killer karaoke

Karaoke rage is not unheard of in Asia. There have been several reported cases of singers being assaulted, shot or stabbed mid-performance, usually over how songs are sung.

Frank Sinatra’s “My Way” has reportedly generated so many outbursts of hostility that some bars in the Philippines now do not offer it on the karaoke menu anymore. In Thailand this year, a gunman shot eight people dead after tiring of their endless renditions of a John Denver tune.

And a good time is had by all.

E2/3H: today's revisions focus on the conclusion and title.

A couple of words about these:

A good conclusion does not simply repeat things already said, nor does it start new arguments about interpreting the text. Rather, though it probably summarizes your arguments, it takes them to some new plane, perhaps a more universal one, perhaps one that ties back to an opening idea you used for the essay.

There is nothing wrong (and lots right) with using a well-chosen quotation from the text or from somewhere else to help make your point here, though again you should avoid new textual interpretation; that's the job of a body paragraph.

As far as the title is concerned:

Clever and interesting is good, but obscure is just plain weird. If your title's connection to the subject of your essay is not readily apparent, you might consider using a subtitle (as in A study of transcendentalist thought in Thornton Wilder's Our Town). Indent this, center it, and single space it with a smaller-than-usual font size.

CW: 28/9 and counting...



j: Q
music: theme from avenue q; quidam--cirque du soleil

--kt