Episode 15: The Not-Evolution of Theatre
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English - September 12, 2020 02:59 - 1 hour - 67.1 MBHistory Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Summary In which Em and Jess discuss the important theoretical contributions of Tropic Thunder and Blazing Saddles to performance studies, thereby illustrating the important differences between performance, theatre, and ritual and vital questions about their respective origins. Also, Jess calls Socrates evil, and then Em and Jess decolonize medieval theatre beginning with India and China. …