"Friday" A Short Play in One Act Based on Rebecca Black

                                                                   "Friday"

                                     A Short Play in One Act Based on Rebecca Black

       The Charlottesville Community Players present a new work that explores the inside story of Rebecca Black and her hit song, "Friday". See how she went from scared little girl to scared little girl on the Internet in the blink of an eye.

I.                   Title Of The Play

                      Friday  -  A Short Play in One Act Based on Rebecca Black

II.                Name Of The Playwright

        

      Rebecca Renee Black born June 21, 1997 is an American singer, dancer, and actress who gained extensive media attention with the 2011 single "Friday". The song was co-written and produced by Clarence Jey and Patrice Wilson of Ark Music Factory. After the video went viral on YouTube and other social media sites, "Friday" was derided by many music critics and viewers, who dubbed it "the worst song ever”. Between its upload date on February 10, 2011 and its temporary removal from YouTube on June 16, the video received around 167 million views, gaining Black international attention as a viral star. Black re-uploaded it to her own channel three months later.

III.             General Impression Of The Play

       Some Of the Viewers Want to Erase the Movie in Media or Some Says Thet They feels very bad for her! That song sucked horribly but she's only 13 and all these people are criticizing her in unnecessarily harsh ways. She sounds like a robot, but that's the recording company's doing, not heir’s. And the lyrics are just...weird...but that's not her fault either-she didn't write the song.

IV.             Summary

                         In the opening verse, Ms. Black introduces the idea of choice. But what choice, if any, is she authorized to make? The educational system has decreed that she must wake up at seven in the morning. Ms. Black goes on to list the things she “got to” do. What are the consequences of not being “fresh”? Is it so unfathomable that a girl may want to stay in bed or eat cereal from the box? And why must her morning sustenance be cereal? Ms. Black runs through the monotony of the morning that her family, emotionally numb after years of routine, so readily accepts. While she yearns to end this life sentence to apathy, time inevitably continues “tick in’” like a bomb about to explode.  As Rebecca, She wakes up and goes to school, meeting her friends on the way. Rebecca Black through the means of an annotated daily calendar and learn that her world is not, entirely, unlike ours. Sunday is full of studying. Monday has a test. Tuesday, more homework. Wednesday, music practice. Thursday, essay due. Truly an oppressive, Orwellian dystopia. Yet as things seem bleakest, FRIDAY! In the evening, after debating whether to sit in the front or back of a convertible, Black and her friends ride the car to a party at 7:45 pm.  Patrice Wilson appears near the end of the song to deliver a short rap. Despite assuring us that we know something, it is entirely unclear what it is that we are supposed to have “got”. Rebecca’s diction becomes increasingly circular and mundane, as if she is     reassuring herself of something, but doesn’t quite know what that something is. Her robotic repetition of the word “fun” returns, and she even goes so far as to remind herself to “think about fun”, although it is becoming increasingly clear that her oppressive society has already done the damage: she no longer knows what fun is. In her frantic need to assure herself everything is okay, she takes the effort to mention her friend seated to her right, but neglects the person to her left, leaving their relationship open to considerable scrutiny. Black's father's house with friends and family as extras, and requiring multiple takes over 12 hours. Some of those extras became stars in their own right, her friends Bennie Crinkle, Amanda Cooper and Hayley Grout. Ark Music, according to Black's parents, cautioned them and her that they should not expect her to become famous. Black hoped that her friends and family would enjoy watching the video on YouTube and that it would perhaps help her to later begin a singing career.

V.                Theme

The Theme is all about the 13 year old girl who wants day of weekend that in the day of Friday all they want is having a party and fun. They parents lecture her About Rule in House and About Study. Her Friends says the things they do in school such Monday has a test. Tuesday, more homework. Wednesday, music practice. Thursday, essay due and they ask what will happen in the next day FRIDAY

VI.             Acting of the Main Characters

      

                       Rebecca – as the main character the girl who study and always lectured by the parents about school. And she is the one who Wit in School Bus stops. And the one who sings FRIDAY

                       Mr. and Mrs. Black – the parent of Rebecca. Who always in the rush in the morning for their business

                       Lucas - The person in the Front Of the Car. Friends of Rebecca. The person who Rebecca’s waiting in the bus stop.

                    Robert– The person in the Backseat Of the car. Friends of Rebecca . The person who Rebecca’s waiting in the bus stop..

                      Melissa - The Girl in the front seat . Friends of Rebecca.  The person who Rebecca’s waiting in the bus stop. And  the person who with Rebecca in Friday party.

                      Dian – the girl in the back seat .Friends of Rebecca. The person who Rebecca’s waiting in the bus stop. And the person who with Rebecca in Friday party.

                

                      Clarence Jay -  The one who talks with Rebecca on what happen in Monday , Tuesday , Wednesday , Thursday and to Remind to Rebecca about Friday. In Short He investigate Rebecca’s Experience.