The apocalypse of Bill Lizard

It’s the end of the world as he knows it, etc. etc.

Propp’s theory

• Bill is the hero, the woman the damsel in distress and the rabbit man who can manipulate pencils is the helper.

Generic verisimilitude

• This drama is a comedy genre. This is a generic verisimilitude because it has got it’s desired opinion of the radio drama.

The beginning

• The beginning of the radio drama consists of effects such as frozen voice giving a formal mode of address. There is an affect which seems like Bill is on the phone to someone giving an enigmatic effect.

Todorov

• The five minute passage I heard featured both an equilibrium and a disruption; and because of this we know there’ll be a resolution. The equilibrium is the spoken word intro, and the disruption is the introduction of the female character.

Mode of address

• The mode of address is informal, as it’s a light hearted radio comedy, and indirect, as it contains conversations between the characters, but not to the audience.