Contemporary Developments in Theatre Paper

Mental Illness in recent theatre (some are more obvious, some more subtle, some can be argued):

Next to Normal (obviously)
Grey Gardens
Elling
Rabbit Hole
August: Osage County
Distracted
The Pillowman
Psychosis 4:48
Wishful Drinking
Proof

Please research these yourself because I may be completely off. Just shows coming to mind.

Octavio Solis' play "Lydia" comes to my mind.

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Do you do any of your own homework?

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.php?thread=984742#3720549

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.php?thread=996563#3831328

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.php?thread=1005814#3928716

Next semester, pick paper topics you can do yourself. Otherwise, make sure you post your final grade, because BWW shares half of it.

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It still takes a huge chunk out of the research on her part to give her the short list of shows to work from. She had a thesis on a topic she knew nothing about and now she's got all her supporting paragraphs lined up. The rest is just filling in the blanks, which could probably be accomplished from other BWW threads and Wikipedia.

Normally, I ignore these threads, but this poster has done this once a semester for 2 years. As a mother, I would hope you expect better of your own children than to cheat off the internet on their school work.

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Updated On: 12/13/10 at 11:57 PM

I agree with the defenders of the original poster. If I were studying a topic related to the (Broadway) theater, I'd come here to seek everyone's thoughts every time I had a major paper. Asking for other people's thoughts on a topic is not asking them to write a paper for you, and it does seem to me that the poster has already done some research anyhow.

Watcha gonna do?

Coram Boy? It's a stretch, but meh...

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It still takes a huge chunk out of the research on her part to give her the short list of shows to work from.

But we're NOT giving her the short list. We're giving her the long list. A short list would be the definitive ones that she SHOULD use, accompanied by reasons the examples are appropriate. The long is is basically anything that the posters can think of that could be seen as relevant. She still has to go through and choose which ones to write about and do the research on. This isn't any different than her asking her theatre friends at college for some good ideas. That's totally legal, so why shouldn't this be?

If you were taking an English class, would you consider it taking the easy way out if you were writing a paper on the way religion is depicted in literature and you asked your friends if they could think of any books that have strong religious themes? She's not saying she hasn't done any thinking on her own already. Perhaps she's going into it with her own ideas but wants to see if there is something better she hadn't thought of. That's hardly a crime. In fact, it's pretty standard for college.

If the paper consists of a list of shows suggested by posters on a web forum, it's going to get an F. The original poster is just looking for some ideas and feedback, and then she'll have to do the work of developing a thesis. Whether I'm working on an important project from school or work, one of the first steps I take is consulting with people whom I regard as knowledgeable about the topic at hand, to see if they have any ideas.

Exactly my point, wonkit. It just sets a bad precedent when she does this year after year.

I can't wait for the threads once DancerGirl gets a job.

"I'm choreographing Oklahoma. Can anyone tell me what steps I should use in the dream ballet?"

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