Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Realism
As I started to read a little about realism I found a few neat facts. first, I didn't know this but realism theatre started in Russia and after that spread in Europe. A good description of realizm is " It is where people move and talk in a manner similar to that of our everyday behavior. The style has been dominant for the last 120 years. It holds the idea of the stage as an environment, rather than as an acting platform." This description really makes sense to me because as we studied realism types of paintings I enjoyed seeing the honest description displayed in them of how life was. It seems like maybe in the past people may have expressed themselves differently or not thought proper to focus on how we really are but realism is refresing in that it is down to earth and shows us how we really are. "Realism in the theatre was a general movement in the later 19th century that steered theatrical texts and performances toward greater fidelity to real life".
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i like this movement. it sounds like it would have naturally connected with people. sometimes the truth hurts though and that could have been hard for some people.
ReplyDeleteIt's true. I really like this quote by C.S. Lewis, he said,"Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it." It is so incredibly hard to 'tell it like it is'.
ReplyDeleteI think that it was about time for people to see reality instead of fantasies on stage. It probably helped them made better decisions in life.
ReplyDeleteI also like this movement. I like to see realistic things. It kinda annoys me when I am watching a movie and when two cars crash, they blow up. I want to see something real, and I know other people like that stuff. I prefer watching something that could really happen in real life.
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