MUSIC 2TT3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Kurt Weill, Diegesis, Sally Bowles
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It gives the e ect if circling around a subject rather than moving forward along a storyline: ex. Lady in the dark, allegro, love life, cabaret, company, follies, a. Chorus line, chicago, sunday in the park with george, assassins. Frames: concept musicals often draw on forms of musical theatre to frame the show, nightclub acts: cabaret, vaudeville: love life, chicago, assassins, revue: follies, musicals: a chorus line. The frame is more important than plot or character. The musical is a vehicle for socio-political commentary: use of meta-dramatic techniques, recall that meta-dramatic devices are techniques that remind the audience that what they are watching is not real. These devices undermine realism: for ex. use of a martyr, asides, onstage observers, diegetic performance, minimal scenery etc: what is the e ect of such meta-dramtic techniques. The musical follows a non-linear structure the book of the musical is short.
