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| sinemaniacs!
for
the final all you need to bring is a good PEN or two,
the
way to study is to layout all the books
DO
NOT MEMORIZE CLASS LECTURES--
NEXT
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Last
three extra-credit chances; ALL extra-credit writing
extraCREDIT
1: You work for the NEW YORK TIMES,
Mayer,
Oliver Assistant Professor School of Theatre | USC
extraCREDIT
2: SinemaniacEURO night; in lieu of a class party
BEWARE...
this cool flick is amazing, but will taste the endurance
Ken
Cinema 4061 Adams Avenue San Diego, CA 92116
extraCREDIT 3 Attend
and review the reading outlined in the following description;
From: estela eaton <estela_drkaplan@yahoo.com...>that’s it; we are almost done! thanx so much for all your cool work, your imagination, enthusiasm and brilliance; if you feel this class was not a total waste of life, don’t hesitate to visit the following portals of anonymous rhetorical love and abuse: GTA MIKE HIGH
GTA/GENERALISIMO/DR
LEON LANZBOM
GTA LEAH SNEIDER
GTA TAWNYA RICHARDS
PROF BILL NERICCIO
and
try to be as honest as you can be;your
yours
bill
nericcio
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| NOTE: The NEWEST, MOST RECENT emails are at the BOTTOM of this page--scroll away! |
| Date:
Wed, 25 Aug 2004 16:30:24 -0700
To:
memo@sdsu.edu
http://eyegiene.sdsu.edu/2004/220/nericcio/ see
you monday
bill dr.
william a. nericcio
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 19:46:48 -070 To: memo@sdsu.edu From: memo@sdsu.edu Reply-To: memo@sdsu.edu Cc: Subject: e220 oh my god, first class and you ALREADY have homework... don't worry--it's painless. go here: http://eyegiene.sdsu.edu/2004/220/nericcio/sinematic1.pdf print
out the pdf and fill it in and
see
you at noon in hardy tower.
dr.
w. a. nericcio
ps: be sure you know YOUR SECTION number--though we meet as a monster introTOlit mob on Mondays and Wednesdays from 12 to 12:50, you ALSO meet with one of the TAs once a week as well. your TAs are the one and only MIKE HIGH, the ludicrously talented Dr. LEON LANZBOM, the inimitable LEAH SNEIDER, and Lit-Loving Tawnya Richards.
dear sinematic body inmate! your website has been updated with cool info about that wacky mind-control film you watched yesterday; please check it out http://literature.sdsu.edu/2004/220/nericcio or, for SOME pc-users http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/english/2004/220/nericcio
as announced in class, we will screen the beginning of SUNSET BOULEVARD tomorrow in class; please START READING Nathanael West's THE DAY OF THE LOCUST this week as we will be talking about it NEXT WEEK. yours
in ink, lit, and film,
Bill
Nericcio
dear sinematic bodies! hoped you grooved to the black and white luxurious rhythms of SUNSET BOULEVARD today...Billy Wilder is a genius! more on him and the movie here: http://imdb.com/title/tt0043014/ and here http://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/books/film/all/facts/03616.htm
on another note; you heard today in class about a book called HOLLYWOOD BABYLON by KENNETH ANGER; it is NOT YET available, but ON ORDER and should appear in the bookstore next week. Wait till next WEDNESDAY b4 harrassing the staff at the campus bookstore! remember! walk into class next Wednesday having FINISHED DAY OF THE LOCUST by Nathanael WEST. DONT use the online study guides on this novel--read the book, and let it TOUCH you! at the very least, you will learn where the name HOMER SIMPSON came from and how Groening's version is nothing near the abyss that West's Simpson is!!!!!
or here http://mfa.sdsu.edu/whackjob/index.html or
here http://literature.sdsu.edu/1/sept11WHACKEROONI.pdfbig
file!!!!!
have
a great weekend!
yours, Bill
HINT:
as you read DAY OF THE LOCUST, keep your eyes on Homer's hands--think
about
the relationship of Homer with his hands and how that relates to his
doings
with the "fairer" sex. ALSO and AT ALL TIMES: keep the image
of Tod
Hackett's painting and the relationship between ART and CINEMA
foregrounded
as you read. If Shelley's OZYMANDIAS was the secret story of a "war"
between
a SCULPTOR and a POET, then LOCUST can be read as a "war" or a
"romance"
between a PAINTER and HOLLYWOOD.
yours Dr.
William A. Nericcio
GREAT QUESTION FROM A STUDENT REGARDING THE SEPT 11 2004 EXTRAVAGANZA IN LA JOLLA... FROM
Kyle
As
open minded as i like to remain politically, this
Also,
what exactly do we do for extra credit? Write a
thanks, Kyle
Date:
Thu, 2 Sep 2004 20:23:49 -0700 (PDT)
to
be honest, i have NOT a clue; but it's in La Jolla; all
me?
i will be reading poetry to the backing of
not totally foul and not totally a waste of time. but
like i sez, you don't HAVE to come!
bill ps:
can i share your question and my answer with the
The
writing assignment for this outing would
Date:Sat,
4 Sep 2004 09:28:19 -0700
good
morning--hope you have a great labor day weekend free of labor and
but
stereotypes are NOT unimportant to an exploration of Hollywood, the
and
ethnicity is not unimportant either: Nathanael West was born Nathan
enough.
enjoy
the book....
the
web page update is IMPORTANT--many additions and some deletions,
LAST THING--your class webpage is NOT on blackboard. it is here: http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/english/2004/220/nericcio or, for short http://literature.sdsu.edu/2004/220/nericcio
over
and out!
Dr.
