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Director correct answers The person who rehearses and coordinates performers to ensure that
they interpret the text appropriately
Global correct answers Having to do with any activity--political, economic, artistic, cultural--in
which nations and people around the world relate and interact
Multiethnic/multicultural correct answers Referring to any nation, community, or group, in
which people of various ethnic or cultural origins or beliefs coexist and interact
Performing arts correct answers Theatre, dance, opera, an music. Film also partakes of the
performing arts.
Script correct answers Also, text Story, incident, or event put into theatrical form
Theatre Space correct answers The place where performers and audience come together
The most significant difference between films and theatre correct answers the relationship
between the performer and the audience
Types of art correct answers literary, visual, performing
Characteristics of art correct answers sound, relationship between time and space,
elements of theatre correct answers audience, performers, script or text, director, theatre space,
design aspects: scenery, costume, lighting, and sounds
2. aesthetic distance correct answers physical or psychological separation or detachment of
audience from dramatic action, usually considered necessary for artistic illusion
Auteur director correct answers a director who believes that his or her role is to be the author of a
production. An auteur director's point of view dominates that of the playwright, and the director
may make textual changes and modifications
Critic/reviewer questions correct answers 1. what is the playwright or production attempting to
do?
2. How well has it been done?/How well has the attempt succeeded?
3. It is worth doing?
Common Devices: correct answers Recognizable Characters -Consider a New York "cop" show.
What expectations do you have of what a NYC police officer should be like? What about in a
situation comedy about a family? Is there a certain "type" you expect for the parents? The
characters of the popular "Big Bang Theory" are (at first glance) socially inept as fitting to the
American stereotype of a "nerd." Being able to easily identify these characters helps us enter into
the story being told quickly and easily.
, Dramatic Structure -The storyline of these shows generally introduces characters and a setting,
presents some conflict, shows the characters encountering a series of obstacles, and then finds a
resolution to the conflict.
Enticing Content -The subject matter of television shows and movies today attempts toconstantly
intrigue audiences. That which interests audiences is always evolving as society's
Exaggerated Parodies -Comedy shows and sketches provide amusement to many by stretching
what we commonly know, watch, and do into the less plausible.
jukebox musical correct answers musical based on popular songs momma mia
Homogenous audience correct answers the audience members come from mostly from similar
backgrounds college students
vicariously correct answers through mind and heart
As a critic or reviewer, you must be able to determine correct answers A. What was intended by
the playwright,
and
B. How well the director guided the personnel (actors, designers, etc.) in creating what was
intended by the playwright (unless of course the play was directed by an auteur director).
action correct answers according to the greek philosopher Aristotle, a sequence of events linked
by cause and effect, with a beginning,middle, and end. The best way to unify a play
antagonist correct answers opponent of the protagonist
chorus correct answers in ancient greek drama, a group of performers who sang and danced,
sometimes participating in drama but usually simply commenting on it. In modern times
performers who sing and dance together
climactic structure correct answers tentative structure there are few scenes, a short time passes,
there are few locales, and the action begins chronologically close to the climax
climax correct answers often defined as the high point in action or the final most significant
crisis in action
Commedia dell'arte correct answers form of comic theatre, originating in sixteenth-century Italy,
in which dialogue was improvised around a loose dialogue calling for a set of stock characters
Complication correct answers introduction in a play of a new force that creates a new balance of
power and entails a delay in reaching the climax
