This paper on the film Trading Places, exploring its many comic layers as well as its nature vs. nurture themes, was written for a course in comic theatre at Cornell University during Mark’s undergraduate studies. Read the The Many Faces…
Tag: Sociology
Suicide PSA
This narrative short motion picture was produced for a course in filmmaking with filmmaker Marilyn Rivchin at Cornell University during Mark’s undergraduate studies. A fake public service annoncement, it comments satirically on the problem of overpopulation, a subject Mark would…
Bait and Switch
This narrative short motion picture, in which a dysfunctional couple is made moreso when a television ratings company lures them into what is later revealed to be an Orwellian conspiracy, was produced by a motion picture course given at Cornell…
Gallimard’s Quest for Power
This paper on David Henry Hwang’s play M. Butterfly was written for a course in contemporary theatre at Cornell University during Mark’s undergraduate studies. Read the Gallimard’s Quest for Power .pdf.
You Marry a Person
This one-act play was written for a course in playwriting at Cornell University during Mark’s undergraduate studies. Read the You Marry a Person stageplay .pdf.
Sandbox
Read the Sandbox stageplay .pdf.