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Poor Unfortunate Theater: Crash Course Theater #48

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Poor Theater and Theater of the Oppressed were two sort of concurrent movements that shared some of the same aims. Jerzy Grotowski's Poor Theater eschewed the use of lighting, props, costumes, makeup, and many of the other trappings of... Poor Theater and Theater of the Oppressed were two sort of concurrent movements that shared some of the same aims. Jerzy Grotowski's Poor Theater eschewed the use of lighting, props, costumes, makeup, and many of the other trappings of "rich" theater. Augusto Boal's Theater of the Oppressed in Brazil challenged the ideas of how plays were written and performed, and blurred the lines between actors and audiences.
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12:31
Grade
12th - Higher Ed
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Crash Course Theater
Date
2019
Language
English
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audiences, brazil, costumes, plays, poland, space, work
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action, actor, actors, audience, began, born, called, exist, forum, grotowski, headless dummy, kind, oppressed, performance, poor theater, pretty, rich theater, rise, ritual, role, social problem, spect actor, theater
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