After viewing the scenes from Rent, I’d like you to draw upon our discussion of Kenneth Burke’s “Terministic Screens” to analyze how the film represents the experiences of people living with AIDS.
First, reflect on the representation of the support group through the terministic screen of someone like Mark (the character with the video camera). What do you see in this scene if you view it through the lens of sickness? Or, as an outsider or as someone who doesn’t have AIDS observing a group of people who do?
Then, imagine yourself viewing this scene as one of the support group members. How does the terminology of survival or even “living with” change what you observe in these scenes? How does either of these screens reflect, select, and/or deflect the reality or AIDS?
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