The detail in the floor and the walls, and the careful attention to the genuinely run-down feel of the town was the center piece of the set design. The use of grays and deep browns provided a very realistic tone to the town of Hope Falls. The versatility of the stage also allowed Mr. McClaran the ability to maneuver from one realistic scene to the next without much of a seam. .
The lights that Mike Garner has set up to illuminate the story of Bat Boy for the most part seemed to support the realistic tone. The major difference in the lighting that conflicted the tone of the setting was the use of the spot light. All of a sudden the audience was jolted out of their realistic moods and forced into realizing that this was just simply a presentation of a story. The emersion that was provided through the story up to these select moments was completely destroyed. In one second, the audience transforms from a group of people following the story of Edgar and getting a glimpse into this extraordinary boy's story, to a group of people wonder who the spot operator is, and "why is that light so bright?" .
The other conflicting element of the show was the sound design. According to the program, Bat Boy had no actual sound designer. Typically in a case like this, the musical director would assume all responsibilities for a sound design. In assuming this was the case, Terry Dobson's design was not exactly the easiest thing to listen to. The musicians were very much over-powering the actors, and the audience was straining to hear even the actors closest to them. When asked why microphones were not used, Dobson replied "Because we have never used microphones at Theatre Three." The musical score that Farley and Flemming have constructed is a beautiful and unique thing, but when it is the only thing the audience can hear, Laurence O"Keefe's lyrics are completely lost. This also forces actor to push beyond their typical means.
Bat Boy: The Musical The play Bat Boy: The Musical is the product of an historic alliance between the Weekly World News and three authors from Los Angeles. ... The protagonist of the production is the Bat Boy. ... The music in Bat Boy was extremely entertaining. ... This production of Bat Boy was wonderful. ... Maybe he believes that we all have a Bat Boy inside of us....
Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates Clayton Bates was born in 1907, in Fountain Inn, South Carolina. As a young boy, he worked in the cotton fields and his mother was a nurse for a white family. ... Bates finally joined a traveling company called "Dashing Dinah" that toured the U.S. ... By 1936 Bates owned 13 different colored artificial legs, one to match every suit he owned. ... Bates also accomplished such tasks as setting up a black resort called the Bates Country Club, in Kerhonskon, New York because there weren't many resorts in the area that allowed blacks in. ...
Bates has had an Oedipal complex since he was a young boy, which is a factor in why he is sometimes a "Hyde". An Oedipal complex is a mental condition in which a boy has a subconscious sexual desire for his mother. ... Guilt is another reason Bates becomes "Hyde". ... The superego is the "normal" Bates. ... Likewise, Bates' "Hyde", or his "mother" half, has no regard for morals, is murderous, and fulfills Bates' repressed sexual desire through gruesome killings. ...
Thus, Hitchcock crafts Norman Bates, a young man ravaged by horrid mental complexities, and through the use of mise en scene and vivid imagery, a character emerges who has no control over his own thoughts or actions. ... As Lillian scours the Bates residence in search of Mrs. Bates, she comes across Norman's room. It is the area of a young boy, not a grown man. ... Norman Bates" mental development is severely retarded. ...
When comparing the characters of Charlotte Vale and Norman Bates the influences in their lives by their mothers has devastating effects on both characters, both suffer from a mental illness. Charlotte Vale suffers from near-crippling depression and Norman Bates from schizophrenia. ... On the other hand Norman Bates, who has been totally dominated by his mother until her death, is a person who has two personalities. ... In his subconscious mind he is still the little boy who is obedient towards his mother. ...
It also told of her untimely demise at the hands of Norman Bates, quiet and shy hotel proprietor. ... He looked like the boy next door. ... Hitchcock chose the design of the house, which stands behind the Bates Motel. ... The price of a room at the Bates Motel for the night is $7 compared to $36.50. ... Bates that Norman is impotent(Bloch 57.) ...
Blood Thirsty Bats When at a baseball game forty years ago, the crack of a baseball bat would send chills down the spectator's spines; but the crack of a wooden bat has been replaced by a metallic ping. ... A report done on an aluminum bat made by Thurston reported, "some 150 Division I coaches have team and personal contracts with various bat manufacturers. ... For example if a bat is thirty-three inches long then the weight has to be 30 ounces. ... Moreover, The Seattle Times reported a fourteen-year-old boy was hit in the temple with a ball off of a metal bat and this resulted in...
Luella Bates Washington Jones was obviously a remarkable person as she was so kind and generous to a boy who tried to rob her. ... Luella Bates Washington Jones reacts. ... Luella Bates Washington Jones are together. ... Clarence gets very upset when the little boy grabs his leg. This boy is Clarence's son. ...
