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Exam 2 Flashcards

1
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1 Rule of Improv

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yes and

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Aristotle on Comedy

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comedy represents men as worse than they are
tragedy represents man as better than they are

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Henri Bergson’s observations on comedy

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Fresh philosopher

comedy is inherently human
insensibility accompanies laughter
laughter needs company
comedy is culturally specific
comedy superimposes the mechanical on the living

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Two comedy psychological theories

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  1. establishment of superiority: humor from the weakness of others

2.incongruity: surprising, illogical, unexpected

  1. release (Freud): laughter released unconscious turmoil/cathartic
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farce

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extravagant plots, exaggerated characters, slapstick, sexual
EX. RPDR acting challenges

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high comedy

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upperclass, life is a game and the best player (not person) wins, witty and articulate, sexual tension

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melodrama

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emotional appeal, virtuous hero hounded by evil villain, music, happy ending, spectacle

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realism

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lifelike dialogue, inhabitable scenery (box set), actors speaking to each other not audience, social concern

A DOLLS HOUSE by Henrik Ibsen

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naturalism

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realism subset, effects of environment (meat set), dramatizes social determination

Darwin (biology), Marx (economics), Freud (past)

David Belasco &
Andre Antoine

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Greek tragedy

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festival of Dionysus, descended from dithyrambs

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dithyrambs

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narrative poems sung for Dionysus
(3 tragedies, 1 satyr play)
1. masks (3 actors)
2. Greek stories
3. Off-stage violence
4. music & dance

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tragedy vs comedy

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fate/order/cosmos/love hero/suffering/nobility of humanity/individuals
VS
chance/fortune/chaos/the body/ pleasure/ detached from hero/ faults of humanity/society

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Futurism

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energy and speed, reject the past
Marinetti

ended bc of the depression from WWI

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Afrofuturism

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reimagines the future of black experience through a fusion of sci-fi, fantasy, and history
unique innovations of black culture
techno, color, African iconology

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expressionism

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inner emotions externally, characters are types, compressed dialogue
EX. Machinal

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dadaism

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SHOCK the audience
senseless, uncivilized
disgust with society

17
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surrealism

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are made with thought not reason
DREAMS
surrender to the dark forces of the mind

18
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theatre of the absurd

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After WWII Absurdism
a world with no meaning or rules

EX. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

19
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happenings

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no audience everyone participates

20
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performance art

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public form of artistic expression
EX. Marina Abramovic (endurance art)

21
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1 rule of stage violence

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the victim is always in control

22
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minstrelsy

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only American contribution to theatre

23
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TD Rice (Thomas Daddy)

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white minstrel actor who created the character jim crow

24
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Stephen Foster

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wrote famous American songs for minstrel shows

25
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minstrel show character types

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interlocutor (conductor)
mr bones (spoons)
mr tambo
uncle tom character (loves whites ad is religious)
topsy (uncivilised black girl)

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black vaudeville

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(10-15 mins) black performers acting for black audiences
TOBA
traveling circuit
two crazy tap boys

27
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urban circuit

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marketing plays to black audiences
melodrama
farce
R&B

28
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Tyler Perry

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most successful black playwright

29
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Negro Ensemble Company

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successful black theatre company

30
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Set Design Primary Function

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to communicate ideas
time, place, characterization

31
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gels and gobos

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patterned and colorful light

32
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technical director

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Create technical drawings for shop build based on designer drawings, layouts, and other visual aids

SET DESIGN

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sound designer

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all sound effects, whether recorded or live for a specific production.

34
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developments in stages and lighting over time

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wall and slides with vague settings, 3D with flats, and box set

Sunlight, candles, oil lamps, gas lights, electricity

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