She has the Pulp Fiction postcard.
Girl: would u like see Pulp Fiction with me sometime?
Richard: With you?
Girl: Yeah. You haven’t seen it?
Richard: No, I haven’t. One might this week? Or the weekend.
Girl: The weekend might be better. Im not allowed out on weeknights during school.
Pause.
Richard: During school.
Girl: Its okay. Im nearly seventeen
This scene illustrates the main theme very well; it shows the audience that Richard is looking for friendship or companionship within this girl. The technique of tension was used well within this scene, it started off to look like that Richard’s luck has finally changed after his brake up with his girl friend but all is not what it seems. Richard and this girl talk for a moment and the conversation leads to Richard asking if the young girl would like to go to the movies with him during the week or weekend. This is where the tension starts to heighten between Richard and this young girl, this is due to the Richard finding out that the girl is only seventeen. This was great use of tension because it showed that Richard is still looking for a companion but he has matured after his brake up and thinks things through a lot more then he has done before.
Within this scene the technique focus was used well because the only actors that were on the stage performing was Richard and the young girl, this was done so that other actors could not take focus away for this scene. Also to draw focus to this scene the stage was darkened so that then only light was over where the scene was being preformed on the stage. The use of these technique were wonderful because this scene was important to the over all theme of the performance.
The stage or space for this performance was a very unusual; this is due to the fact that the stage was circler (refer to source 1.). Within this scene the there was not a lot of space used but what was used was wonderfully thought through. For the café seating and table 3 boxes of the stage was used to illustrate the chairs and table where Richard and the young girl sat during the scene. This was great because these boxes wouldn’t have served a purpose without this scene.
Source 1.
Second Key Moment:
Richard: [to audience] its quiet in the office Saturday night. I’ve got dinner, a packet of Tim Tams and a bag of Freckles. And maybe ill get this work finished for Monday. I should ring Renee and tell her I wasn’t lying
Obviously they don’t run the air conditioners at night.
He undoes his shirt and undoes his belt. He kicks off his shoes.
This is coming together. I have alternative clauses, and im not putting together an impressive-looking document
Okay. The exchange rate of the Thai baht. Against the A dollar… Right. Good . So that means… Right god im good.
He stands up and takes his shirt off, his pants slips down a little. He looks around and then takes off his pants. He turns up the music and dances badly but enthusiastically. Some light spills from the lift as the doors open and Hillary steps into the office,stops.sees Richard in mid-flight and starts backing away.
There where two types of tension used in this scene, tension of relationship and also tension of surprise. The tension in this scene did not occur until Hillary (Caroline Dunphy) entered, this tension occurred because Richard and Hillary had sexual intercourse earlier in this performance. The other reason there was tension is because of the shock of the unexpected arrival of Hillary walking in on him naked dancing in the office.
Focus was also used well with in the scene because of the way the scene was preformed. It was hard not to notice that Richard had no clothes on which drew the focus onto him during the scene. But the focus changed with the arrival of Hillary, this was due to the fact that to representation the elevator she arrived in was lighted up and also to see what she was going to do when she saw Richard naked dancing in the office.
The use of space on the stage was used well; this is because to represent the office and the computers the lower left hand side of the stage was used (refer to source 1). This was well though out because it was a great way to use the unusual shape of the stage and also the boxes that were used in other scenes to represent moving boxes.
In conclusion Philip Dean’s produced theater performance “ZigZag Street” provided the main theme well through out the whole performance. The acting was wonderful and the uses of techniques were used great. The only downside to this play was the script it did not go anywhere and the play ended without a conclusion.
