CMST 2G03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Liminality, Truthiness, Chronotope
29 Mar 2017
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Ritual, performance, belongin: theatre to reality tv to sports (16/03/17) So what, if anything, have we learned and why should i give a fuck? . That"s the thesis portion of the essay. Tell us why our stories need to be told. Going forward: performance, ritual, belonging & the nfl. Western story telling these cultural identities are built throughout history: we are telling stories through musical live performances. Television shows degrassi, kim"s convenience even though it"s through different mediums, it"s our reactions to these media that forms our identity. The conventions of realist theatre has transferred to the television: these are far from truths of ourselves. The three unities (1) time (chronotope) (2) place (liminality) (3) action (defamiliarization) The role of theatre practice in this process has been crucial . [t]hey have experienced rsthand the materiality of the three unities" as directors, actors, dancers, choreographers, performance artists, or oral interpreters. They have, now and then, bankrupted the impresarios (roach 35).
