presentation and christmas looming... what about the Ripper?

Hey all,

I have not received email with everyone’s slides. I have just changed basic stuff such as background and font etc. I haven’t messed with anyone’s section. However Raj’s and Kiri’s slides look a bit full, however I assume by your previous post you have changed this. Emma your pictures finally work yay!

I have typed up what I’m going say in my part, it’s a page and half (opps). Don’t worry it is mostly bulletin points. I think I might go for good old-fashioned flash cards in the presentation. Kate your idea of a voice recorder in terms of being able to play it back is good. Unfortunately I don’t have one, and I don’t like hearing back my own voice!

After a lot of researching for my section on musicals, I have decided to concentrate on four very different musicals. The strangest one being a VERY JACK THE RIPPER CHRISTMAS is set Christmas in a Music Hall in Whitechapel during the Ripper Murders of 1888. It is a burlesque show, and setting the murders around Christmas, which is meant to represent a time of birth and joy, shows how varied the use of the ripper has become. How extreme his representations are, and how far people are willing to exploit the use of the Ripper.

Another interesting musical I have included is JACK’S HOLIDAY set in 1920’s, where Jack has escaped; he’s across the Atlantic killing people in America. This musical represents two main important points. One being that the Ripper is feared years later. The second being the Rippers worldwide exploitation, and importance. The Ripper’s murders in London, our known throughout the world as people are exploiting the ripper as a somewhat ‘brand’.

To some extend the Ripper is seen as an iconic figure, can it be jealously that this attention and media focus even 120 years later is on London. Are other countries somewhat jealous that Britain had the first modern famous serial killer?