A small but astounding non-profit organization known as the Art Centre Theatre (ACT) is located in the suburbs of Plano TX, where it strives to offer it’s community of youth, teens, and adults instruction in theatre arts, music, dance, voice and more. It even served over 700 children and 50 complete productions last year (2016). One performance that I had the pleasure to attend at the ACT was it’s very own presentation of “The Breakfast Club”, which was based on the critically acclaimed and well-known film written and directed by John Hughes. The staging of the event was quite mesmerizing and impressive than expected as it successfully replicated the nostalgic setting of the detention room, and cafeteria at Shermer High. ACT’s youth program, and their …show more content…
The plays performance maintained its headstrong appeals to the cultural values of idealism, family, and fear throughout the play. The stereotypes of the characters are distinctly conveyed through both clothing, action, and which social group they claimed to be apart of. Idealism is casted throughout the play, as the dialogues between characters commonly share a need to be perfect in the eyes of their peers and parents, following the impact and extreme measures that are seeked if not achieving the idea of perfection. Family trouble ties in the play as well when each character equally admits the worries that stem from their parents unrealistic view of them. Lastly, Fear plays its own staring role when all characters come face to face with rejection from both family, peers, and one another as they try to isolate themselves, mask the new friendships that were being made, and accept the reality that “The Breakfast Club” will not exist beyond the doors of
She starts to love the way she is. Wade give her confidence about her looks, he thinks she is the most beautiful girl of the entire world. Wade makes Artemis feel good about her marks because the marks does not describe who she is. Artemis finds her real person. In the Breakfast Club at beginning of the movie no one knew each other but little by little they share they stories and issues, after that they have start to trust each other until they no longer feel the need to hide who they are because they feel free for the first time by accepting as who they are (the
Harrison’s production is an empathetic insight into the sustained impact of the “Stolen Generation” on its victims. Harrison’s stage directions allow performers to powerfully use sets and props to represent the experience of each character. This was demonstrated while viewing different scenes of “Stolen” workshopped in class. The actors started off each holding a suitcase conveying the absence of home, stability and security.
During the movie The breakfast Club, every character is describing a different type of person in society. The characters in the film were all very different and didn’t seem like they would get along very well. To start off, The first character is Claire. Claire is the type of person who is very rich, self centered, a prom queen, and a snob to everyone else who isn’t as accomplished and gifted as she is. She received a detention for skipping class to go shopping.
The concept of adulthood represents not only the sum of one's experiences, but also the determination of one's place within society. Adulthood is formed through the experiences of the individual. These experiences catalyze the acceptance of a social role, as opposed to title or paycheck. Finally, the acceptance of an individual's social role initiates a process of social unity. In this way, the sum of a person's experience and the changes that result from said experiences present the evolution of child into adult.
Overall, The Breakfast Club is a classic teen film by John Hughes that depicts the different perceptions of the five high school students who come from different sociological groups. The actors played the stereotypical characters well and it made it easier to understand the film. In conclusion, the breakfast club is one of my favorite movies because it explains accurately the various concepts such as stereotypes, peer pressure, family issues, and groupthink and those notions relate to the lives of many individuals during their teenage
They all share their personal problems that they wish to escape. Bryn from The Breakfast Club, shares his feelings with four fellow strangers about being suicidal. Bryn expresses how he feels pressure from his parents to be “the perfect child”. This causes him to feel overwhelmed and stressed. When sharing his feeling and emotions with these four strangers, it creates a bond between them all.
A Glimpse Into the Developmental Roles of Adolescents The Breakfast Club is a movie about five high school students who have to serve detention one Saturday morning. When each student arrives, the viewer gets a brief glimpse into the characters backgrounds. At the beginning of the day you can clearly see the separation among the five students. Claire is considered the princess, Andrew is the athlete, Brian is the brain, Allison is the basket case, and John Bender is the criminal.
Exploring multiple perspectives, the story raises important awareness about the responsibility of bystanders to intervene and the need for justice in the face of shocking acts. Enright, explores the themes of teenage masculinity, power dynamics, and the consequences of toxic behaviour through his portrayal of the development of Jared, who wrestles with his masculine identity through the course of the play. Enright's examination of the cultural norms and expectations
Thus demonstrating how mob mentality can impact an individual and ultimately drive the action of the play. This shows us how one person who starts
Adolescence can be described as a period of awareness and self-definition. According to Erikson (1968), it is an important period in the enduring process of identity formation in the life of an individual. The movie ‘The Breakfast Club’, focuses on a group of five adolescents, and their pursuit to find their prospective identity. This essay will focus on the process of identity development in these five adolescents, with particular reference to the character Andrew Clark. In addition, it seeks to highlight the different identity statuses, as well as, the factors that facilitate or hinder identity formation.
This quote begins the plot by creating the exposition. The narrator or speaker does this by explaining the setting of the Younger household, telling the audience which rooms are where and that they have lived in that space for many years. The narrator also gives personification to the objects such as the furniture around the house which makes them feel alive in a way. The time and place is also given which is the period after World War II in Chicago which may explain certain tones and language that the characters may use. Moreover, by telling the audience that many people live in the Younger household, other than themselves, and that they all share rooms or that their son sleeps in the living room, the audience can infer that they are not very
The Breakfast Club portrays elements of adolescent development very well. In this stage of our lives we are trying to figure out who we are. Some of us may explore different identities and there are others that just do what others tell them to do. The movie depicted role confusion in each of the characters. It also talked about peer pressure and how it influences how we act.
Throughout the play, the characters look at faith, race, opportunities, fatherhood and
Through the use of a younger cast and romantic relationships, the target audience was definitely reached and moved by this film. By effectively using the rhetorical appeals, the audience was able to relate to some of the ideas shown and look at their community through an entire new lenses. The Breakfast Club can be classified as a coming to age film. According to “As Film Studies: The Essential Introduction”, the coming of age films tend to rely on dialogue and emotion and often involves an important decision made in a short period of time (271).
In the movie, The Breakfast Club, five high school students spend their Saturday detention together. The popular girl Claire Standish, the athlete Andrew Clark, the nerd Brian Johnson, the outcast Allison Reynolds, and the rebellious delinquent John Bender must put aside their differences to survive their detention with their assistant principal, Mr. Vernon. While in detention, they are told to write about “who they really are” in one thousand words. Throughout the day, they reveal their struggles involving their cliques and their home lives. As the movie progresses, the audience finds out the reason each teen is in detention which brings up a discussion about who they really are.