Unit 4: Blogologues - Directors Only Task

The concept of my production is to interpret the different views of love and marriage. Whether its pessimistic or optimistic views on love & pessimistic or optimistic views on marriage, I want to show it through my production. I want to convey the concept of love and marriage from the perspective of different people, and cultures. 

I want to communicate that there are both positives and negatives to the concept of love and marriage, and it varies from person to person or culture to culture. For example in the american culture, love is a very common thing and most marriages are a result of the discovery of love or genuine feelings for each other. Many in the american culture (from the stereotypical view I have) would think its rather unusual to be get married in an arrange manner. Most would consider it old-fashioned and not realistic. However, in many parts of the world like, Bangladesh for example, although love is becoming a more normal concept in the bangladeshi society, arranged marriages are usually the way to go when it comes to getting married. These are two contradicting perspectives on love and marriage, and they are interpretations of the different cultures that are practiced within the countries. This contradiction of perspective is what I want to communicate with my piece. 

My overall artistic approach will be to make sure that there are segments that relate or intertwine specific cultures. So for example, the bangladeshi view on love/ marriage vs. the american view on love/ marriage. I want to convey these views in a funny way but at the same time making sure its not exactly insulting. 

Some decisions that I have made are that 

• The transitions will be quotes of love/ marriage, either from song lyrics, books or quote websites, perhaps even blogs. (Idea from Ms. Kimmy) 
• Characters are going to be assigned depending on the interests of the group members. After our initial discussion, I will assign character roles depending on their major interest. 
• Although I plan on assigning characters after the initial group meeting, Shubham should definitely play a father role at one point of the piece.