William A. Nericcio
ps:
try to drop in for office hours next week and let me know how you
cool email from a student in the class reacting to WEST: From:
"Jeremy Glick" <jeremy_glick@hotmail.com>
Professor Nericcio, I just finished chapter 15 in Day of Locust and I'm taking a few moments to pause and reflect. I don't think Faye's father is a loser... but I'm not sure how to defend him either. As far as Faye herself, while it seems there is still much about her character to be revealed in the final chapters of the book (or so I hope), I've come to the conclusion that she is living in a fantasy world... It seems her fantasy goes far beyond the deck of cards she keeps in her brain, however. Faye is able to access those cards and "dream a little dream", but I believe she has taken it to another level in her dealings with the other characters in the book. The men she surrounds herself with each have characteristics one would find in any Hollywood movie - or in any woman's fantasy. Earle is the rugged, good looking cowboy who can start a fire and hunt for a meal. Miguel is the tequilla drinking party man who is there to dance with Faye! when she feels like shaking loose. Homer, who clearly has his own issues, is at least in the money and can afford to feed Faye and take her to the movies. Tod is her devoted source of emotional support and intellectual stimulation. She uses all of these men to further her fantasy - she seems to have so much POWER over them that she is able to take what she wants from each whenever she needs to, and knows how to duck out before getting sticky with any of them. Her behavior has allowed her to experience what might be described as the perfect man... but that is where it becomes fantasy, because she has had to drag four men in her tracks to find it/him. This is a long email and an incomplete thought, but it occurred to me as I was reading, so I thought I'd share. Thanks
for your time, Jeremy Glick
end of the second week catchup memo... your
webpage has been updated
a reminder that the extra-credit project, whackjob sept 11 memorial reading, will be held at the GALOKA.com restaurant this SATURDAY from 6 to 9ish--this EXTRA-CREDIT is TOTALLY voluntary NOT Mandatory. How extra-credit works in this class--IF YOU TOTALLY bomb a quiz or have ONE more absence than the THREE allowed, an EXTRA-CREDIT outing with its attached writing assignment is a good way to show you are not a sorry slacker. While NOT mandatory, it does show me and your GTAs, that you are a prime-time, would-be literary star! directions: FROM
THE SOUTH:
more
info? http://www.galoka.com/events.html
the performance will be in two parts with an intermission; dr. lanzbom and guillermo nericcio garcia (my stagename, NOT my illigitimate brother), aka, yours truly, will be performing just before the first break. the event is FREE, but the artists are asking for a 5buck donation--try to be generous as artists are poor and talented, and, POOR. so be sweet, even if you think some of the a> Transfer interrupted!t literature, for every bill shakespeare, there are a thousand myron shakespeares; you gotta take the mud with the gold. another thing about literature: it's social; the literary scene (talking, schmoozing, drinking, gossiping, etc. are all very much part of the action) is a an outdoor sport and much of what we call the literary arts takes place over cigarettes, coffee, and wine. the extra-credit assignment is simple--go to the event and keep a diary or journal of the evening's happenings, taking notes about the works, performers and crowd you encounter at GALOKA. then write an "alien from another planet invades a literary scene" exposé essay noting details from your experience there. you can be as witty, cruel, generous, critical, catty, as you wish, but do submit your piece to me a TYPED (no more than two pages, unless you also want to submit photos/illustrations in which case go for it page-wise), double spaced, piece of writing that will knock your reader's socks off--DUE next FRIDAY, September 17, under the door of my office, AH 4117. You might want to read the Spiegelman book before you go to GALOKA, just to remind yourself of the whole Sept 11 event and its aftermath. while the readings there Saturday night may be critical of the present presidential administration, and while you no doubt will encounter statements and readings that annoy or offend your sensibilities, do try to be adult and intellectual (!), and keep your mind open to any and all things.updated
bigroom class calendar
sept
13 monday
sept
15 wednesday
september
20 monday
september
22 wednesday
Due
September 20, 2004, MONDAY, at the beginning of class. The
specifics?
TYPED! TWO-PAGES TOPS! NO COVER PAGE or FOLDER, a STAPLE is
fine.
YOU MUST PUT YOUR GTAs NAME on the TOP OF THE ESSAY ABOVE your name.
You
should have an EYE-GRABBING TITLE. WRITE as if your LIFE depended on
it.
DO NOT try to guess what we want; merely douse us with the exhilirating
force that is YOUR imagination. What will you
write? Fill in
the blanks and complete the following paragraph. TWO pages tops! Can't
write that LITTLE? then EDIT EDIT EDIT
It
does not take a great stretch of the imagination to argue that
Nathanael
West and Billy Wilder share some significant and significantly twisted
interests. For instance, West's Day of the Locust (1939)
spends much
of its time focusing on ______________________________________
Having
focused on one of the places where the novelistic vision of West and
the
cinematic eye of Wilder overlap, let us conclude by identifying one of
the places they conflict. Where Nathanael West's satiric
fiction
illustrates _________________________________
yours
Bill
Nericcio
Date:
Tue, 14 Sep 2004 23:37:50 -0700
dear resident sinemaniac, just a quick e-note to apprise you of a major website attack; massive upgrades and updates... http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/english/2004/220/nericcio/ ...and some terribly vain snapshots!!!!! yours
in lit,
Dr.
Bill Nericcio
hey there sinemaniacs, i got the word today from the suits in administration and it is official-- I have been picked to direct the SDSU in LONDON Summer 2005 semester. If you have ever wanted to study abroad, take this chance to come 'over the drink' (as they say in the UK) with a wild, and wildly gifted group of students. more info and a infoSIGNup link here: http://literature.sdsu.edu/englmain.html
if
you know someone who might benefit from the British adventure, do
please
pass this note along.
cheers
and hoping you
Dr.Bill
Nericcio
ps: the program is open to all majors; WILL fulfill GE needs; will offer swank internships across London, and, is even open to GRADUATE STUDENTS. pps: your website has been updated; numerous students have asked me if the micro-essay assignment is "for real" and do "I really expect you to copy MY prompt, only filling in the blanks" and then cutting loose with your own argument? YES--do what you are asked to do in the assignment; CAN you adapt the phrasing? ONLY if you replace it with something better. We can't wait to see your written explosions. Do feel free to illustrate your assignment with movie stills, author pictures and anything else you zap off the net--these illustrations will NOT count towards your two pages.
Date:
To:
From:
CC: Subject:
just
testing a new 250 student group list for the sinematic bodies
bill ps:
ok, don't ignore this part...good luck with your cool paper!
we
peace,
ink, lit and sinema!
bill
nericcio
remember!
there is a link here to add your name to the waiting list for
http://literature.sdsu.edu/englmain.html scroll
down a little and look for the bobby (london cop) and the
three
Date:
Mon, 20 Sep 2004 13:56:11 -0700
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Dear class, because
I work in the field of literature and film, i get some freebies from
time
to time I like to pass along. below is a guestpass to a free
screening
of a new movie in la jolla. follow the instructions in the
email
that here follows and you and a friend can see a cool, new movie for
free
in la jolla. have a great week and please come to class ready
to
work on wednesday--if you MUST read a newspaper in class, let it be the
NEW YORK TIMES or Le Monde.
