This was our first class together and the room was full of wide eyes curious as to what was going to happen next. Would our minds be able to handle such a deep topic as Major Critical Theory, are we in too deep? Professor Wexler entered the room and the room fell silent. I could sense anxious anxiety abound! I think everyone was sitting up a bit straighter than usual, and all eyes were on Professor Wexler. He began to speak, “Wow we have a lot to do today, yet at the same time I still think we’ll still get out early.” The class sighed a relief filled,”yeahhhh..” Professor Wexler then told us we were going to learn about a man named Gorgious, and once again revealed his sense of humor by saying, “That’s always good right?” By this time the tension in the air was lowered dramatically, and we were now ready to learn.
Later in the class we watched a clip from the movie “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”. The clip shows a woman on a turning pedestal with mirrors in front of her. She was a Doll on a music box and she sang a sad song that evokes a sense of insecurity, loneliness, and longing for love.
These are the lyrics they sang:
What do you see
You people gazing at me
You see a doll on a music box
That's wound by a key
How can you tell
I'm under a spell
I'm waiting for love's first kiss
You cannot see
How much I long to be free
Turning around on this music box
That's wound by a key
Yearning
Yearning
While
I'm turning around and around
What do you see
(Truly Scrumptious)
You people gazing at me
(you're truly truly scrumptious)
You see a doll on a music box, that's wound by a key
(scrumptious a...)
How can you tell I'm
(whe...)
Under a spell I'm
(...)
Waiting for love's first kiss
(honest truly, your the answer to my wishes)
You cannot see
(Truly Scrumptious)
How much I long to be free
(though I may seem presumptuous)
Turning around on this music box that's wound by a key
(ne..)
Yearning
(my heart beats so unruly)
Yearning
(because I love you truly)
While I'm turning around and around)
(honest, Truly I do)
The class was then asked what they observed in the clip. The observations were very interesting and we probably could have analyzed the clip for hours but we hit some pretty major critical points. One student looked at this clip with a feminist point of view saying that the man was free to do as he wishes, while the woman is confined to her pedestal. I noticed that there are mirror to one side of the woman and suggested that she was forced to look at herself whenever the pedestal turned her in that direction. This was a very interesting first day, and I looked forward to the weeks to follow.
Work Cited
Picture and Lyrics found at http://unsinkablecork.com/chitty/songs.htm
Later in the class we watched a clip from the movie “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”. The clip shows a woman on a turning pedestal with mirrors in front of her. She was a Doll on a music box and she sang a sad song that evokes a sense of insecurity, loneliness, and longing for love.
These are the lyrics they sang:
What do you see
You people gazing at me
You see a doll on a music box
That's wound by a key
How can you tell
I'm under a spell
I'm waiting for love's first kiss
You cannot see
How much I long to be free
Turning around on this music box
That's wound by a key
Yearning
Yearning
While
I'm turning around and around
What do you see
(Truly Scrumptious)
You people gazing at me
(you're truly truly scrumptious)
You see a doll on a music box, that's wound by a key
(scrumptious a...)
How can you tell I'm
(whe...)
Under a spell I'm
(...)
Waiting for love's first kiss
(honest truly, your the answer to my wishes)
You cannot see
(Truly Scrumptious)
How much I long to be free
(though I may seem presumptuous)
Turning around on this music box that's wound by a key
(ne..)
Yearning
(my heart beats so unruly)
Yearning
(because I love you truly)
While I'm turning around and around)
(honest, Truly I do)
The class was then asked what they observed in the clip. The observations were very interesting and we probably could have analyzed the clip for hours but we hit some pretty major critical points. One student looked at this clip with a feminist point of view saying that the man was free to do as he wishes, while the woman is confined to her pedestal. I noticed that there are mirror to one side of the woman and suggested that she was forced to look at herself whenever the pedestal turned her in that direction. This was a very interesting first day, and I looked forward to the weeks to follow.
Work Cited
Picture and Lyrics found at http://unsinkablecork.com/chitty/songs.htm
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