Mady Schutzman found a very creative way/tool to tell/create the story. Inspired by TO and it's founder Gustavo Boal she decided to use Joker view to approach the young artists. Joker is someone who in his archetypical nature, tells jokes. His duality and safe dangerous around him is very seductive and that's why it worked well as a turning point in the play.
Protagonist - antagonist -protagonist-antagonist = Fast roles switching
Black masks - white masks - no masks =
Who cares the masks in society, what is a social mask and how is easy to get one, two, multiple. Is it possible to be alive without the mask?
Joker-Joke = what's real?
Chorus= superego in progress
(Latino)kids=artists
I really appreciate Schutzman first step approaching the material. She asked kids to choose some famous people that they would like to learn more about. That can be an interesting platform for some research about current youth as well as the potential projects in the future. For example, every year the same group of people can do a performance based on another famous person that they are interested to know more about etc. This project offers a lot of possibilities.
Those young artists asked questions through the process, have they found an answer?
Who is responsible, for their stories? I know they are not some famous figures from the history but to me, they are marvelous young people who potentially can create history?
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