THEA 142: Development of Dramatic Art I

A discussion of the origins and transformations of primarily Western theatre from its origins to the late 18th century, through texts, artists, and theorists.

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Please, spare the eels!

Given the nature of this particular play, it's safe to say it would be well recieved by college students. It would also be interesting to have college students as the actors - God knows they've been exposed to such jokes, and therefore would get into the characters rather well. As for the set and costumes, I think it would be interesting to have things look serious - and then of course, the show is a comedy, and that dramatic illusion provided by the set and costumes is quickly lost in the din of giggles brought on by a plethora of penis jokes.

For an older audience, one less likely to collapse into fits of laughter at sex jokes, the play may need to be scaled down a bit. It might be good to take out a few of the rather blunt sexual references...just to give the impression that the play has an inkling of the concept of tastefulness - but not really. Sex sells, and even older people get a kick out of sex jokes - they just have to act all mature and not go into hysterics over them because they're supposed to be good role models and all that jazz.

3 Comments:

At 9:21 PM, Blogger Taylor said...

As I have commented on other people's meditations, I agree with your perspective audience. They are the ones who will really be able to appreciate the dirty jokes, and they are the right age to not be taking things to seriously or getting "offended" because of the "crudeness" of a joke.

 
At 2:55 AM, Blogger Paul said...

College students do tend to be less subtle when it comes to humor. I think college students would definitely portray this humor if they were cast as the actors.

 
At 1:55 PM, Blogger Greg said...

This play shouldn’t be scaled down at all. It was written to be a jaw dropping comedy, and if it’s scaled down to help the audience, that defeats the purpose. This play didn’t have any tastefulness at all. That was the entire beauty of it! Its really too bad that older people don’t get as much of a kick out of sex jokes that younger people do…It seems a lot more fun. I hope I am here when this play is performed at Austin College. College students just can’t get enough dick jokes.

 

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