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OG 12 : La Finestrina

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by kaycee » Sat May 23, 2009 5:57 pm
Theater Critic: The play La Finestrina, now at Central Theater, was written in Italy in the eighteenth century. The director claims that this production is as similar to the original production as is possible in a modern theater.Although the actor who plays Harlequin the clown gives a performance very reminiscent of the twentieth-century American comedian Groucho Marx, Marx's comic style was very much within the comic acting tradition that had begun in sixteenth century Italy.

The consideration given best serve as part of an argument that

A) Modern audience would find it hard to tolerate certain characteristics of a historically accurate performance of an eighteenth-century play

B) Groucho Marx once performed the part of the character Harlequin in La Finestrina

C) in the United States the training of actors in the twentieth century is based on principles that do not differ radically from those that underlay the training of actors in eighteenth century Italy

D) the performance of the actor who plays Harlequin in La Finestrina does not serve as evidence against the director's claim

E) the director of La Finestrina must have advised the actor who plays Harlequin to model his performance on comic performances of Groucho Marx

Please provide an explanation for your answers
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by lamhe » Sat May 23, 2009 6:54 pm
IMO C...

Play of 18th century, author clains it's as close as to the original play but the actor played a role as similar to marx.....

C is close to that....
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by PAB2706 » Sat May 23, 2009 7:44 pm
IMO D

I am thinking C goes out of scope...

the actor's acting reminiscent of marx's acting and marx style similar to acting tradition began in 16th century....


this supports the directors claim that he has tried his level best to depict the 18th century play as it is.

I might be wrong but this what i cud infer.

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by lamhe » Sat May 23, 2009 8:20 pm
ooops that was typo.....I menat D as well
Vishal
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by mehravikas » Sun May 24, 2009 8:18 pm
D it is...C is too extreme
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by caprion » Wed May 27, 2009 12:32 am
IMO D.. but just because no other options seems to be fitting in.
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by james33 » Sun May 15, 2016 7:44 pm
I would go with option D as the correct option
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