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note: Print this invitation and present it to the screening representative at the theatre entrance. When: This Tuesday, September 21 Time: 7:00 PM Where: Landmarks La Jolla Village?(8879 Villa La Jolla Dr.) THE
MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
Please
feel free to share this exciting opportunity with a friend!
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619-230-1938 ext. 101, FAX: 619-230-1937, ethan@mediaartscenter.org,
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Date:
Tue, 21 Sep 2004 13:02:40 -0700
--THIS
IS FOR EXTRA-CREDIT
Below is an email invitation I received to a screening of a new film by a local producer at the tres swank MUSEUM of PHOTOGRAPHIC ART in Balboa Park THURS NITE. Info on the MUSEUM is here: MOPA
-------------- What's the extra-credit prompt? Well, as I told you in class last MONDAY, the sinematic/cinematic body named SCENE FROM THE MOVIE GIANT is a literary work, a series of poems, inspired by an encounter with a movie--A poet literally goes mad/goes artistic as a result of a run-in with a Rock Hudson/Elizabeth Taylor extravaganza entitled GIANT (it stars James Dean as well!). In
any event, our screening of the TACO SHOP POET film here at MOPA can be
read as a cinematic narcotic antidote to the processes that brought
about
GIANT/SCENE FROM THE MOVIE GIANT. Your extra-credit
assignment--to
be completed and turned in typed, double-spaced, and spicy title, on
Wednesday,
Sept 29, 2004 IN CLASS--would be to find a way to compare Villanueva's
book of poems to the work you see on the screen at MOPA.
To:
"Nericcio" <memo@sdsu.edu>
VOZ
ALTA
http://vozalta.org ++++++++++
Produced and Directed by Paul Espinosa
Museum of Photographic Arts
Special Guests include Featured Artists:
Q & A with Artists and Producer after Screening Screening features three segments:
In San Diego, Producer/Director Paul Espinosa captures the Taco Shop
Poets
as they take their art to the people. In San Antonio, Producer/Director
Hector Galan explores the world of Chicano theatre profiling Carpa
Garcia.
Visiones: Latino Art and Culture is a landmark PBS television series that features the rich cultural and artistic expressions of Latinos in the United States
In San Diego, Visiones begins airing on KPBS:
Visiones show featuring The Taco Shop Poets airs on KPBS:
Voz
Alta is an all ages venue, seating is limited so please arrive early.
If
you have any special needs during an event please contact Voz Alta at
619/230-1869.
see
you in class tomorrow as we say goodbye for the moment to
ANGER/BERGER/WEST/y
WILDER
yours in LIT dr.
william a. nericcio
Date:
Thu, 30 Sep 2004 13:49:57 -0700
just a few quick notes: --our attendance policy is FOR REAL. if you intend to miss more than three classes, then prepare for your grade to plummet in catastrophic ways. --don't come to class without doing the readings (good news? no reading this coming week! want to get ahead? read the SILLS picture book. really want to get ahead? read ALDOUS HUXLEY's __Brave New World__? really really want to get ahead? relax!). --if you need to sleep or read newspapers in Hardy Tower 140, do it at night. --i had an amazing class that did some amazing projects this past summer; check out their work here: http://literature.sdsu.edu/2004/summer/tattoo/psyche.html (the tattoo gallery is where the student work hangs out!) let the risks these students took inspire your work to new heights this semester. --don't
be shy about signing up for the summer 2005 London adventure.
signing
up for this list (send me an email to memo@sdsu.edu with "LONDON 2005"
in the subject line) does NOT commit you to go at all. more
info
here:
--last and not least? what an amazing and brave performance by the talented souls who wowed us with their renditions of TEENOH VEEYAHNOOEHVAH's (phonetic rendering of Tino Villanueva) SCENE opus. There will be more chances for this later in the year when we welcome OLIVER MAYER from LA and read his plays and, maybe, act out scenes from his work. Mayer's work will be sold IN CLASS and is not available online or in the bookstore. --Lanzbom's writing crib website has been updated; visit it online in theLOBBY. --know of some cool/free/cheap/swank film or lit event going on in SD or in SoCal; drop me an email so I can add it to our class website... thanx
for your work
adios,
Dr.
William A. Nericcio
Date:
Thu, 30 Sep 2004 14:10:38 -0700
it's
cool. it's free. it's literary!!!!
feel
free to pass this note around to friends who need help with their
writing
and enemies who you know loathe literature!
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 08:54:11 -0700 To: memo@sdsu.edu From: memo@sdsu.edu a couple of really cool students from your class sent me an email urging me to add an independent film to the class website and maybe to show it to the class--it is a decidedly AMERICAN twist on the CSODA POK critique of our CULTUREINDUSTRY. i am blown away when students take it upon themselves to ADD to the quality of our crazy show/class/circus, so I went ahead and did it. be forewarned that the film openly critiques the present presidential administration so if the cheney/bush ticket makes you politically erect, do give that section of theLOBBY a miss. http://eyegiene.sdsu.edu/2004/220/nericcio/theLOBBY.html
Bill
Nericcio
ps:
i am in from 10 to 12 this morning for extra office hours if you want
to
drop by and introduce yourself, gripe, whine, or tout the genius of my
GTAs. I am in AH 4117.
Date:
Fri, 1 Oct 2004 19:55:02 -0700
just a note about updates to your sinematicbodies homepage and your emailpage--seems like one of your gifted colleagues is a bona fide film dude and that, get this, they are making a movie on campus and NEED EXTRAS! holy Faye Greener Batman! What an opportunity. in any event, the details are at the bottom of the email page. i make NO PROMISES regarding extra-credit, nor do I know whether the student directors are more Fellini/Scorcese or Larry Flynt/Hugh Hefner, so do please commit yourself to them with enthusiasm AND caution! seriously, being an extra is good way to get a sense of all the FAKERY that goes into making the "reality" of film, so this is a good add-on component for the class. if the experience changes your life forever and you feel compelled to document your experience in prose and image (can you say camera?), i am open to you pitching a special extra-credit project to mein office hours next week! have a great weekend! yours,
Dr. Bill Nericcio................ main webpage:
http://literature.sdsu.edu/2004/220/nericcio
and emailpage:
http://eyegiene.sdsu.edu/2004/220/nericcio/emails.html..........
out!
