This, in his opinion, would help each actor avoid the “fourth wall” and to communicate his “awareness of being watched” (Brecht 92). All of this meant that no one performance was identical and that was what Brecht wanted. He hated mundane, staged performances that did not teach a moral lesson or touch on socially and politically controversial topics. Stanislavski’s method of acting was more focused on
Furthermore, his ability to combine what he learned in his self-analysis with the Oedipus legend and Shakespeare’s Hamlet helped to form the core of his psychoanalyses (Bergmann 535). He also effectively established ethos and used elevated diction to strengthen his claim. On the other hand, his limited use of scientific studies and gender popularity weakened his explanation. Freud’s decision to use two significant pieces of western literature in his explanation of the Oedipus Complex, helped him to define his theory to others. The allusions he made with Oedipus Rex and Hamlet introduced variety into an otherwise limited discussion.
2. Would you hire Robin Phillips? Why, why not? Personally, I would not hire Robin Phillips. While he has a good reputation and ideas for evolving the strategic direction of the theater, I believe they are self-centered in their motivation and would put the theater in the red for longer than Mr. Phillips would be willing to stay.
Can propaganda win a war? According to Adolf Hitler, propaganda is very powerful tool where one can make a people see even heaven as hell or an extremely wretched life as paradise. He believed in it so much that he established a Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda. Through the use of art, music, theater, films, books, radio, and the press, the German people were manipulated into hating the Jews and supporting World War II. The Germans weren’t the only ones using propaganda……the British and the Americans found this useful too!
By casting Richard (a York) as a villain Shakespeare is affirming to his Elizabethan audience of the emergent middle class and the nobility of the Tudor’s legitimate right to rule over England. The play also reflects the tension between providentalism and the growing secular interest in free will. This shift from God’s will to free will is particularly evident in the character of Richard as he fights for power and leadership, disregarding his conscience and religion. Al Pacino’s 1996 documentary Looking for Richard produced for an American audience that fails to see how Shakespeare is relevant to the world around them “It has always been a dream of mine to communicate how I feel about Shakespeare to others”. However like Richard III, Looking for Richard was set after another significant conflict in the Cold War.
This is demonstrated heavily through: * Architecture * Radio * Film ( triumph of the will) * Meetings and rallies * Speeches Goebbels, minister for propaganda was appointed in 1929, and the rest of the cabnet drew upon a variety of techniques in establishing a positive and progressive view of the Nazi state, Techniques: * Repetition * Stereotypes * Low intellectual level * Slogans * Appeal to emotion tather than rationality * Subtle, subliminal! The use of propaganda was highly effective as its aims achieved: * a single view, a one sided attitude which most of society clung to ignorantly * propoganda riled up the peoples emotions, suppressing logic and with the Nazis use of fabricated stories and figures, the people became deluded * allowed the Nazis to Marginalise people enabling them to create scapegoats, stereotypes, the intolerance and predjudice of certain groups in society especially Jews and communists which created
Oskar Werner is wonderful in the lead. But Truffaut made the mistake of putting Julie Christie in two roles in the same film, which was very confusing, and he eliminated some of the other characters: Clarisse McClellan and Faber the Philosopher and the Mechanical Hound. I mean, you can’t do without those!” Other than the characters in the story, including the score and alternate ending of the film, the movie was superlative. The characters in the story have precise roles and by leaving them out/altering them from the movie hinders the characterization and the originality of Bradbury’s novel. The major alterations in Truffaut’s film deals with the characters and their significance to the novel and movie.
Instead, they played what “didn’t exist in the world around them” (113). As their values changed, they began to “reject the role of the entertainer, and held themselves above tastes of the public” (112). According to Leland, nonconformism can take two forms: the relinquishing of privileges and the reclamation of privileges. The relinquishing of privileges is when one waives the privileges in order to shed the responsibilities for its actions. A great example of this is the famous quote by Emerson, “Who so be a man must be a nonconformist…” because “to be great is to be misunderstood” (115).
What plays might it be compared to? What is the effect of mingling comedyand tragedy in the same play?9. Bertold Brecht was one of the great innovators of the twentieth-century stage because of his "epic theater"; manycritics have seen a similarity between Brecht and Wilder's works, and this despite the fact that their politicalviews are very different from each other. Read Brecht's Mother Courage (also a war play) and discuss howBrecht and Wilder use non-realistic staging. What are the similarities?
The idea behind the film would seem creative at first, but the problem is that the combination of a classic play and a modern world depicted in a mainstream picture format just doesn’t make sense. I think those that watch the film could be divided into two groups. The first group is the enthusiasts who are familiar with the original play. This group would probably become disappointed when they see modern characters saying the original dialogs which I believe doesn’t fit the mood. For instance, if someone goes to an important official meeting and talks in an informal or rude language it would seem uncanny.