminary, Mos Def.
Mos Def: Thanks for having me on the show Dyson!
Dyson: I’d also like to welcome special guests from The Eastsidaz, Big Tray Dee.
Big Tray Dee: Good afternoon Dyson, Mos Def.
Dyson: I want to know Mos Def, your views of Tupac? “Tupac’s art as a hip hop emcee was acquired taste among the genre’s cognoscente, even as the masses embraced him through huge record sales and he gained international noriety as a symbol of rap’s fortune and follies.”(Dyson 106)
Mos Def: “Tupac did not for instance posses the effortless rhythmic patterns of Snoop Dogg, the formidable timing and breathe control of the incomparable K.R.S. One, the poetic intensity of Rakim, the delt political rage of Chuck D, the forceful enunciation of M.C. Lyte, or the novelistic descriptions and sly cadences of Notorious B.I.G.- the mathematician of flow”(Dyson 106)
Big Tray Dee: “I’m real critical and skeptical about lyrics or what people say and how they put it from an artistic standpoint.” (Dyson 105)
Dyson: Tray Dee, what do you have to say about Tupac’s method of creation, highlighting in the process what made him such a big force in hip hop?
Big Tray Dee: “It would be maybe like thirty percent of his songs that I really wouldn’t feel all the time I would be like “That’s all right”. But, [his songs] wound up in my head because they grew on me, and I would see where he was coming from. I had to get that feeling or be in that mood to really relate to what he was saying at that particular time, on that particular song. He showed me how he made music through his heart and through his spirit, showing me that you have to have a certain vibe and continuity. You r not going to appeal to everybody”
Mos Def: “I wasn’t a big Pac fan when he was out, but I’ll tell you why people loved him. Because they knew him! Despite him being viewed as a “gangster rapper”, Pac ranged freely over the landscape of hip-hop, pursuing themes that bled through a number of rap’s subgenres, among the conscious rap, political hip hop, party music, hedonism rap, thug rap, and ghetto centric rap.”
Dyson: Let’s go to commercial and when we come back special guests Toni Morrison will be here.
Commercial
Dyson: Welcome back I’d like to introduce guest speaker Toni Morrison.
Toni Morrison: Hello everybody.
Dyson: “Rap is viewed as a barometer of what ails black youth. It is apparent that a great deal of bitterness and anger clutter the disputes between rap’s advocates and its critics. It is equally obvious that black youth have been under attack for many quarters of our culture. In hip hop, as with most music, that is nothing new.”
Toni Morrison: “All art created by young people are despised by adults. If it’s young, it always has to fight…, and what shakes out of that of course is the best.”
Dyson: Your view of hip hop is admirably international giving [you] an appreciation of the genres inspiring, and subversive, global reach. (Dyson 116)
Toni Morrison: “Just seeing what happened to it in Europe is astonishing. When I was in Frankfurt- the center of rap music in Germany- I got some unbelievable rap disc from a Turkish girl who was singing in German. What unifies hip hop throughout? Nobody admits it. The fact that it is ails the music you can’t sit down to [be] what really gets you up, it’s what made it so fetching.”(Dyson 117)
Dyson: Morrison, “You are completely ware of the controversial subject matters broached in hip hop.” (Dyson 117)
Toni Morrison: “It is always up for grabs and sexuality and violence. (Dyson 117)
Dyson: ok we will go to commercial and when we come back guest show host Mos Def who will interview Tupac via satellite.
Question:
Mos def: What are you trying to tell the people through your music?
Answer:
Tupac: “Most of my music tells the truth. I’m just trying to speak about things that affect me and about things that affect our community… Sometimes I’m the watcher, and sometimes I’m the participant, and sometimes it’s just allegories or fables that have an underlying theme.”
Question:
Mos Def: Has hip-hop caused or reflected the violence we should detest.
Tupac: “It’s the violence in America,” What did the USA just do, flying to Bosnia? We ain’t got no business over there.” America is the biggest gang in the world. Look at how they didn’t agree with Cuba, so… they cut them off.”
