Enchanted

Intro

1. Learn Vocabulary - Learn some new vocabulary before you start the lesson.

• play off
• parody
• stereotype
• live-action film

• strike
• scream
• I love me some
• animated character

• honest-to-God
• all that jazz

2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.

When is the last time a rat cooked for you or a lion sang you a song? The world of children’s movies, particularly Disney movies, is a strange place where animals act like people and people sing in high pitched voices.

But what if that world really did exist…in New York? That’s the concept behind a new film that has Mason nothing short of Enchanted.

Dialog

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2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.

Mason

Jason

Mason:  Hey, you want to go catch a movie tonight?

Jason:  Uh huh. Sure.

Mason:  ‘Cause I don’t know about you, but I could totally see Enchanted for the fifth time.

Jason:  Really?

Mason:  I love that movie! Are you serious?

Jason:  How did you end up seeing it the first time?

Mason:  Uh, I went and bought a ticket.

Jason:  It just doesn’t strike me as a movie that, like, screams Mason. But I guess I could be wrong.

Mason:  I gotta say, man, I love me some Disney movies. I love ‘em. Like all the old animated classics like Dumbo and Peter Pan and all that jazz. Sleeping Beauty. And this is playing off of all of them with a lot of really cool, modern humor.

Jason:  Cool. I feel like everyone grew up with those, but most people don’t think about them anymore.

Mason:  Most people grow up?

Jason:  I guess you could say that. But this one makes fun of…It’s like a parody of those?

Mason:  I wouldn’t call it a parody, but it takes all the stereotypes like the princess and the evil, magical queen and the stupid prince and takes it, drops it in real world New York but they still sing songs and are talking really too high and making the animals do work for them.

Jason:  That actually sounds awesome.

Mason:  It’s a really, really well-done, cute little film.

Jason:  Is it all live-action?

Mason:  Well there’s some animated parts, but 90% of it is in honest-to-God New York and there’s dancing rats and cockroaches.

Jason:  Awesome. Yeah, I’ll see it. Why not?

Mason:  Sweet!

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