BUGSY MALONE
Reading Response
LEARNING INTENTIONS
 To identify key elements of the text
 To identify evidence to support your understanding of
these elements
 To organise theses into a coherent written response
 To write the response to the text as a full essay
BUGSY MALONE – CEL TASK
Write a review of Alan Parker’s Bugsy
Malone concentrating on the following: the
gangs, relationships in the play, key themes
of the play, the importance of children in
key roles in the play and your own opinion
of the play.
B U GS Y M ALO N E – THE GANGS
 What they do
 Who runs them (What Dandy Dan and Fat Sam
are like),
 Some of the people who are in them, Knuckles,
Doodle, Bronx Charlie
 How the fighting ends
B U GS Y M ALO N E : RE LATIO N S H IPS
 How Bugsy and Blousy develop a relationship
 The problems they face
 How Tallulah behaves towards Bugsy and Fat Sam
BUGSY MALONE – KEY THEMES
 What does the play tell us about :
1. Prohibition of alcohol
2. Gangsters
3. Hopes and Dreams
4. Romantic Love
BUGSY MALONE
– ROLE OF CHILDREN
 Having children in key roles
 How does this change the mood of the play
 What does it add to your enjoyment of the play
 How well this works as a technique in the play
B U GS Y M ALO N E - CO N CLU S IO N
 Your opinion of the play
 what you most enjoyed,
 whether you would recommend it
 What you learned from reading the play