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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