Listening and performance exercise
Neo Futurists - dialogue play
From: Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnlJ8r5uDGQ

Vocabulary:
title
statement
agreement
reassured
(over)confident
elaborate
defensive
half-hearted
insecure
distracted
clarification
panicked bullshit explanation
meaningless
comic
non sequitur
fake laughter
relief
accidental
physical
characteristics
superficial
compliment
self-assured
agreement
as denial
exaggerated
grossly
elucidation
mental
compliment
accidental
double-entendre
suggestive
proposition
violent
aghast
repetition
disgusted
incriminating
implication
offended
retort
aggressive
childish
insult
disbelieving
rhetorical
question
stunned
silence
aggressive
defensive
attempted
condescending
conclusive
brilliant
scathing
remark
with
literary allusion
longterm
devestating
scatalogical
implications
pathetic
self-revelation

Assignment:

     First, find a partner.
     Second, go over the above vocabulary words and make sure you understand each one thoroughly.
     Third, listen to the video several times.
     Fourth, transcribe the entire script.
     Finally, practice performing your part with the video and with your partner until you feel prepared to do a reading performance of the video in class next Monday.
     Try to imitate the performers in the video exactly, paying close attention to stress, intonation, rises and falls, pauses, and timing. You and your partner will perform your parts together in class on Monday.

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