Professor Sabir
MW 1-2:50
Group Assignment
Give me a Pen and Paper
Cast:
Vinson Lieu as “Big Tray Dee”
Josh James as “Mos Def”
Lisa Ryan as “Toni Morrison “
Albert Dennie as “Tupac, Dyson, Narrarator”
Poem: If I Fail
Setting: A talk show that Michael Eric Dyson hosts.
Summary: In chapter 4 of Dyson’s Holler if You Hear Me, numerous artists try to define the term “Thug Life”. There are so many justifications of the word and its true value it has on society. Also, Tupac has his ups and his downs, his constructed criticism and his bad criticism, but most of all this chapter shows how he overcomes everyone’s opinion and molds it into what he is today an Icon! Even though people opposed to Tupac’s music there were others who embraced him.
Dyson: Good afternoon welcome to the Dyson show, today we will discuss ch.4 from my book Holler If You Hear Me. I am going to have a guest show host: Mos Def and we are going to have a few special guests. The guest show host will have a live interview with Tupac from jail via satellite link.
Commercial
Dyson: Welcome back. I’d like to welcome hip hop luminary, Mos Def.
Mos Def: Thanks for having me on the show Dyson!
Dyson: I’d also like to welcome special guests from The Eastsidaz, Big Tray Dee.
Big Tray Dee: Good afternoon Dyson, Mos Def.
Dyson: I want to know Mos Def, your views of Tupac? “Tupac’s art as a hip hop emcee was acquired taste among the genre’s cognoscente, even as the masses embraced him through huge record sales and he gained international noriety as a symbol of rap’s fortune and follies.”(Dyson 106)
Mos Def: “Tupac did not for instance posses the effortless rhythmic patterns of Snoop Dogg, the formidable timing and breathe control of the incomparable K.R.S. One, the poetic intensity of Rakim, the delt political rage of Chuck D, the forceful enunciation of M.C. Lyte, or the novelistic descriptions and sly cadences of Notorious B.I.G.- the mathematician of flow”(Dyson 106)
Big Tray Dee: “I’m real critical and skeptical about lyrics or what people say and how they put it from an artistic standpoint.” (Dyson 105)
Dyson: Tray Dee, what do you have to say about Tupac’s method of creation, highlighting in the process what made him such a big force in hip hop?
Big Tray Dee: “It would be maybe like thirty percent of his songs that I really wouldn’t feel all the time I would be like “That’s all right”. But, [his songs] wound up in my head because they grew on me, and I would see where he was coming from. I had to get that feeling or be in that mood to really relate to what he was saying at that particular time, on that particular song. He showed me how he made music through his heart and through his spirit, showing me that you have to have a certain vibe and continuity. You r not going to appeal to everybody”
Mos Def: “I wasn’t a big Pac fan when he was out, but I’ll tell you why people loved him. Because they knew him! Despite him being viewed as a “gangster rapper”, Pac ranged freely over the landscape of hip-hop, pursuing themes that bled through a number of rap’s subgenres, among the conscious rap, political hip hop, party music, hedonism rap, thug rap, and ghetto centric rap.”
Dyson: Let’s go to commercial and when we come back special guests Toni Morrison will be here.
Commercial
Dyson: Welcome back I’d like to introduce guest speaker Toni Morrison.
Toni Morrison: Hello everybody.
Dyson: “Rap is viewed as a barometer of what ails black youth. It is apparent that a great deal of bitterness and anger clutter the disputes between rap’s advocates and its critics. It is equally obvious that black youth have been under attack for many quarters of our culture. In hip hop, as with most music, that is nothing new.”
Toni Morrison: “All art created by young people are despised by adults. If it’s young, it always has to fight…, and what shakes out of that of course is the best.”
