A Conversation for Bertolt Brecht - Playwright

Verfrendung - I'll go for that

Post 1

Faustus

Brecht is not a new theory in theatre any more: how many modern productions ask the audience to 'stand away'? [rhetorical] . . .

There's irony in epic as in 'Marx did not anticipate his own influence'.

Ground breaking in the mid 20th century is normal now. The challenge is to identify the process and illuminate the progress


Verfrendung - I'll go for that

Post 2

Bladerunner

Verfremdungseffekt, alienation, that's the word smiley - smiley


Verfrendung - I'll go for that

Post 3

Faustus

Don't alienate yourself!


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