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khang · **on:** Aug 27, 2018

Compare a contemporary comedy to an ancient one and identify how each work is similar or different from one another.

Identify the structure of each script (how long are the scenes or acts, where is the climax, how is the conflict resolved), and suggest how the ancient work could be presented to a contemporary audience.

Question 2

Good reviewers do all of the following except:

A. Describe what they saw
B. What the performance means
C. Hold all levels of professionalism to the same standards
D. How what they saw worked

SamMuagrove · **Reply #1 on:** Aug 27, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A student could compare Lysistrata to American Pie and show that American Pie
seeks to do little more than glorify the nave male fantasy of losing one's virginity while
Lysistrata, though in it's original production had male actor's playing women, has
throughout history exposed the follies of man in regards to war and masculinity when in
reality it is better to make love, not war.

Answer to Question 2

C.