Fri, 1 Oct 2004 18:29:25 -0700 (PDT)
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 21:32:57 -0700 To: memo@sdsu.edu From: memo@sdsu.edu it
is, at first glance, an odd flick; but let
hope
to god you are still enjoying the class; you
yours in ink, lit, light, and cinema, billl
nericcio
Date:
Wed, 6 Oct 2004 15:24:41 -0700
class your webpage has been updated with your important semester writing assignment. be sure to read the email page to see if you've missed any important announcements like the filmshoot you can be a part of this weekend! most of the updates and the writing assignment are in theLOBBY of our site; note the links to mla-info and a mla/apa citation wizard courtesy of a bibliographically-lovin' colleague of yours who wishes to remain un-named! cheers!
Bill
Date:
Thu, 7 Oct 2004 09:50:09 -0700
Kevin Joelson, one of your class colleagues, is a film major making a film this weekend; he is looking for volunteers who want to come out on Sunday and shoot a crowd scene; he also has other scenes and parts where sinematicbodies classmembers could figure. all the details are included in the email exchange pasted below; have a great weekend, and, if you want to actually get ahead, start reading BRAVE NEW WORLD. bill
nericcio
-----------pasted email----------
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 10:25:44 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: rs1.sdsu.edu: bbuser set sender to memo@sdsu.edu using -f To: memo@sdsu.edu From: memo@sdsu.edu Subject: very cool event! FYI | not a class requirement a colleague of mine in women's studies passed this to me to pass to my students; seems like a cool gig/event AND you just might score a great job or contact out of it... here's the email and flyer Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 07:44:52 -0700
Date:
Mon, 11 Oct 2004 16:06:32 -0700
--ALL films we will show for this class are on reserve in the media center at love library. dear Antonioni fans! --if you left the room today annoyed and confused, no worries! you are supposed to feel that way, Antonioni wanted you to feel that way. he wants nothing more and nothing less than the whole premise of realtity to explode in the face of THOMAS, the photographer, and YOU, the viewer. on another note, now you know where mike myers from austin powers got all his groovy ideas from. FYI: this was the FIRST major film in Europe and the US to show full frontal nudity, orgies, pot parties etc. (holy bongwater batman!). --your BIG essay assignment is ON the web at your website in theLOBBY http://eyegiene.sdsu.edu/2004/220/nericcio/theLOBBY.html --don't come to class without having read ALL of the SILLS photobook ( In Real Life: Six Women Photographers by Leslie Sills); the trick or the game is to see which of the women photographers in this collection are LIKE Thomas from Blow-Up and which are his opposite. Is the act of PHOTOGRAPHY necessarily destructive and selfish, or is there another WAY OF SEEING photography. of particular interest for WEDNESDAY's class? Carrie Mae Weems and Cindy Sherman. this photobook was written for 9th and 10th graders so please no bellyaching about the reading; however, it is your INTERPRETATIONS of the images that will be of more interest on WEDNESDAY. have
a great day and see you soon,
yours
Dr.
William A. Nericcio
Date:
Tue, 12 Oct 2004 09:54:23 -0700
owing to a meeting today at 2pm, I won't be able to keep my regular TUESDAY afternoon office hours. i will be in though from 12 to 2 today and from 10 to 11:30 tomorrow, Wednesday, before class in AH 4117 if you want to see me and kvetch about Antonioni's films, moan about how abstract all this image criticism is, or chastize me for my literary views--you are also free to sing the praises of the writing assignment, but I won't hold my breath waiting for that.... cheers!
Bill
aka memo@sdsu.edu
William
A. Nericcio
Office
Hours Fall 2004
links:
http://literature.sdsu.edu/textmex
Date:
Tue, 12 Oct 2004 10:36:12 -0700
whether or not you agree with his views, you have to admit, especially given the focus of this class, that Michael Moore's rather large body, is a perfect example of the sinematic body theory at work in our culture at large. recall that our literary adventure this semester is founded on the view that hollywood's influence (or influenza) impacts upon all the institutions and phenomena that make up what we call culture--in short, the culture industry is contaminated by film and that INCLUDES the world of literature. in any event Michael Moore's visit to SD County for tonight is SOLDOUT at the Del Mar fairgrounds... see the story here: http://www.csusm.edu/asi/ and here http://michaelmoore.com/
do please note, the question here is NOT whether or not you agree or disagree with Moore's views! the focus is on understanding our gifted lefty Moby Dick, as an example par excellence of the sinematic body at work in contemporary american culture... see
you tomorrow--bring your photobook by SILLS (last warning).
Bill
Date:
Tue, 12 Oct 2004 16:56:05 -0700
read this for pleasure! http://eyegiene.sdsu.edu/2004/220/nericcio/sontag/sontag.html a
fragment on photography by susan sontag....
bill
nericcio
ps: a link to it is now there in your updated theLOBBY http://eyegiene.sdsu.edu/2004/220/nericcio/theLOBBY.html
Date:
Wed, 13 Oct 2004 15:50:45 -0700
dear female sinematic bodies, with apologies to male sinematic bodies that lack the proper equipment! i
received this email today; i am NOT SURE it is utterly legitimate, but
I would not want to NOT forward it to you only owing to my utter
paranoia
with regard to email offers. in any event, here it is; at
worst it
saves you 18 bucks; at worst you get to be a living and breathing (and
rich!) component of corporate america.
yours,
oddly, drenched in capitalism,
bill
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Date:
Tue, 12 Oct 2004 13:40:06 -0700
this
forwarded message is NOT required
a
former student of mine is becoming
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Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 15:50:45 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: rs6.sdsu.edu: bbuser set sender to memo@sdsu.edu using -f To: memo@sdsu.edu From: memo@sdsu.edu Reply-To: memo@sdsu.edu Cc: Subject: corporate america seeking out talented young women, X-MailScanner-Information: http://mail.sdsu.edu X-TNS-MailScanner: Found to be clean (mailgw1) X-MailScanner-SpamCheck: dear female sinematic bodies, with apologies to male sinematic bodies that lack the proper equipment! i
received this email today; i am NOT SURE it is utterly legitimate, but
I would not want to NOT forward it to you only owing to my utter
paranoia
with regard to email offers. in any event, here it is; at
worst it
saves you 18 bucks; at worst you get to be a living and breathing (and
rich!) component of corporate america.
yours,
oddly, drenched in capitalism,
bill
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 10:33:57 -0700 To: memo@sdsu.edu From: memo@sdsu.edu Reply-To: memo@sdsu.ed Subject: have a great weekend! sinematicbodies! 1. thanks for a great week of classes. 2. for those of you starting to think about your paper, I am going to post this afternoon in theLOBBY, a copy of the grade sheet the GTAs and myself use to grade your papers. Listed on it are all the COMMON GLITCHES found in literary/arts essays. better you should know what to avoid BEFORE you turn in your masterpiece. 3. I have already started to receive, as have the GTAs, proposals for independent projects; do make sure you author a proper detailed proposal before you submit them to us; the ones we have seen so far are amazing! 4. ten of you have already signed up to run across campus like the crazy mimes in Antonioni's BLOW-UP; email me with the word MIME in the subject area if you want to join this elite corps of artsy anarchists. 5.
