![]() For instance, if a player draw a “7,” they would quickly drop the card to the table and point both fingers in the air (toward heaven). The students took turns choosing cards from the circle – each card had a special action associated with it. Each student also held a cup of their own filled with beer. The game involved a can of beer placed in the center of the table with a deck of cards fanned out around the can. In this case the game I observed was being played by a group of four students. ![]() It’s a party game, played by young people, often in their teens or mid-twenties. There are many variations of the rules of the game known as King’s Cup. “Two is you, three is me, four is whores, five is drive, six is dicks, seven is heaven, eight is mate, nine is rhyme, ten is thumb master…” ![]() He was not the only underage student there. My informant was observed playing the game detailed below. ![]() Because the academy is not a traditional college or university, the student body contains a wide range of student ages, from teens just out of high school, to men and women in their late thirties. This student is deeply involved in the active social aspect of life as a theater student – frequently attending wrap parties, after parties, and general Friday night parties to blow off steam after a week of classes. My informant is a 19 year old college freshman studying theater at an academy in Hollywood, California. ![]()
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