Theatre of the Oppressed

I'm fascinated by preserving their original language and teaching them Spanish. Specifically the intention of neither one gaining preference. This is something I think about as a mixed race child.

I love the idea of making people literate in as many art forms as possible.

How do you throw the spectator into the action? Make them the protagonist?

10 and 11 year old siblings having sex because they see their parents doing it is so horrifying. Such a wild thing to try to reflect dramatically. What would be the point of it?

Can we teach the audience to ascribe meaning to unfamiliar symbols?

How do you practice theatre as something present and living ?

The specificity of what is meant by a word like "embrace."

Proletariat and oppressed don't know what their world is like so the theatre remains in progress. I relate to this a lot. I feel like the work is trying to make sense of existence.

I love the idea of people between classes exchanging the same ritual.

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Jeremy Griffith - The Roof is on Fire

1. CONTEXT: What were the circumstances that framed the meaning and process of this project? There are many minority teens in low-income, low-opportunity areas who have unheard voices. Their self-esteem isn't cultivated and all of their portrayal in the media is negative. 2. CONTENT: What was the issue, need, idea or opportunity addressed by this project? Teen voices were unheard, opinions of them were based on negative media stereotypes, and many of them had very poor self-esteem. 3: FORM: What is the medium that was used to address or embody the content? Immersive theatre in the form of car-conversations that audience members could eavesdrop on. 4. STAKEHOLDERS: Which are the groups or individuals that were invested in the project? The teenagers were very invested because of their desire to free their voices. The adults who helped were invested because they wanted to help these kids start to change the narrative. And the d...

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What a Riot - Bri Pattillo

I like the Theater of the Oppressed methodology of the Joker. It sort of reminded me of El Pachuco in “Zoot Suit”, like this narrator commenting on all the action. I thought the Joker methodology was a good way to introduce a Theater of the Oppressed tactic into the piece. A lot of the Theater of the Oppressed options that we read about last week have an element of questioning within in them, but I think the Joker was a good one to use with young people. It was nice and cool that she was able to include the students’ actual questions into the play. I did think her approach was rather problematic. She highlighted the problem herself and posed the question, “To whom and to what is the author beholden when writing a play for a specified population that has been invited to contribute to the playwriting process?” My problem was her answer, when she said that the students didn’t understand all of the references or language in the play. I don’t...

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