Section 1 Flashcards
(41 cards)
Module 1 introduced the idea of the ‘socially theatrical’ person. Is this the same as theatre?
No
Section 1 discussed professional wrestling. Is The Undertaker doing theatre (according to your reading?)
Yes. Theatre in the “raw”.
On stage, “we will accept that a stage has become an ocean for the duration of a performance”. What is this called in theatre?
Stage convention
To cry at the death of Mufasa in a production of The Lion King means you have…
Suspended your belief
Can a bench be a car?
- in theatre yes
- if there is an accepted stage convention, yes
- if you have suspended your belief, yes
(all of the above)
“A strong theatrical event has an agreed upon script/event that has been created by a script writer or playwright.” The assumption when going to a play is that something interesting is going to happen worthy of our attention. Which of the following is more likely to appear in a stage play?
A 12 year old vampire with a blood allergy has arrived at summer camp and has forgotten his sun screen
What is a big difference between live theatre and film?
The immediacy is different
Live theatre events are always different each night whereas a film never changes. What examples were given?
During a showing of Avengers: The Age of Ultron, a cell phone goes off. The person is rude and begins to talk loudly on the phone. Mark Ruffalo can’t hear this in film and respond AS THE HULK, “Get off phone, puny man, or Hulk SMASH!” No, it is always the same performance no matter what.
Live theatre events are always different each night whereas a film never changes. What examples were given?
A ten-year-old girl stood up in the front row and yelled at the actor playing Falstaff. She said, “I can’t understand a damn word you’re saying! And besides! This is a re-run! I saw this show last week!”
Are Reality TV shows and stage Realism real?
NO!
What exactly is realism?
- theatrical illusion
- truth seeming
- performance style
(all of the above)
Who or what is Og?
A sensitive theoretical caveman
The most common Western dramatic form of storytelling uses…
Cause and effect
If you build logically toward a climatic end of a story, this is probably what form of dramatic storytelling structure?
Climatic
__________ explores the belief that the entire world is _________ and therefore any truthful exploration of the human experience will also be __________ and make little sense.
Absurdism/absurb
It may be assumed that we developed basic language skills before we began telling actual story.
True
Some surmise that the ability to tell a story is not only entertaining and sometimes educational, but may be…
A key human survival trait
A ——– is nothing without the story behind it that explains is.
Ritual
According to a major theory presented in your module, the first story and ritual was invented…
- by Og
- to call on the spirits for aid
- to create hope
(all of the above)
What is a Kusillo?
- the world’s oldest known clown
- a mythical creature of the underworld
- an embodiment of chaos and creation
(all of the above)
——— is a repeatable event. Great care must be taken. There are rules/conventions that must be followed that match the expectations of the group.
- ritual
- drama
(all of the above)
Where was the first recorded play?
Egypt
What character was featured in the Aydos Passion Play?
Osiris
Any play that details the story of life, death, and resurrection of any deity may be called?
A passion play
