Different People

For this post I am going to talk about someone that is not from the United States and how they think that the play (movie) relates.  I feel that the place that the person is from will have great impact on how they would re-imagine the play, for example the difference of a person being from a western country or a village in Africa.  I feel that a person from a modernized western civilization would have no problem putting the story in an urban area like it was done in the movie, however to a person who has most likely never visited a city it would not seem likely for them to re-imagine the play in an urban context.  I also feel like the person from the western culture would think about the characters in the same way as the movie did, but I feel like a person from a more traditional culture would use less woman in their version due to the fact that they probably still view women as less important than men.

The Tempest Movie

I feel that the movie is a good re-imagining of the play.  I also feel that the movie follows the play a little more closely than Naylor's "Mama Day".   However, in the movie some of the characters that were supposed to be male figures were made into female roles, and I feel like this was a clever move.  The reason that I think this was a cleaver move by the writer is because it added more love interests into the story instead of just one from the play.  I also think that this movie did a good job at showing the audience a clear version of modern America.  Naylor's "Mama Day" does not show modern America as in the case of the island the story takes place is not common in America.  That being said I liked the movie much more than "Mama Day".