T D 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Method Acting, Lillian Hellman, Graduate School
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Both paired together in a performance at ski town colorado. It"s a white, upper scale setting: yet, this juxtaposition was performed. Melodrama: most popular dramatic form in 19th century. For everyone, not just aristocrats: clear plot, poetic justice. Usually light skilled, light haired woman: evil villain. Light man (strong: use of music for mood. Most popular theatrical style well into 1900s. Tries to replicate reality: attention to detail, maintains fourth wall. Actors don"t know that they are there. Living their own life: stories of common people. Common issues that lots of people have. Influences on realism: late 19th century shifts in. Trying to fight corrupt systems of power. Made playwrights think: actors will behave differently if they live in. Chicago vs on a plantation even if they are the same person: places affect you as a person, sigmund freud. Id: uncoordinated, instinctual, animalistic, i do what i want, not necessary controlled by us.
