Notes (4/7/2016)

• Most modern version of practical aesthetics
• William Macy and David Mamet
• Manifested Stanislavsky's method in a different way 
• Brecht had a different purpose with Stanislavsky's method
• 1889-1956
• World War 1/11
• Cold War
• Communism
• Socialism
• Nazi (Holocaust) 
• Theater of Cruelty 
• Theater of Poor
• Theater of Absurd
• Brecht
• Sending a message
• More than telling a story
• Politics and war that surrounded them
• Creating a political theater that educates and communicates its audience (1 of his primary aims) 
• Wanted audience to leave theater and be moved to social and political change --> to do something
• examine their lives
• didn't want them to be in fantasy world
• leave with something they're going to do
• wanted to develop entertainment into an object of instruction
• theater = publication 
• Study time period of 1889-1956 to understand the purpose to what he wrote
• Both Stanislavsky and Brecht sent a message beyond amusement 
• Keep in mind there are different cultures and different interpretations 
• Level of awareness
• Racism is a fact of life
• if love transcends that do it
• know racism is present (contest) 
• Important to Brecht --> Being aware