THEA 2400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sleepy Lagoon Murder, Lorraine Hansberry, Lysistrata
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Theatre gives a voice to the voiceless: mainstream media= theatre of the opposed. Theatre of the people: multiculturalism, stereotypes= give example of positive and negative . Stereotypes: three main types= theatre of identity, theatre of protest, cross-cultural theatre. Theatre of identity: tends to start as small localized movements of individuals. Cultures: yiddish broadway and harlem renaissance, black face, yellow face, and red face, lorraine hansberry= first black female playwright on broadway. Raisin in the sun: august wilson= the century cycle. Theatre of protest: aristophanes= lysistrata= peloponnesian war, el teatro campesino= chicano and filipino migrant workers, zoot suit= sleepy lagoon murder trial and zoot suit riots. Cross-cultural theatre: the lion king, older plays= mikado, madame butterfly, etc. Ethnocentrism: tony kushner= angels in america, laramie project= moises kaufman.
