Film & Theater studies

  Film & Theater studies         1. Why is The American Musical a living genre? Why is it named The American Musical? 2. After reading "Early Musical Theatre: Entertainment and Genres" (pp. 205-215), watch the following video. Do you think it is important to know how The American Musical evolved? Why/why not? KCET Interview. The Dance: The History of American Minstrelsy video.   3. After reading Chapter 9 and viewing these PBS video clips:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jFVdlbUqjE&list=PLoT1iuMp6Fgkksw3Rrt0hxIlZHz9b9iyh&index=1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZH_RiZ1vjY&list=PLoT1iuMp6Fgkksw3Rrt0hxIlZHz9b9iyh&index=2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np99ET0fRKw&index=3&list=PLoT1iuMp6Fgkksw3Rrt0hxIlZHz9b9iyh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxO7D0fcxFo&list=PLoT1iuMp6Fgkksw3Rrt0hxIlZHz9b9iyh&index=4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=291RhRBKmR0&list=PLoT1iuMp6Fgkksw3Rrt0hxIlZHz9b9iyh&index=5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z43IszaqhAQ&list=PLoT1iuMp6Fgkksw3Rrt0hxIlZHz9b9iyh&index=6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3cw1GwKoLc&list=PLoT1iuMp6Fgkksw3Rrt0hxIlZHz9b9iyh&index=7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrMruZgnJyc&list=PLoT1iuMp6Fgkksw3Rrt0hxIlZHz9b9iyh&index=8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpQZxipMLZM&list=PLoT1iuMp6Fgkksw3Rrt0hxIlZHz9b9iyh&index=9   What did you learn about The American Musical that you did not know?   4. Which person(s) do you think made the greatest contribution(s) to The American Musical genre? Why? 5. Of all the musicals mentioned in this chapter, name the one(s) that is (are) your favorite(s ) and tell why. 6. In the PBS 2004 Documentary "Broadway: The American Musical" Mel Brooks says that a musical "blows the dust off your soul." What do you think this means? Why do you think The American Musical is so popular?