THTR 1020 Chapter : No Thanks
Document Summary
20th century: movies undermine theatrical realism, so there is a reaction against realism as a form, truth with a capital t" us the new priority, but getting there is no obvious or easy. 19th-20th century transition: how did we get to the style of theare seen today, theatre, like anything, accumulates and references its own history, realism and social realism showed new things on stage that challenged people"s. Representational v. presentational: representational staging- the creating of a completely realistic illusion, realism=complete illusion of reality, observable reality, objective, presentational staging-recognizing the audience"s awareness of theatrical manipulation, reality is already an illusion, reality is not directly observable, subjective. The manifesto: document that states the aims and intentions of artistic movements, list of aims from different manifestoes, 1. It"s stupid to wire one hundred pages where one would do life itself consist of actions vastly more awkward, uniform, and predictable that those which unfold in the world of art .
