https://padlet.com/reesea41/11gt0yrs9uhs Made with the strength to succeed en-us 2017-12-15 17:55:23 UTC 2017-12-16 01:05:03 UTC hello@padlet.com reesea41 https://padlet.com/reesea41/11gt0yrs9uhs/wish/216577261 The essay explores The Get Down in its glory. The show is so politically and culturally advanced. There are so many historical references one would think The Get Down was true. ]]> 2017-12-15 17:58:38 UTC https://padlet.com/reesea41/11gt0yrs9uhs/wish/216577261 reesea41 https://padlet.com/reesea41/11gt0yrs9uhs/wish/216586105 The poetry in The Get Down is out of this world mainly written by legendary rapper Nas. He speaks about his time working on the get down.
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/nas-talks-writing-raps-for-netflixs-hip-hop-drama-the-get-down-w430974]]> 2017-12-15 18:23:41 UTC https://padlet.com/reesea41/11gt0yrs9uhs/wish/216586105 reesea41 https://padlet.com/reesea41/11gt0yrs9uhs/wish/216587485 I was shocked to see that the creator of the show didn't show much interest in continuing the show. Even though it was great!
http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/the-get-down-canceled-1202443885/]]> 2017-12-15 18:27:20 UTC https://padlet.com/reesea41/11gt0yrs9uhs/wish/216587485 reesea41 https://padlet.com/reesea41/11gt0yrs9uhs/wish/216639332 Victoria O'Donnell (2017) credits the codes of television production to media scholar John Fiske (2011) and most of it comes from his book Television  Culture, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/984280.Television_Culture (this gives a brief description of his book).  John Fiske is has written a lot on cultural studies, media semiotics and many more. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fiske_(media_scholar)]]> 2017-12-15 21:56:08 UTC https://padlet.com/reesea41/11gt0yrs9uhs/wish/216639332 reesea41 https://padlet.com/reesea41/11gt0yrs9uhs/wish/216640154 Baz Luhrmann does a great job showing the 1970's political stance. Because there were so many factors here's an article that tells about the true political nature of the Bronx in the 1970's. https://nypost.com/2010/05/16/why-the-bronx-burned/. And another articles that explains how well The Get Down exhibits the politics. http://www.vulture.com/2016/08/get-down-politics-new-york.html]]> 2017-12-15 22:03:54 UTC https://padlet.com/reesea41/11gt0yrs9uhs/wish/216640154 reesea41 https://padlet.com/reesea41/11gt0yrs9uhs/wish/216640819 In The Get Down each character brings there own spice to show. Being as though most of the cast was new the industry they did a very good job portraying the 1970's as real as they could. The two articles linked are Justice Smith (Ezekiel) speaking on his experience, and Justice, Herizen Guardiola (Mylene), and Shameik Moore (Shaolin Fantastic) (the main characters), sharing their experience doing the show.
http://www.vulture.com/2016/08/justice-smith-conversation.html
http://www.indiewire.com/2017/04/the-get-down-interview-justice-smith-herizen-guardiola-shameik-moore-1201802929/]]> 2017-12-15 22:11:45 UTC https://padlet.com/reesea41/11gt0yrs9uhs/wish/216640819 reesea41 https://padlet.com/reesea41/11gt0yrs9uhs/wish/216641506 The Get Down in considered a musical because of the great musical attributes, like disco. Playing songs like Misty Halloway's pacousa remix, Gloria Estafan's turn the beat around disco was the prominent music style during the '70's.  Here is an explanation of Disco culture.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco]]> 2017-12-15 22:20:53 UTC https://padlet.com/reesea41/11gt0yrs9uhs/wish/216641506 reesea41 https://padlet.com/reesea41/11gt0yrs9uhs/wish/216642242 The Get Down brothers exhibit the transition from Disco to hip hop. This was the change of an entire culture and a very significant aspect of the show. Here is a description of the evolution of hip-hop.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_hop]]> 2017-12-15 22:28:21 UTC https://padlet.com/reesea41/11gt0yrs9uhs/wish/216642242 reesea41 https://padlet.com/reesea41/11gt0yrs9uhs/wish/216642594 In episode 2 "Seek Those Who Fan Your Flames" Shaolin, Ezekiel, and the Kipling brothers all sit around tediously waiting for Shaolin to master the grandmasters quick mix theory of discovering one continuous beat. Here is the shows depiction of Shaolin getting the beat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIOFaX1Ok6k#t=35m36s (stop at 36m:30seconds). And the actual Grand Master Flash showing how the theory works in the Netflix show The Evolution of Hip Hop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA-OpvH4CIQ]]> 2017-12-15 22:32:51 UTC https://padlet.com/reesea41/11gt0yrs9uhs/wish/216642594