FMX 211 - Emily Alber

While exploring the blog, I discovered a show I had no idea was made into a musical: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory . This was one of my favorite books and movies when I was younger, and just from the trailer found on the blog, I feel as if I would love the musical as well. Shows with a child playing the lead are always more interesting to me and more likely to get my attention. It is incredible to see talent in someone so young, and refreshing compared to the adult actors who have had many more years of experience. Most Broadway shows do not catch my attention, and the ones that do are usually ones someone else has to force me to watch. Even though I have loved every show I've seen (either in a movie adaptation or live), I never seem to want to explore a show by myself. However, due to the comments on the Stage Door blog about  Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I may further dive into that show. The only time I explored any show by myself was when I discovered an adaptation of

I thought it was very interesting how Dr. Eagleman talked about how every action we do is backed up by a lightning storm of brain activity. This is something I was aware of before, but it is always interesting to hear how someone else explains this. The aspect of everything in our brains being done by "teams of rivals" is not something I had heard before. He described this as being like a Parliament, two opposite sides that both think they know what is best trying to take control of the brain and dictate the function that is done. This notion makes complete sense and I am surprised I had not heard of it until now. Another interesting thing Dr. Eagleman brought up was how brain tumors can affect one's behavior and that our biology is really a large part of who we are. The different cases that were brought up of people changing how they act very suddenly and feeling as if something is different in their minds were incredible to hear about. The points he then made about cr