elements of drama; audiences are presented with realistic events. Verbatim plays have become increasingly more popular‚ as in todays society people are more interested in real issues. Through Moises Kauffman and The Tectonic Theatre company’s’ The Laramie Project‚ and Alana Valentine’s Run Rabbit Run‚ we are able to see how Verbatim theatre confront and challenges their audiences. Due to both plays being “pure Verbatim”‚ authenticity and the importance of keeping it is central. There are many ways
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The Laramie Project and Mabo are both texts featured in the life writing genre. The Laramie Project is presented as a play‚ while Mabo is a biographical film. Both The Laramie Project and Mabo use life writing codes and conventions to convey the ideas and themes of each text. While they both share similar themes‚ the way life writing codes and conventions are applied differentiates The Laramie Project and Mabo. In the film‚ Mabo the viewer is positioned to align themselves with Eddie and feel empathy
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issue in the United States. Although‚ Shepard had die his murder helped to impact the government’s regulation on hate crimes against homosexuals. On October 6‚ 1998‚ Matthew Shepard met Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson at the Fireside Lounge in Laramie Wyoming. McKinney and Henderson had agreed to give Shepard a ride but instead of taking him home they drove the car to a remote‚ rural area where they then robbed‚ pistol whipped and tortured Shepard and then left him to die. Eighteen hours later
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One aspect of Laramie that strikes me is how peaceful‚ and free the town is‚ for example one of the characters states‚ “But you’d have to be out of your mind to let your kids out after dark. And here‚ in the summertime‚ my kids play out at night till eleven‚ and I don’t think twice about it” (Kaufman 7). This text portrays Laramie’s peacefulness‚ because here the character explains how he does not “think twice” about letting his kids play outside in the dark. One moment that I find interesting about
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The Community of Laramie’s Views on Hate Crime The Laramie Project is a play about the aftermath of the people from Laramie reactions to the kidnapping and horrible death of an open gay Matthew Sheppard. Furthermore‚ there are various themes throughout the play but Moisés Kaufman wanted to focus on several perspectives towards homosexuality in the Laramie community at the time of Matthew’s death. The play has many themes about prejudice‚ hate crimes‚ and conflicting issues. The most significant
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Good or Bad?” In the documentary film “The Laramie Project‚” many issues were brought up and discussed throughout its duration: socio-political ones such as laws against hate crimes as well as socio-ethical ones such as live-and-let-live philosophies. However‚ what may have truly caught my attention‚ and probably as well as others’‚ was the controversial socio-ethical topic of homosexuality. The story of the documentary film “The Laramie Project” revolves around Matthew Shepard‚ an openly gay
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Hate Crimes: Matthew Sheppard On 6 October 1998‚ Matthew Shepard‚ a student at the University of Wyoming‚ met Aaron James McKinney and Russel Arthur Henderson in a bar. The two men‚ claiming to also be gay‚ offered to drive Matthew home‚ but instead brought him to an isolated area‚ where they took his wallet (containing $20 and a credit card) and his leather shoes. But that was not the end. McKinney and Henderson tied Shepard to a fence‚ and proceeded to beat him to the point of unconsciousness
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The Laramie account is a big account. It is a big account because this is the first time they are having a full-scale audit of their financial statements and they are planning to go public and become an initial public offering (IPO). Since this is our first time this is happening we have to very careful with the analytical procedures. Analytical procedures are reasonableness test auditors compare their estimates of account balances with those recorded by management. Analytical procedures must be
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been provided by the inexperienced staff assistant the most obvious analytical procedure to start with is to compare the 2005 financial date with the 2004 financial data. By analyzing the two years against each other‚ I have noticed that it appears Laramie Wire may be building up their inventory stores. I state this because their finished goods inventory has went up from $1‚175‚500 to $1‚654‚500 in just that one year. This is an increase of finished goods inventory of 40%. This is something which
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Case # 1 Laramie Wire Manufacturing: Using Analytical Procedures in Audit Planning February 18‚ 2011 Laramie Wire Manufacturing‚ a medium sized company‚ is planning an initial public offering of its stock in the next two to three years. Laramie operates in a single 500‚000 square foot building complex. Laramie buys copper rod and plastic materials to produce insulated copper wiring. The building complex is composed of 3% office space‚ 57% production area‚ 15% shipping and receiving area
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