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Interview On The T. V Show 'The Maury Povich Show'

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We chose to do an interview with Oedipus and Jocasta as the interviewees. We based this interview on the T.V. show “The Maury Povich Show.” Nora would play the role of Maury, while Lance as Creon, half cameraman, and Teiresias. Zach as Jocasta and Derek will play Oedipus and be half cameraman. Maury will be asking though questions towards Oedipus about his kingdom and his past murders. The questions for Jocasta will be mainly about how her “dead child” and how her life is going with Oedipus. The questions for Oedipus will be mainly on how he feels about his parents and their actions, and how he gets the DNA results from the host, to tell whether he married his mother and killed his father. We will also feature Oedipus getting in a physical

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