Kinesiology 2263F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Winnipeg Tribune, Manchester University Press, List Of Newspapers In Canada
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The rink and the stage - melodrama, media and canadian hockey. Mellow dramatic = blowing a situation out of proportion: since hockey has been played back to when they played on victoria rink, violence has been connected to hockey. It used to be so aggressive the newspapers would call hockey players thugs because it was so bad murders on the rinks occurred. Justification: don cherry saying hockey is completely skill now because they are a bunch of sissies. Hockey players use to be so much tougher in the past. Fancy designs in attempted murder : connections between hockey and melodrama. The main tenets of melodramatic theatre: through the use of archetypal representations, clear moral divisions, conventionalized plotlines, and an emphasis on audience enjoyment, the melodrama defied social stratification by making performances accessible through visual storytelling. Over and above the poignant emotion of pathos, melodrama thrives on stimulating the sensation of agitation. - ben singer, melodrama and modernity, 41.