{"id":583,"date":"2020-09-05T18:23:38","date_gmt":"2020-09-05T18:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/classics.domains.skidmore.edu\/film\/?p=583"},"modified":"2020-09-29T01:22:30","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T01:22:30","slug":"assignment-for-tuesday-09-15-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classics.domains.skidmore.edu\/film\/uncategorized\/assignment-for-tuesday-09-15-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Assignment for Tuesday, 09.15.20"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dear Cinemythologists,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Tuesday, September 15, our unit on Perseus on screen comes to a head. Please do the following.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">VIEWING<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Percy-Jackson-Olympians-Lightning-Thief\/dp\/B003JHKORK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Percy Jackson &amp;<\/em> <em>the Olympians: The Lightning Thief<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em> (Chris Columbus, 2010)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Streaming on Amazon Prime. Take notes as you see fit. You might consider how the movie treats some of the characters we&#8217;ve seen before, such as Medusa and Hades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-black-background-color has-black-color is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">READING<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>McWeeny, Drew. 2010. Interview with Chris Columbus and Craig Titely. (Originally posted on hitfix.com.)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Insights into the intentions of the film&#8217;s creative team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Paule, Maxwell T. 2020. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/eidolon.pub\/the-whitening-thief-1f5f70e74cac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Whitening Thief: Latent White Supremacy in <em>Percy Jackson<\/em><\/a>.&#8221; eidolon.pub. January 22.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Paule makes the case for the inherent racism of the first <em>PJ<\/em> novel; let&#8217;s see whether Paule&#8217;s ideas apply to the first entry in the abortive film series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NOTE: This essay appeared in the journal <em>Eidolon<\/em>, which is devoted to (as its tagline reads) &#8220;Classics without fragility.&#8221; Given that the novels are much cherished by many young adults today, please try to maintain an open mind, or at least a sense of detachment, while reading and discussing this piece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-black-background-color has-black-color is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">SEQUENCES<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Graubart, Padala, Ricci.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Use the comments feature on this post to recommend a sequence to be reviewed and discussed in class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recommendations should contain the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A brief description of the sequence.<\/li><li>Precise starting and ending times (hh:mm:ss \u2014 hh:mm:ss).<\/li><li>A rationale as to why this sequence is worth our time.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>DC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, September 15, our unit on Perseus on screen comes to a head. Please do the following. Percy Jackson &amp; the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (Chris Columbus, 2010) Streaming on Amazon Prime. Take notes as you see fit. You might consider how the movie treats some of the characters we&#8217;ve seen before, such as &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/classics.domains.skidmore.edu\/film\/uncategorized\/assignment-for-tuesday-09-15-20\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Assignment for Tuesday, 09.15.20&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5,99,89,101,100],"class_list":["post-583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-assignments","tag-percy-jackson-the-olympians-the-lightning-thief-2010","tag-perseus","tag-white-supremacy","tag-young-adult-literature"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/classics.domains.skidmore.edu\/film\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/classics.domains.skidmore.edu\/film\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/classics.domains.skidmore.edu\/film\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classics.domains.skidmore.edu\/film\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classics.domains.skidmore.edu\/film\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/classics.domains.skidmore.edu\/film\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":592,"href":"https:\/\/classics.domains.skidmore.edu\/film\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583\/revisions\/592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/classics.domains.skidmore.edu\/film\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classics.domains.skidmore.edu\/film\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classics.domains.skidmore.edu\/film\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}