I received this message today--if you are not too busy tomorrow, try to
volunteer if you have the urge:
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 10:29:54 -0700 6.
Come to class having read HUXLEY! the first 99pages!
ciao!
William
A. Nericcio
Office
Hours Fall 2004
links:
http://literature.sdsu.edu/textmex
Date:
Fri, 15 Oct 2004 13:37:01 -0700
Sinematicistas! MOST pages have been updated at your class website; but BE very careful about reading the MENU page--pretty much ALL filled in for the balance of the semester, save for the OLIVER MAYER playwright visit which still has to be nailed down! THERE are two new REQUIRED TEXTS for the semester: the MAYER PLAY reading packet ($6bucks); AND, new, the BENNIE HERRON/KEV SHORT spoken word/music CD ($5); these will be distributed and sold in the breakout sections. Details to follow soon! go here for key updates! http://eyegiene.sdsu.edu/2004/220/nericcio/menu.html
or here for the main page! http://literature.sdsu.edu/2004/220/nericcio
thanx!
Bill ps: various spies have informed me that Leon Lanzbom, my faithful minion/GTA, has been slandering our class website, suggesting that your professor is the "A.D.D. webmaster." He will be publicly flogged in class next MONDAY--bring your cameras! yours, professor tyrantnericcio. pps: there are NOW 13 mimes and couting!
hey sinegang, I had a mistake on the day to day menu calendar and have fixed it; go here for details: http://eyegiene.sdsu.edu/2004/220/nericcio/menu.html or go to the bottom of this message for a plaintext, no-images version of the menu for the rest of the semester! ---------------
COURSE
MENU FOR THE BIGROOM SESSIONS IN HARDY TOWER
NOVEMBER 1, Monday Peeping TOM by Michael Powell is screened in the BIG HOUSE, Hardy Tower 140; brace for the sinematic centerpiece of our class project! NOVEMBER 3. WEDNESDAY Peeping TOM continues! Memorable
Quotes from Peeping Tom (1960)
Vivian
: What would frighten me to death? Set the mood for me,
Mark.
Mr.
Peters : Got a question for you. Which magazine sells the most
copies?
Mrs.
Stephens : Instinct's a wonderful thing, isn't it, Mark? A pity it
can't
be photographed. If I'd listened to it years ago, I - I might have kept
my sight. I wouldn't have let a man operate I had no faith
in.
HEAVY READING ALERT!!! NOVEMBER
8, Monday
NOVEMBER
10, WEDNESDAY
NOVEMBER
15, Monday
NOVEMBER
17, Wednesday
NEW ESSAY DUE DATE NOVEMBER
19, FRIDAY | ESSAY DUE @ NOON
Monday November 22, 2004 Thanksgiving WEEK-- no class for SINEMATIC BODIES, E220. Wednesday November 24, 2004 Enjoy your holiday--peace to you and your various beloveds! Monday, November 29, 2004 Spoken Word/Jazz/Gospel; walk into the room having carefully "read" and having carefully listened to the SPOKEN WORD CD Wednesday, December 1, 2004 TBA ENTER THE class having read the entire SPIEGELMAN book. Monday, December 6 , 2004 OLIVER MAYer is in the HOUSE! Wednesday December 8, 2004 Final
exam today in class--the exam is comprehensive and CLOSED BOOK, so
bring
a pen and nothing else.
William
A. Nericcio
Date:
Tue, 19 Oct 2004 10:42:40 -0700
sineholics! starving for satiric relief as you make your way through huxley's scathing vision, sinematic seer that he is, of our very near future? for an example of a sinematic sensibility--that is, a simultaneous command and understanding both of the power of visual conventions (TV, Film etc), and the capability to expose its limitations, screen the following television excerpts here: http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2652831 right-leaning ditto-heads may find the exchange painful, but it is useful to watch these sequences to understand the power of contemporary satire, regardless of your political affiliation; and, just between you and me, to see Jon Stewart rip UNCTUOUS Tucker Carlson's bow-tie AND call him a D*** on national television (CNN) is a sterling moment in the history of our commercial media. bill
nericcio
Date:
Tue, 19 Oct 2004 15:52:07 -0700
can
you say 'theatre'
go here for more info: http://eyegiene.sdsu.edu/2004/220/nericcio/theLOBBY.html
bill
"frenchie" nericcio
ps:
have a great rainy tuesday!
