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Document Summary
Peter brook: theatre- the art/practice, collaborative performing art, film/play producer. What"s in a name: theater building, wrote the book the empty space , women wore revealing breaches, drama- the plays themselves, controversial at the time, women portraying men, discusses theatre. Post modernism: took place during the mid 20th century, the early 20th century was called modernism, there is no truth , no truths, everything you believed was a truth, is not, hegemony, they cannot make all the truths. The vagina monologue : this was the first time women opened up, talked about themselves and their genitalia on stage, suzan-lori parks, wrote a play about two african american men named lincoln and booth. Multiculturalism: empower marginalized groups/minorities, first time it"s not just old white men"s stories being told on stage, many more controversial stories emerged, separation vs. Cultural exchange: separation: only talking to people like themselves, cultural exchange, tyler perry: one of the most important african american theatre writers.
