TH 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Portico, Fourth Wall, Doritos
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Lecture 7: Roman Theatre
Aspendos- Turkey
Guy who dresses up as gladiator, turkish actor, so hot in summer and then pay them to kill them
on camera
Violence and entertainment
If a society's values reflected in our taste of entertainments, what about countries with a higher
percent of violence?
Us one of most violent cultures and could we predict that the us likes violent entertainment
Violence could be result of poverty so we would be less
Violent video games are cathartic and strategic
Us homicide rate id super high and higher than canada uk and australia
High percent of this from guns
The death toll from 68 to 2011 ellipses all wars ever fought by the us
Recent psychological studies and crime and induce “object aggression” in some children
In my watch where brain lights up with cartoon
Take an object and smash it after
Several studies linking first person shooter games to aggression and violence have failed to
provide solid evidence
Playing of video games= incidence of violence
We bottle things up so could get it all out
Counter-argument: japanese tv gaming and cinema well known for its graphic violence, we
borrow a lot from japanese masters and crating violent scenes
Japan has the lowest crime rate in the world
Murder rate is .8 compared to 83.3 in honduras
Supports cataract arg? Country that participates in violent games but least violent cultures
THERE ARE NO HANDGUNS, THEY ARE ILLEGAL, HARD TO GET A RIFLE
What about the women's role? Are these gendered?
Same people who play video games watch MMA
Female fighters devalues natural emne tendencies and destroys cultural awareness of honor
and protection
Seeing ppl n MAnicures men to respect all women and equal in strength
Romen men had a similar debate with female gladiators
Question for a lot of historians if it was gendered
Roman Diversions and what these suggest about culture
Who attended it?
How much did it costs?
Look at Roman Empire
Roman Empire
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All over europe and entirety of north africa
When romans expanded they built theatres everywhere to show domain
Battle of Corinth 146t BC- Romans defeat the Greeks
Rome becomes largest city in world of one million people
The Romans didn't march in and destroy, they stole everything including the people-
craftspeople and brought them back to Rome
Many of Roman buildings designed by Greeks
Early theatre held on the streets or in ppls houses
Painting like the backdrop if the theatre and go over and watch the performance privately
Small wooden stages were built and then destroyed and looks like japanese performance space
Popular forms of Roman theatre tends to be less philosophical and more interested in their
entertainment value
Whether we like didactic or do we want to learn something in the process
Why do some cultures prefer ART that is non-didactic? Do we?
We watch documentaries because you learn something
Edgar allan poe said art should concern for arts sake, and last thing the hsod d is teach ppl and
exist for beauty and aesthetics
Bot teh bran it's what we appreciate when we attach it that fills sole
Opposite of what aristotle said that we should learn during it
Lives full of having t thunk and art is an escape
Romans like poe and want escapist pieces
Julius Caesar proclaims himself perpetual dictator in 44 BC
Something i don't want to do
Good way to get yourself killed
He was assassinated a few months later
Hubris- undie rampant pride
Ironically he is killed in the building of his riva in Pompey
The Dude has just built largest theatre of roman empire
Theatre of pompey- built by pompey the great
The theatre of pompey was still there
Killed on steps of portico of building of the guy he just killed
Romans cut the Orchestra in half and important ppl sit up there
Nilatrism and Paganism
Becomes christinized later and holy roman empire
The state or weak people sponsored theatre events during pagan festivals
Targeting general populous and want to market themselves- politician run for office and have
huge free event
Why would a conquering culture build performance spaces?
We march into iraq and build a football stadium would be weird
Pretty much what Romans did
Sipay of power and want to integrate the new pp into Roman culture of theatre
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Document Summary
We bottle things up so could get it all out. In my watch where brain lights up with cartoon. Guy who dresses up as gladiator, turkish actor, so hot in summer and then pay them to kill them on camera. Us one of most violent cultures and could we predict that the us likes violent entertainment. Violence could be result of poverty so we would be less. Us homicide rate id super high and higher than canada uk and australia. The death toll from 68 to 2011 ellipses all wars ever fought by the us. Recent psychological studies and crime and induce object aggression in some children. Several studies linking first person shooter games to aggression and violence have failed to provide solid evidence. Counter-argument: japanese tv gaming and cinema well known for its graphic violence, we borrow a lot from japanese masters and crating violent scenes. Japan has the lowest crime rate in the world.