Date:
Tue, 26 Oct 2004 14:16:09 -0700
sinemaniacs! I
received this email and thought I would
yours for Amnesty International bill
nericcio
Date:
Tue, 26 Oct 2004 14:06:46 -0700 (PDT)
S.E.A.C is the Student Environmental Action Coalition; Amnesty International is the international human rights activist group--both are recognized SDSU groups. We welcome everyone to join us at our bi-weekly scheduled meetings. The next meeting is Thursday, October 28th at 4pm in Montezuma Hall. We would appreciate if you pass this information on to anyone that might be interested. Contact Kris if you have any questions or comments. Thank You. Kris
Cherevas
Date:
Tue, 26 Oct 2004 15:54:52 -0700
We have updated your list of prompts for the BIGSCARYESSAY assignment; it is available below in plain-text or in theLOBBY http://eyegiene.sdsu.edu/2004/220/nericcio/theLOBBY.html or here directly: http://eyegiene.sdsu.edu/2004/220/nericcio/essay.html Best of luck and MAKE SURE you pick something you WANT to write about. if you can't please yourself, you can't please another reader! yours, bill
plain-text
version of OLD and NEW prompts
UPDATED
with GTA questions October 26, 2004
We begin with a snapshot of an intellectual theft: the particulars of this sinematic writing prompt borrow ideas from the intellectual imagination of Gore Vidal (and one can easily pilfer ideas from shoddier sources). Vidal, in one of his countless essays, looks into the murky past of that scary word (for students) „essay‰ and finds another word not usually associated with the term. That word is "attempt." Where all too often one imagines an essay as a finished product, Vidal argues that the emphasis for a writer in confronting the challenge of the essay should be less product and more process, less clear conclusions, than messy, delicious and invigorating questions. You see, most people think of an essay as a finished product--a dull, lifeless, inert textual body with a static introduction, an "A-B-C" body, and a clear, let's-tie-up-all-the-pieces conclusion. You will not write this kind of essay for our Sinematic Bodies class. That's right, I am asking with no little nostalgia to return to the origins of the essay. Your only task is to make a sincere attempt to produce a set of ordered reflections, a group of carefully arranged tasty words which respond in some way to the novels, films, short critical treatments and lectures you have worked through and will continue to work through in the coming weeks. Are you writing for Bill Nericcio and his cohort of talented literatiGTAs? In a way, of course you are. But in order to do well on this assignment, you must forget about your peculiar, if affable, intellectual guides. The only people who really count are the readers you write for: the audience for your paper--in short, YOUR READER. Who is she? What is he like? Well, regardless of his or her various genitalic configuration, he and she are a lot like you. When it comes to reading, they are impatient and easily bored. They like specific details; they love direct, succinct quotes woven carefully into the fabric of an essay. If you are going to write about an image, they want to see a reproduction of that image. They hate misspellings and passive verbs. They like tangy language which is fresh and not filled with stupid, tired phrases. Like you, they resent having their time wasted. Regardless
of which prompt grabs your eye, there is a Research component to this
exercise--you
should consult, cite and interweave material from at least two (2)
outside
published scholarly sources that relate explicitly to the particular
thesis
your essay unfolds-- acceptable research materials include: scholarly
books
and essays in academic journals--cite these sources using the MLA
Bibliography
stylesheet. Please DO NOT merely quote from a local newspaper or
unedited
online Œzine you find through GOOGLE on the Internet. (NOTE:
I WOULD PREFER
YOU NOT USE ONLINE RESEARCH RESOURCES NOR ENCYCLOPEDIAS; I ACTUALLY
WANT
YOU TO CAREFULLY AND WITH PLEASURE USE THE LIBRARY˜walk
through the corridors
of books and get lost even!). Some good starting places for published
scholarly
approaches to the materials in this class are the Modern Language
Association
Bibliography and the ProQuest Research Library, available online
through
Love Library: http://infodome.sdsu.edu/research/databases
Please throw yourself into the pleasure of writing this paper! Take chances and don't hold back--the best A+ essays will probably be efforts where the student, that's right YOU, adapts, warps, refracts, and/or re-imagines the questions provided. You should use no less than 5 and no more than 8 pages (double-spaced typed, carefully proofread, with a dynamic, suggestive title) to complete your task. No cover sheet or folder-cover is necessary and late papers will NOT be accepted. The completed essay is due November 19th @12noon in the special box in front of my office, AH4117--no late papers accepted; no emailed papers accepted. Here
are your prompts--you are welcome to adapt them as you see fit,
especially
if it means you producing a work of art that will blow your reader out
of the water with excitement, enthusiasm, and ecstacy.
NEW
PROMPTS
Smoke a Doobie for the State: American politicians rant and rave about those bbbbbaaaadddd drugs, yet allow American popular culture to portray Alcohol- and Marijuana=use as attractive and fashionable (see any rap song as an example). Anaylze Brave New World, Hollywood Babylon, and one other work to complicate the state-sponsored drug message. See if these works can elucidate American culture's love/hate relationship with drugs, and the master/slave relationship drug use allows. Hegemony
and Memory: Smash Brave New World, Ways of Seeing, and one other work
together
to investigate coercion through non-violent means. How does
controlling
the information about the past pacify and enslave citizens?
What do the
authors we have read this semester have to say about information
control?
Constructed
in High Heels: In the third essay in Ways of Seeing, Berger
says that
women, unlike men, construct themselves as both subject and
object. Use
this theory to analyze two female characters in the works we've read
this
semester and see if the author's portrayal of their female characters
correlates
to Berger's theory.
Which society do you believe offers a better way of living, The World State or the Savage Reservation? Discuss the values you see in both, keep in mind corruption, immorality, religion, decay etc. Bring in CSODA POK and/or other short works in theLOBBY to further elaborate your study. Using "hegemony," the predominant influence, of a state, region, or group, over another, as your point of focus, how is director Michelangelo Antonioni's view of the world, which we can't see but is there, not all that different from Aldous Huxley's view of the world in Brave New World. Women as "Other" | Explore how women are portrayed as objects of sex and beauty and thus objectified and made into the exotic "other" in Blow-up (or Peeping Tom), Brave New World, and Day of the Locust. How do these authors/directors attempt to make or break this stereotype or vision of women as "other"? Crossing
Borders/ Transformations | Several of our texts deal with characters
who
cross social, intellectual, or personal borders or transform themselves
and their ways of seeing or representing what they see in a new or
different
way. Explore the different types of borders/transformations
and the causes
and effects of crossing/transforming choosing 3 from the following
texts:
Brave New World, Blow-up, Day of the Locust, Six Women Photographers,
or
Scene from the Movie Giant.
ROLL
YOUR OWN ESSAY
SINNING
PSYCHES
MAD
MEN and a WOMAN
SEXY
BEASTS
MOVIE
MONSTERS
SADISM,
MASOCHISM AND SADO-MASOCHISM
ART
AND THE SELF
Date:
Sat, 30 Oct 2004 09:04:21 -0700
Date:
Sat, 30 Oct 2004 09:04:21 -0700
Dear Class, I am receiving TOO many emails, filled with panic and angst, over the "MIDTERM" we had on MONDAY, October 25, 2004. It was NOT a MIDTERM! IT was a QUIZ, and a way for us to let you know what the final will FEEL like--a gift, of sorts. Your performance on this quiz is part of this section of your total grade and I WILL QUOTE DIRECTLY from your ONLINE SYLLABUS: "33% of your grade will be based on quizzes, in-class writing, attendance, and class discussion/participation." IN case you HAVE NOT READ your syllabus; your grading policy is as follows: "Requirements: 33% of your grade will be based on one 5 to 8 page essay; 33% of your grade will be based on your final exam score; 1% of your grade will be based on your drive, ganas, chutzpah etc.; and 33% of your grade will be based on quizzes, in-class writing, attendance, and class discussion/participation." I have enough experience to know and I have talked to my GTAs so I KNOW FOR SURE, that the reason said panic is flowering, is that many of you BOMBED the Monday quiz. Happily, there is a solution to these kinds of problems. Do the reading. Next week we are doing a film--NO READINGS in class. Do yourself a favor for the final and catch up on your reading of BRAVE NEW WORLD and get ahead on your reading of LOVING PEDRO INFANTE. ALSO, do yourself a favor: when you walk into class on Monday, November 8, 2004, do so having ALREADY read up to the top of page 121 of Denise Chavez's novel LOVING PEDRO INFANTE. and don't come to class without your book. have
a spooky Halloween! and thanks, again, for all your hard work...
