1 The Puppy Pasta and Batman
This story was effective because of the endearing voices of the two young brothers. They spoke in an innocent and youthful manner. They narrated and explained the doggy-dilemma: the brothers argued over the name of their new puppy.
The story embodied nostalgia, pop-culture, and a famed food. As result these themes weaved together masterfully. Those topics facilitated in tailoring a tale becomes a near fit for almost anyone.
Consider how the themes apply to you:
As a child can you relate to wanting a puppy or any another pet?
Have you ever experienced sibling rivalry?
Can you recall to a parental figure establishing a household law to end a family quarrel?
Are you familiar with generations before and after your own that watched and/or read Batman?
Have ever had pasta?
Thirdly, the story is effective because the sound effects and music. They enabled me to better connect with brother’s puppy plight. For example, when the young kinfolks debated over the name of the little K-9. One Brother yelled, “Pizza.” The other sibling shouted back at him: “Batman.” The background music was of generic Italian restaurant music. Then the classic heroic music was emerged, when the mother declared: “That is it! The name is Pasta-Batman!”
This story was excellent because of the suspense and that it was constructed from a foundation of nostalgia.
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2 Picture This Hollywood
What are the elements that contributed to this story’s compelling nature? The humor and humility is what allowed me to connect with it. The story rewarded a gracious reality check to a celebrity. The actor gave an account of being approached by jittered teenaged couple. Ironically, seconds before they approached him- he was recently in the mist of fans that recognized and celebrated his work.
Act1:
The male teen had mumbled something inaudible into the actor’s ear.
The star decoded his mutter to mean: Mr. Hollywood may you please kind of enough to take a photograph with my girlfriend?
Act2:
The actor proceeded to wrap his arms around the teenaged girl and posed for the picture. It perplexed Mr. Walk- of-Fame, who noticed that the teens appeared uncomfortable for some unidentifiable reason.
He figured: she was a nervous teenager, who was jittered to share a photo with a celebrity. Mr. Hollywood kissed the teenybopper on the cheek to help reduce her anxiety. After a few seconds of a long and awkward gaze between the three- the confused lover boy pressed camera button to photograph and end this bizarre encounter.
Final Act:
Mr. Media proudly strutted back over to baffled boy. Then jittery juvenile informed him of his original request:
May you please take a picture of my girlfriend and me?
Which is not the same as: take a picture with my girlfriend because we are daunting fans of your celebrity.
The End.
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3 A Prison Performance and Promise
The broadcast did an excellent job of connecting listeners to paralyzed potential that plagued these inmates and their loved ones.
A group of young female inmates employed the use of theater to express their circumstances. The stage play enabled them to creatively communicate sentimentally and apologetically, to their families seated within the audience. Their performance exhibited a transformation of an achieved level of self-awareness.
My eyes were similar to a clogged-up kitchen sink with a flowing faucet, when the girls sang in gospel choir fashion: “I am sorry!” Then, female felons turned around to their families and each girl held a paper heart stating: “I am sorry.” Those heart were later gifted to the juveniles loved ones. That gesture demonstrated their sympathy towards their families’ predicament and it acknowledged the mutual emotional grief their imprisonment has
