Millennial Notes Kushner & Tesori’s Boy & Maid Both Outsiders in 60s U.S. by Jose Martin Aveldanes Deprivation lies at the heart of 60s America, whether it follows color, gender, or social class. In “Caroline, or Change,” eight-year-old Noah is deprived of love; his stepmother Rose seeks independence; and their Black maid, Caroline, seeks reprieve…
Millennial Notes Leslie Martinson Turns People & Props into Time Travelers by Jose Martin Aveldanes After a night out in an London musical hall in 1935, a banal Englishman, Richard Hannay (elegant Lance Gardner), meets a mysterious, soon-to-be-murdered German woman. In the satirical and comic “The 39 Steps,” which spoofs the Hitchcock movie, Hannay…
Jose Martin Aveldanes is a doctoral student in Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a fitness enthusiast, an avid reader, concert-goer, and social butterfly interested in the arts. He mainly spends his time reading literature that deals with the issue of social class, children’s outcomes, and the institution of the family…