James

James Fact File 

Background information : 

"Blackout is the true story of a 15-year-old boy charged with attempted murder who tries to piece together the events in his life that have brought him into a secure care unit and threaten to keep him there. This short play packs a big emotional punch with its stylistic economy and razor-sharp storytelling."

• abusive father
• "you were poor" - Margaret Thatcher and the resection
• bullied    

http://www.daveyandersontheatre.com/blackout.html

"they used to beat you up for having long hair"

he used to have long hair and this was during the 70s becasue thats when skinheads were at there most....

"the gimp"

"do you go to the grave yards and hang about"

"DO YOU SHAGG DEAD PEOPLE"

SKIN HEAD TRANSFORMATION

"the doc martins, braces ... the bomber jacket"

"watch films like romper stomper and american history x..."

"you would listen to music, the guritar , the bass that beats into you."

 i dont think be would be listening to stuff like this

even though i dont think james was deep down a raist he wouldnt have listend to neo nazi music 

Neo-Nazi Hate Music: A Guide

Introduction

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In the United States, racist songs praising the Ku Klux Klan or promoting segregation have existed for many years.  But starting in the 1970s, a new phenomenon emerged:  the creation of an entire genre of music predicated on racism.

Today, hate music plays a central role in the white supremacist movement in the U.S., Europe, and elsewhere.  It is key to many aspects of the neo-Nazi world, but is especially important in three areas:

It is one of the most significant ways neo-Nazis attempt to attract young people into their movement; this source of recruitment is possibly the most important factor in the ability of neo-Nazi groups to expand or even maintain their membership.
   Second, hate music has become an important source of income for white supremacists.  Several prominent white supremacist groups in the U.S. receive a substantial amount or even a majority of their funding from distributing hate music, promoting hate music concerts, and selling accessories and clothing. A significant portion of these materials are distributed in Europe, even in countries where they may be illegal.

Third, and perhaps most importantly, hate music has been instrumental in the formation of a white supremacist subculture.  In the 1960s, neo-Nazis such as George Lincoln Rockwell had little to offer followers except extreme rhetoric.  In the 21^st century, however, white supremacists around the world are linked not only by shared ideas, but by shared customs, fashions, and most crucially, music.  Hate music helps bring haters together into a shared community.

http://archive.adl.org/nr/exeres/32be45ea-7300-477d-bf3e-d01c0c56b809,db7611a2-02cd-43af-8147-649e26813571,frameless.html

Catch a clap

You begin you in a evenly spaced circle, with everyone paying attention everyones start the same a beat with your feet. A tempo of a heart beat would be best suited. When ready you start a spontaouis clap passing across the circle making sure you exchange eye contacted with one another when passing the clap to ensure it was deliverd to the right person. when resiving the clap make sure you make a seperate clap to resive the clap and then to send it so each indivishal claps twice. This gives you time to aim the clap at someone.

When you and the rest of the pasticatens are ready start wlaking around the room , into the nearist space free, but keeping witht the heart beat rhythem with you feet. When ready start passing the clap around the room, using your periferal vison to make aware of were the clap is in the room. This game depends on the collective resonbility of everyone else i that they are keeping alter the clap so they are fully prepared if the clap is passed to them.

When the clap is lost or is off beat rember its not a negative and alothough you may feel the need to sign or a disapopintment just canclle it out and carry on.

When the clap is going well, to spice it up start a new chain whilst the other one is going on !

Source Sheet

BRIT School Internet Source Sheet
Project Title	Performing Scripted Plays ‘Blackout’
Name
	Aoife Gaston
Date	13/11/2013

Source 1
Blog reference	Definition of fascism
Author
Title	Oxford Dictionary
Web Address	http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/fascism
Date Found	13/11/13
Source 2
Blog reference	Definition of fascism
Author
Title	Urban Dictionary
Web Address	http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fascist
Date Found	13/11/13
Source 3
Blog reference	Stage Configurations
Author	GCSEs Bitsize
Title
Web Address	http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/drama/performing/stagerev1.shtml
Date Found	15/11/13
Source 4
Blog reference	Research on Skinhead Subculture
Author
Title
Web Address	http://skinhead.generalanswers.org/
Date Found
Source 5

                                                                               

Reseaching Skinheads

Subcultures

How are youth subcultures defined and when and why do they emerge?

All teenagers go thought identity crises, a wanting to belong some were be a part of something. The majority of youths define themselves mostly depending on the social class and ethnic background as well as characterized by its adoption of a particular music genre. This impact on the way they dress as well as their shared attitude towards things politics.

What are the defining features of youth culture?

For example:

Rastafarian, Rasta’s - They come from a black Jamaican subculture, it’s a religious movement

Teddy boys - A British youth subculture first appeared in the 1950s. Mainly from unskilled teenagers, with whom adopted a pseudo Edwardian dress code and listened to rock’n’roll music, they were involved in race riots in the United Kingdom. In ways similar to skin heads.

Boot boys, Skinheads - a youth subculture that appeared first in England in the late 1960s as a working-class reaction to the hippies. Hair was cropped close to the scalp, almost bald and wore work-shirts and short jeans with braces to hold them up and heavy red boots/ doc martins. They were involved in many violent racial attacks, traditional skins heads extreme racists.

Skinhead research

Skinhead culture

When?

1968-present

Where?

London

Politics

Most commonly, skinheads are known to have practiced Neo-Nazi opinions and viewpoints, and preached white power, generally being a very racist community of youths. They are known to have performed racist acts of violence against immigrants, most commonly South Asians (which they referred to as ‘Paki-bashing’.

Style:

Skinheads emerged after ‘Hard mods’ were introduced (also known as peanuts/lemonheads/gang mods). By 1966, hard mods were becoming known as Skinheads. Despite this, when the 70s started, skinheads were dropping from society and being replaced by ‘Suedeheads’, ‘Smoothies’, and ‘Bootboys’. The late 70s got the Skinhead scene booming again with the introduction of Punk Rock.It was not only a mod-influenced movement, but Skinheads also took aspects of their look from Jamaica, and the ‘Rude boy’ style (this is also where some of their music tastes originated from such as reggae).

Why become a skinhead?

People became skinheads, as they believed that white people owned Britain, hence showing racist intolerance of other races entering Britain from overseas.

How were they defined?

The role of young women/men in the emergence of the culture:

 Young people were unemployed and angry. Left with nothing to do, they were the face of the Skinhead culture.

 Has it changed?

The Skinhead culture has changed substantially from when it first emerged. Instead of being Neo-Nazi, fascist and racist, they are now most commonly against racism, with groups such as SHARP (SkinHeads Against Racial Prejudice), and the Redskins and anarchist skinheads, still stressing the working-class image, but not discriminating.

How were they perceived?

 

Mass media:

• 1969 - Slade wear the Skinhead look to get the public's attention.
•  Late 1977 - Gary Hodges and Tom McCourt start a Skinhead revival.
• 1979+ - Skinhead culture gains attention due to football hooliganism. More exxaggerated looks.
• Skinhead, a book by Nick Knight
• 1991 - Spirit of '69: A Skinhead Bible By George Marshall,a Glasweigan Skinhead

Does it still exist?

Some elements of fashion in present day revolve around the old Skinhead look, but they don't follow the Skinhead ideologies, or preach Neo-Nazism, or aren't actively against fascism.