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Re: RAT questions



I still like Brecht:

"Theater is a Weapon"

Francis


>At 10:03 AM 8/4/00 -0400, P1d2o3b@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 8/4/00 8:57:37 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>audiemccall@yahoo.com writes:
>
>>> To assume that theatre must "effect change" (a
>>>  seductive assumption, admittedly, but nevertheless
>>>  dubious) and then throw up one's hands and say it's "a
>>>  crap shoot" what kind of change you're effecting seems
> >>  disingenuous and callous.
>>> 
>
>>also stupic
>
>QUESTION #4  Is the above "stupic" spelling due to callousness,
>disingenuousness, or stupidity?
>
>Theater for me is an act of faith.  A time and place of vulnerability, not
>willful intent.
>
>The moral trepidation of Abraham carrying his only son Isaac up Mount Moriah
>for the sacrafice.
>
>see Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling
>
>http://home.pacbell.net/newcov/sk/kw6a.htm
>
>Keats spoke of mystery, doubt, uncertainty.
>
>But Artaud probably spoke most precisely: "To act is to kill."