Pop with gods, Shakespeare, and AI : popular film, (musical) theatre, and TV drama? / Iris H. Tuan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tuan, Iris Hsin-chun, author.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular culture.

Performing arts.

Physical Description:

xxv, 210 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2020

Summary:

Applying the theories of Popular Culture, Visual Culture, Performance Studies, (Post)Feminism, and Film Studies, this interdisciplinary and well-crafted book leads you to the fascinating and intriguing world of popular film, (musical) theatre, and TV drama. It explores the classical and contemporary cases of the literature works, both Eastern and Western, adapted, represented and transformed into the interesting artistic medium in films, performances, TV dramas, musicals, and AI robot theatre/films. 0'Iris Tuan's book is wide ranging in scope and diversity, examining theatre, music, film and television productions from both Western and Asian countries. Tuan also surveys an extensive range of critical and theoretical perspectives, especially from performance studies and popular cultural studies, to offer context for her descriptions of the many different works. Some of her examples are well-known (Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet, Disney's The Lion King) while others little known outside their place of origin (such as the Hakka Theatre of Taiwan) -- all are approached by the author with enthusiasm.' 0-Susan Bennett, Professor of English, University of Calgary, Canada 0.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: Popular Visual Culture in Film, Theatre and TV Drama

Introduction

Synopsis of Each Chapter

Theories and Methodology

Theories of Popular Culture and Visual Culture

Works Cited

pt. I Literature, Film, and Theatre

2. Shakespeare and Popular Culture: Romeo and Juliet in Film and Pop Music

Shakespeare and Popular Culture

Pop Culture and Young Audience

Literature Reviews

Pop Music

Authenticity and Appropriation

Shakespeare also as a Methodology

Theories of Popular Culture and Cultural Theory

Canon, Kitsch, Simulacra, Classics, Representation

1. The Musical Film West Side Story on Race

2. Film Director Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo & Juliet (1968) Stars the Teenagers' Chemistry Cast to Add Freshness

3. Directed Baz Luhrmann's Film Romeo + Juliet (1996) on Postmodern Spectacles and Hyper-Reality

4. Italian Film Director Carlo Carlei's Romeo & Juliet (2013), Classical Juxtaposition with La Pieta, the Sculpture by Michelangelo

Comparison and Commentary on Shakespearean Films

Shakespeare and Pop Music

5. Taylor Swift's Pop Music "Love Story"

6. "The Late Late Show with James Corden": `Romeo and Juliet' with Emily Blunt

Conclusion

3. Represent Afterlife and Replay Habitus: Performance via Spectacle in the Korean Film Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds

Introduction: From Hollywood to Korea

Background of Korean Films

Research Value

Cultural Production with Spectacle

Adaptation from Webtoon

Theoretical Perspective of Pierre Bourdieu's "Habitus in Every Day"

3D Special Effects Represent Visual Spectacle

Theory of Guy Debord's "Spectacle"

Pierre Bourdieu's Theoretical Notion of "Habitus"

Mundane Life

Seven Trials Shown by Cinematic Special Effects and Extraordinary Visual Effects

1st Trial: Kill Anyone?

2nd Trial: Make Use of Each Day?

3rd Trial: White Lie

Spectacles from the 4th Trial: Crime of Violence to the Final Verdict

Film Studies: Body in Close Shots

Special Effects by 3D and 4D Film Technology

Heteroglossia and Spectacles

Conclusion: From Aristotle's Cave Metaphor to Mimicking Real Life Behaviours via Cinematic Technology

Ready Player One

Cinematic Effects

Audiences' Response

4. Myth and Levi-Strauss: Taiwan Musical The Classic of Mountains and Seas & Chinese Film The Monkey King: Kingdom of Women

Myth by 3D and CGI

Adapt Myth to Retheatricalize Theatre and Film

Levi-Strauss' Myth and Meaning

Musical Theater Classic of Mountains and Seas

Literature Review

Creative Design

Film The Monkey King: Kingdom of Women

Love Poetry Song with Buddhist Philosophy

Film Cinematography

Comparison with the Original Novel

Theatricalize the Film via Special Effects of Cinematography

pt. II Asian American Play, Asian Theatre, and Musical Theater

5. Face, Race, and Performance: Arousal by Face and Identity Transformation

Identity and Performance

Humanity to Animality via Makeup

Face, Race, and Performance

1. Miss Saigon Dispute and Yellow Face

2. The Lion King, Cats, and War Paint

3. Jekyll & Hyde & So On

6. Dance Tango and Sing for Revenge in Chicago and The Visit

Chicago: Female Stars Dance and Sing for Revenge

The Visit: "Love and Love Alone"

Argument and Exploration

Chicago: Mocks on Murder

The Visit: Grotesque Parable of Revenge

Chicago: Vaudeville Show

The Visit: A Satire on Justice

Literary Reviews and Comments

Chicago: From Vaudeville to MTV by Film Editing to Sing Victory

Chicago: Dia-Chronicle Dynastic History

The Visit: Can Justice Be Got Without Money?

pt. III TV Drama, Robot Theatre and AI Films

7. Theatre, Performance, and Popular Story of Tanxi Palace

Theories of Performance Studies, Feminism, and Popular Culture

Synopsis: Speak Out in the Popular TV Drama

Popular Culture, History, Self Referentiality

Adaptation, not an Authentic History, but a Hyperreal

Comparison with Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace

Performance of Chinese Beijing Opera and Ritual

Practice of Everyday Life in Performance Studies and Cultural Studies

Power and Surveillance

Popular Music and Catharsis

Feminism Desire and Female Pleasure

Post-Dramatic Theatre and Self-Reflexivity

Post-Feminism and Pop Culture

Conclusion: Popularity in Performance and Popular Culture

8. Hakka Theatre: Roseki Taipei Singer

Introduction: Hakka Theater Roseki

Play-Within-the-Play

Lyuu's Brief Bio

Theories & Post-colonialism

The Protagonist Lyuu Heh-Ruo

One Actor Plays Multiple Roles

Lyuu's Life and His Literature Works Are Inter-twined

Lyuu's Novels and Short Stories

Play-Within-the-Play, Multiple Roles

The Other and Abjection

Postcolonial Feminism

Stage Design of Minimalism

Worse Exploitation and Oppression

Music, Songs, Stage Design

9. Robot Theatre and AI Films

Development of Humannoids in Performance

AI Trend and AI Policy

Robot Theater Performance: Metamorphosis: Android Version

Development of the Geminoids

The Theory of Uncanny Valley

"Robot Actor Project"

Android-Human Theatre

Some Robot Performances

Three Sisters and the Other Robot Theater Performances

Robot Theater Performance Sayonara

Human Actors Play the Roles of Robots

Humans Accept or Reject AI Robots?

AI Robots Films

Simulacra, Cloning, Film Comments

Simulacra in AI Robot Films

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

AI with No Alluring Female Body but Voice

Image Synthesis

AI Holographic Simulacra

10. Conclusion

Main Points in Each Chapter

Future Research Plan

Works Cited.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9789811572968

9811572968

OCLC:

1197814489

Publisher Number:

99991375563