Watch. Dime. Develop. Powder. Pantry. Dirt. That’s right, it’s time for a dip into the random, because we’re talking about the Dada theater that grew out of Symbolism, and the Surrealist theater that followed Dada. You’ll learn about Maurice Maeterlinck, Paul Fort, Lugne Poe, Andre Breton, and Alfred Jarry and his infamous play, Ubu Roi. Along the way, you’ll pick up lots of interesting facts. For instance, Jarry’s favorite cocktail was made up of absinthe, vinegar, and ink. We don’t want to boss you around, but do not ever drink anything like that.
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We did a staged reading of 'Sweeney Agonistes' at school. I did not go down well.
So how does Absurdism fit into this? (And, what's that other term? Situationalism…?)
Really entertaining, and I learned something. Thanks for sharing!
Renascence.
Powerful.
Artist.
Probably.
Meme culture is Dadaism of our time.
Did you say taxes the Pheasants? I'd ordinarily assume you meant Peasants, but when the whole point is to be nonsense I'm not so sure.
OMG, I NEEDED THIS SO MUCH! I can't even believe how lucky I am to have you in my subscription box!
Théâtre de l'Œuvre*
Educational!
why don't you have a video about armpits? that would be nice:D
All of those artists needed psychiatric help.
Am I going blind, or is the host out of focus? Seems to have been fixed at around 4min mark.
is cc mythology coming back?
‘Ubu roi’ sounds like an Adam Sandler and/or Sacha Cohen Baron movie.
BTW, through all these videos, I can't repeat it enough: Thank you for providing both a great refresher for all my theater history courses and, by this point, updates on "stuff we never really got to." Keep on going on!
Mike Rugnetta got that two week break cuh ??????
Oui – Jarry and Ubu!!! Enfin!! ???????????
Hey Mike going out on a limb….. How about doing a CC on Theatre of Cruelty/ Antonio Artaud
William S. Burroughs borrowed Tzara's word collage technique, as did David Bowie. "Heroes" and "Life On Mars" were both composed this way. (Or a shoestring, for that matter: blue.)
I learned about Ubu Roi in a college theater class and was hoping you'd talk about it. Awesome!
I'm surprised you never brought up Artaud. Pretty influential thinker and practitioner to overlook.