bill
nericcio
Date:
Mon, 1 Nov 2004 11:01:07 -0800
Dear class, I made a mistake that has been brought to my attention by Sinematicbody/YOURclassmate Nicole Watson; as a result, you have MORE TIME to finish your essays. Go here for more details! http://eyegiene.sdsu.edu/2004/220/nericcio/menu.html Bill
Date:
Mon, 1 Nov 2004 14:49:34 -0800
first, i am receiving email complaining about the phone number listed for the play 2nite @ the Experimental Theatre on campus. I think your best bet would be to show up at the box office before the show to get your ticket. remember, they are charging 12 bucks, or so I was told and SINEMATICbodies students get a discount so that your fee is $9. i have a FREE NEW extra-credit opportunity. Attend the FREE event noted below; write a TWO-PAGE event review. Your review MUST use an online essay by ONE of these writers as a guide to tasty writing--be sure to staple your MENTORessay to your review of the poetry event!!!!! these are the writers you can look up on the web and emulate JOHN
LEONARD
You
won't find these wordsmiths reviewing poetry events, but you will get a
better sense of how a good writer reaches out and grabs a would-be
reader.
This extra-credit assignment is DUE the same day and time as your
bigSCARY
essay--12noon November 19, 2004.
good luck, Bill
Chicano
Perk
Date:
Mon, 1 Nov 2004 11:26:09 -0800
NOVEMBER 1, Monday
Peeping TOM by Michael Powell is screened in the BIG HOUSE, Hardy Tower
140; brace for the sinematic
NOVEMBER 3. WEDNESDAY
Peeping TOM continues!
HEAVY READING ALERT!!! NOVEMBER 8, Monday
Read to the top of page 121 in DENISE CHAVEZ's LOVING PEDRO INFANTE
(first
page opposite); during
NOVEMBER 10, WEDNESDAY CHAVEZ readings continue to around p.200.
NOVEMBER 15, Monday
NOVEMBER 17, Wednesday
NEW ESSAY DUE DATE
Monday November 22, 2004 Thanksgiving WEEK-- no class for SINEMATIC BODIES, E220. Wednesday November 24, 2004 Enjoy your holiday--peace to you and your various beloveds! Monday, November 29, 2004
Spoken Word/Jazz/Gospel; walk into the room having carefully "read" and
having carefully listened to the
Wednesday, December 1, 2004 ENTER THE class having read the entire SPIEGELMAN book. Monday, December 6 , 2004 OLIVER MAYer is in the HOUSE! Wednesday December 8, 2004 Final exam today in class--the exam is comprehensive and CLOSED BOOK, so bring a pen and nothing else.
just a tip
about a link to a good article to read AFTER (preferably) or before, if
you must, read ART SPIEGELMAN's IN THE SHADOW OF NO TOWERS for our Dec.
1, 2004 session in Hardy Tower...
http://64.23.98.142/indy/autumn_2004/spiegelman_ephemera/index.html
have a great
election day and be sure to vote!
Bill Nericcio
just some reminders,
ideas, etc...
1. Re: in-class QUIZ WEDNESDAY: please don't come to class without doing the readings--the quiz will be comprehensive and you can't always expect an extra-credit assignment will pop up to make up for the basic work YOU NEED TO DO as a consequence of you being a UNIVERSITY student in this seminar. you've been warned! 2. hope you enjoyed today's lecture--bridging michael powell and denise chavez was NOT easy; hope todays thoughts about powell and chavez's shared curiosity about people TOUCHED (too much) by FILM provided an IN. 3. DON"T FORGET to bring your $5 bucks in an envelope with YOUR NAME and your TAs name to class Wednesday to pay for your November 29, 2004 Bennie Herron "reading"/ CD. The payment covers the CD, the booklet AND an honorarium for the live, in-class performance, so do PLEASE bring it with you to class. 4. are you a registered MIME? we will be running amuck on campus on December 1, 2004 just before class... be ready; more details going out to mimes soon! 5. TENTATIVE: we will have an informal reception for bennie herron and the accompanying musicians troupe, kev short et al, right after class on november 29th, 2004 at:
Ponce's Mexican Restaurant
6. We are almost
done; write like the genius you are!
yours,
bill
1. do the reading. a stoopid quiz will open class tomorrow. how to prepare? do the reading. 2. bring your 5buck payment for the bennie herron "reading" CD in an envelope with your TA and your name on the outside. 3.the first cut on the cd includes an invocation of judeo-christian metaphorics--I queried the producers about this choice and was told that this reflected a spiritual attempt to do battle with the sinematic thrust of the works read this far this semester; what do you think? 4.you are the best lit class I have had at state in four years; chew on that one! 5.work hard. 6. out
bill aka professor william
a. nericcio
Date: Wed,
10 Nov 2004 15:41:41 -0800
just a quick note to former students that I am teaching two highly experimental and FUN! spring 2005 classes; if you are looking for a class that won't waste your time, please consider the following treats! what the catalogue
says
what you will really get! a course entitled either: a. Sigmund Freud's Sexy Beasts: A Psychoanalytical Zoo of Literature, Film and Photography or b. Freud's
Bastard Children: A Review of Psychoanalytic Film, Literature, and Art
i can't decide
what to call it....
