Thursday, January 24, 2008
Class 1/24
It was interesting to see the mini interviews of our classmates performed today, but the interesting comments most of us seemed to have about seeing ourselves performed was insightful as well. You can find out a lot about yourself when you see your habits on another body. I guess for me, because I know and trust Eric, I didn't worry about him making a caricature of me. This assignment was helpful because we all know how it feels to be portray by other people in a sense, so that should keep us mindful when we have to interview people that we not only dont know, but is from a culture we dont know a lot about. I think the idea of showing A.D.S.'s work to our interviewees is a good to foster trust.
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I agree that it was great seeing the interviews performed. I not only enjoyed seeing someone else perform me, but I enjoyed performing Doug. This experience was different because I was able to interview him face to face, whereas I performed Dr. Oyinade from Nigeria, I did that by phone. I remembered some of his manerisms, but it wasn't the same. I think what amazes me the most is the fact that when I perform other people, my accent goes away with no problem. I'm guessing that's a good thing though.
I think Doug picked up a lot about himself, but I learned a lot about him as well. For example, he plays in the top of his hair a lot. I see Doug everyday, and we actually even hang sometimes, but I didn't recognize that until I interviewed him. It was tedious trying to get his Tennesse accent, because even though it's down south, our accents are totally different.
I think this mini assignment helped me to prepare for my Nigerian experience. Without this and A.D.S.'s videos and notes, I don't think I could have pulled this off.
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