Dyson: Your view of hip hop is admirably international giving [you] an appreciation of the genres inspiring, and subversive, global reach. (Dyson 116)
Toni Morrison: “Just seeing what happened to it in Europe is astonishing. When I was in Frankfurt- the center of rap music in Germany- I got some unbelievable rap disc from a Turkish girl who was singing in German. What unifies hip hop throughout? Nobody admits it. The fact that it is ails the music you can’t sit down to [be] what really gets you up, it’s what made it so fetching.”(Dyson 117)
Dyson: Morrison, “You are completely ware of the controversial subject matters broached in hip hop.” (Dyson 117)
Toni Morrison: “It is always up for grabs and sexuality and violence. (Dyson 117)
Dyson: ok we will go to commercial and when we come back guest show host Mos Def who will interview Tupac via satellite.
Question:
Mos def: What are you trying to tell the people through your music?
Answer:
Tupac: “Most of my music tells the truth. I’m just trying to speak about things that affect me and about things that affect our community… Sometimes I’m the watcher, and sometimes I’m the participant, and sometimes it’s just allegories or fables that have an underlying theme.”
Question:
Mos Def: Has hip-hop caused or reflected the violence we should detest.
Tupac: “It’s the violence in America,” What did the USA just do, flying to Bosnia? We ain’t got no business over there.” America is the biggest gang in the world. Look at how they didn’t agree with Cuba, so… they cut them off.”
Se Choe
Kim
Francisco Marcial
English 201A
"Dear Mama"
Characters"
Se: Narrator & Poem
Kim: Afeni
Francisco: Tupac
Act1,Scene1: "Dear Mama"
Setting: Tupac's house
Poem: "When Ure Heroe Falls"
"When your heroe falls from grace
all fairy tales R uncovered
myths exposed and pain magnified
the greatest pain discovered
u taught me 2 be strong
but i'm confused 2 c u so weak
u said never 2 give up
and it hurts 2 c u welcome defeat
when ure Hero falls so do the stars
and so does the preception of tomorrow
without my heroe there is only
me alone 2 deal with my sorrow.
your Heart ceases 2 work
and your soul is not happy at all what R u expected 2 do
when ure Hero falls"
Narrator: "in this scene tupac and his mother Afeni Shakur are having a conversation, mother to son.
Afeni: "I wrote this poem for you: "where are you going brown man?/little brown man/where are you going, little brown man of mine?
Tupac: "Don't worry mama, i know that you are just trying to make sure that i make the right decisions.
Afeni: "I just want to make sure that you go through the right path".
Tupac: "I know what kind of things i'm suppose to do and what not to do. That is why i'm never gonna try to mess with drugs".
Afeni: "I'm just worried about you".
Tupac: "First you should worry about your drug addction".
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Kim
Francisco Marcial
English 201A
"Dear Mama"
Characters"
Se: Narrator & Poem
Kim: Afeni
Francisco: Tupac
Act1,Scene1: "Dear Mama"
Setting: Tupac's house
Poem: "When Ure Heroe Falls"
"When your heroe falls from grace
all fairy tales R uncovered
myths exposed and pain magnified
the greatest pain discovered
u taught me 2 be strong
but i'm confused 2 c u so weak
u said never 2 give up
and it hurts 2 c u welcome defeat
when ure Hero falls so do the stars
and so does the preception of tomorrow
without my heroe there is only
me alone 2 deal with my sorrow.
your Heart ceases 2 work
and your soul is not happy at all what R u expected 2 do
when ure Hero falls"
Narrator: "in this scene tupac and his mother Afeni Shakur are having a conversation, mother to son.
Afeni: "I wrote this poem for you: "where are you going brown man?/little brown man/where are you going, little brown man of mine?
Tupac: "Don't worry mama, i know that you are just trying to make sure that i make the right decisions.
Afeni: "I just want to make sure that you go through the right path".
Tupac: "I know what kind of things i'm suppose to do and what not to do. That is why i'm never gonna try to mess with drugs".
Afeni: "I'm just worried about you".
Tupac: "First you should worry about your drug addction".
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