These were our initial ideas and responses to the stimulus, Money Don't Matter 2 Night by Prince:
- gambler, life's a game of luck
- cruelty
- greed
- big brother, always being watched
- lies
- war, slavery
It's interesting to look at our first thoughts, 4/5 weeks ago, and see how they developed into the performance that we eventually performed. How we pinpointed the most universal theme, which was the illusion that money seems to decide how well you do in life, e.g. if you have lots of money then less bad things happen to you, and we developed it into a very political piece.
Another stimulus of mine was 2Pac, or Tupac Shakur, who was hugely influential in the time that our piece was set, early 90's, and who's music spoke about the same kinds of things as our piece: violence and hardship suffered in the less privileged part of society.
Another was a song by Arrested Developement called Let Your Voice Be Heard (above)
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