I am also teaching: Comparative
Literature 210: An Introduction to Comparative Literature
this is a cool
once a week class that I direct that brings a differenct professor to
lecture
each session--a very painless way to meet and experience 14
professors
and 14 cool short works of world lit.
pass this on
to cool students that you know; my BEST students come from word of
mouth
and I would appreciate an assist!
have a great
thanksgiving!
bill nericcio
Dr. William
Anthony Nericcio
Date: Thu,
11 Nov 2004 14:43:27 -0800
dear sinematic bodies, if you have a breakout session tomorrow with mike high or leon lanzbom, and you have yet to fork over the 5buck fee/honoraria for the Herron/Short music/poetry extravaganzaTEXT, do please remember to wrap said monetary offering in an envelope or elaborately wrapped paper with YOUR NAME and YOUR GTA's name and bring it with you to class tomorrow. on another note, work hard on your essays this weekend so that you can bring your problems, gripes, griefs, etc. to class next monday when there will still be time to fix anything that has gone amiss--if ONE of you is having a problem, odds are 20 or so more of you are having the same trouble; be prepared to bring your gripes to class and share! don't forget
to do your readings for LOVING PEDRO INFANTE.
yours bill William Anthony
Nericcio
Date: Wed,
17 Nov 2004 13:44:05 -0800
FYI--be a star!
Date: Wed,
17 Nov 2004 16:04:48 -0500 (EST)
Audition Notice
for 13th Annual Kuumba Fest!
San Diego REPertory
Theatre is Looking for
Friday, February
25 - Sunday, February 27
San Diego's Black History Month's biggest event is returning to San Diego REPertory Theatre! The Thirteenth Annual Kuumba Fest - BLACK TO GLORY: Mind, Body & Soul - returns Friday, February 25 through Sunday, February 27 to regale San Diego with a three-day celebration of African American life, positive images, history and heritage. "Kuumba" is a Swahili word for "creativity," and Kuumba Fest offers opportunities to find personal expression and build community through creativity. Under the direction of Artistic Director Daj-ahn Blevins, Kuumba Fest is San Diego's longest running and premier celebration of African and African-American performance and culture. The three day festival will include workshops, community service awards, an African marketplace, Live at the Lyceum, a Gospel Concert and guest speakers and artists. Audition Dates: November 22
from 6:30 - 8:30 PM
November 29
from 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Auditions will be held at San Diego REP at the Lyceum Theatres in Horton Plaza, Downtown For more info
Call: Daj-ahn Blevins at 619 527-4895
Date: Wed,
17 Nov 2004 18:19:20 -0800
beloved sinemaniacs! 1. Please bring your payments from the HERRON/SHORT CD to your breakout sections on FRIDAY--or, slide it under my door by noon. YOU KNOW THE DRILL--put the money in an envelope OR a piece of paper WITH YOUR NAME and your GTA name clearly printed on the outside. Thanx! 2. CLARIFICATION: I had a brief meeting today with my GTAs and I want to issue a class-wide clarification. Some of you are doing arts-related projects to complement your written critical study--I love this! I have seen some of them and they are blowing me and the GTAs away. HOWEVER (drumroll), let me underscore that there must be a written, researched component attached to these projects that analyses key texts read, screen, watched, etc in class, and that connects these brilliant photographed, sculpted, filmed special projects to said analysis. 3. Thank you
for your hard work--we have quite an adventure set up for you after the
Thanksgiving break: live spoken word poetry, gospel & live
jazz, hot
new graphic narrative, amazing theater from LA, and, last but not
least,
your final exam adventure! May your Thanksgiving bring you the joy of a
break and the love and affection of all the people that matter to you
in
your life.
peace,
Dr. William
A. Nericcio
Date: Sun,
28 Nov 2004 20:20:57 -0800
sinematic sentient geniuses, we are in the stretch, in the bottom of the ninth, the two minute warning has passed and the end is close at hand. name the cliche, choose your turn of phrase, the truth of it is we only have two weeks left together. so, of course, some IMPORTANT updates! 1. tomorrow is our in-class, spoken-word, bennie herron/kev short and crew concert; listen carefully to the CD you purchased (!); in class tomorrow, monday, try to identify the DIFFERENCES between RECORDED literature and PERFORMED literature. Much of what is left to us in the term is PERFORMED LIVE "literature" and there is a very real difference between recorded texts and performed texts. 2. remember, that, tomorrow, starting at 1:50pm, MONDAY, we will have a reception for our performers at PONCE's RESTAURANT in KENSINGTON. the MENU has been tweaked a bit--3:50 margaritas (instead of $5.50), beers are $1 off of happy hour prices and botana plates (at discount rates) will also be available; DO PLEASE NOTE the burrito specials mentioned in PREVIOUS emails have been cancelled owing to various logistical complexities that would have confused Einstein! Needless to say, if you come, and I hope you do, food, drink etc. at reasonable rates will be available to all. Ponce's Mexican
Restaurant
Easiest route to PONCE'S? from campus--8 WEST to 15 SOUTH, EXIT at Adams AVE, loop around to your right, make a right on Adams, cross bridge, and look for parking. Ponce's is on the left across from the KEN Theatre. 3. Mimes! Our mime date has been postponed to WEDNESDAY December 8, 2004 after the final exam--that way our MADNESS will be accentuated by our exhiliration at having finished. 4. Bring 3 dollars to class tomorrow SEALED in an envelope with your name and your TAs name clearly PRINTED on the outside; this is your payment for your OLIVER MAYER reading and the MARLENE FORTE performance to be completed for our HOLLYWOOD STAR in-class performance MONDAY December 6, 2004. Your envelope MUST be decorated with some kind of illustration of a Latina Hollywood Bombshell actress!!!!! 5. Don‚t MISS
class WEDNESDAY this week; VERY important KEY surprise that day!
see you tomorrow!
Bill Nericcio
Date: Mon,
29 Nov 2004 07:40:42 -0800
Content-Type:
text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Attached is your reading for next Monday, a one-act play to be performed live in class, talk about living writers!; while it will be provided to you in HARD-TEXT form Wednesday, I wanted you to get your hands on it ASAP in pdf form. Remember to
bring an envelope with your name and gta name on the outside, 3 dollars
on the inside, and some sort of Latina bombshell decoration (look up
Lupe
Velez, Dolores del Rio, Rita Hayworth, JLo, Salma Hayek etc. on the
internet
if you are artistically in need of a clue) to class TODAY or
WEDNESDAY--I
don't want to have to deal with cash WHILE the artists are here next
Monday!!!!!.
yours in living
literature,
Bill
ps: this WEDNESDAY
we do Spiegelman's BIG comic book; attending class this day is
crucial!!!!
hint hint....
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