Good entertainment, as opposed to good art, likely does all of the following except correct answers Challanges the audiences values
Big budget broadway musicals like Chicago, that are designed to appeal to the majority of people, can best be described as ___ correct answers Commercial theatre
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Good entertainment, as opposed to good art, likely does all of the following except correct
answers Challanges the audiences values
Big budget broadway musicals like Chicago, that are designed to appeal to the majority of
people, can best be described as ___ correct answers Commercial theatre
Which of the following terms is defined as the key to the movement of a story and is what
qualifies a theatrical work as a "play" correct answers Conflict
The ___ of a work of art is what the work is about, what it reflects or attempts to comprehend
correct answers Subject
Art generally conveys three main ideas. Which is NOT one of them correct answers
Collaboration
A work that ignores common standards of technique and beaut, that reflects no skill, that offends
viewers sensibilities, and is practically impossible to comprehend cannot be considered art
correct answers False
Artists create the perception of order in many ways. Which is NOT one of them correct answers
By meticulously creating a slavish copy or an exact replica of visual media
Which of the following philosophers would agree with the statement "theatre is therapy for the
soul" correct answers Aristotle
Because artists infuse their beliefs into their work, and are apt to state an opinion that may
challenge an audiences values and deconstruct their preconceptions, many artists are likely to
become involved in ___ correct answers Political activities
Which of the following types of plays break down the barriers and push the limits of traditional
theatre by eliminating the actor / audience relationship or by trying out new staging techniques
correct answers Experimental theatre
Which category of theatre allows playwrights, directors, and actors to express their personal
opinions about current issues and might even ask the audience to join them in calling for social
change correct answers Political theatre
When was the first text written about how to write a play correct answers Circa- 350 BC
Theatre and drama have three qualities that make them unique art forms: the performance is
always live, it's always about human beings, and it's collaborative correct answers True
To a certain extent, all works of art share five basic qualities . (1) they are created by humans ,
(2) they create consensus , (3) they have a subject ..... correct answers False
,In the theatre, the medium is exactly the same as the correct answers Subject
In his book, empty space, what three elements does peter brook say are needed for theatre to
occur correct answers An empty space/ someone to walk across it/ someone to watch
Which term describes the principles, standards, or qualities considered worthwhile or desirable
within a given society correct answers Values
Artists create because they want to reinforce the audiences values; entertainers create primarily
to express themselves correct answers False
Which of the following is considered a spatial art correct answers Architecture
Every time artists make a choice about what aspect of existence to select and arrange... because
of this, art is inherently political. correct answers True
In what way is the play Trojan woman an example of cross- cultural theatre correct answers It
takes a Greek tragedy, uses modern western staging, and included classic Japanese theatre
styles , it adopts Chinese staging methods in a okay about Greek life in a small town in New
England
The plays , we kept our victims ready and the conscience of a scab exemplify the type of "theatre
of the people" known as the correct answers Theatre of protest
The French director Antonin Artaud summed up the purpose of protest plays when he said ...
correct answers True
Why was willow Richardson considered a groundbreaking playwright correct answers He wrote
about black historical heroes in ways that challenged white stereotypes of blacks
Playwright tony Kushner he's yo Jewish and homosexual in the turbulent south of the 1960s. His
award winning play ___ correct answers Angels in America
This type of theatre prompts a particular people's awareness of themselves and their
experimented, traditions, and culture correct answers Theatre of identity
Which of the following entities decide what the general public will hear, see, and read, as well as
which actors, musicians, writers, and artists will be spotlighted correct answers All of these
entities make the entertainment decisions
Members of a privileged group only become aware of their privilege when their lives are
contrasted with another group correct answers True
, According to culture wars author Richard Bolton, what does censorship of the arts say about our
American democratic society correct answers That the gov. Failed to articulate the complexity
and diversity of the American public
Which of the following terms if defined "shortcuts in thinking that attribute a generalized
identity to people who are not like us" correct answers Stereotypes
Which of the filling statements about theatre of protest is false correct answers The national
endowment for the arts can not deny a grant application bc the play challenges traditional
American values
Which of the following is NOT an arguments made by critics of cross-cultural theatre correct
answers Cross-cultural plays expose the complexities among cultures by putting them on stage
side by side
Cross-cultural plays try to fuse styles and techniques into a performance that celebrates
diversities and similarities and promotes cultural cultural pluralism... which of the following
plays correct answers The mikado
A strong argument in favor of government funding of the arts is that, without gov. Assistance,
only the privileges culture will be heard correct answers True
Which of the following plays does NOT attempt to combat or minimize ethnocentrism correct
answers Trojan woman
Which of the following statements does NOT reflect the main purpose of the national
endowment for the arts correct answers To let the American people decide which culture is the
American culture and aid the direction of gov. policies and funding to reflect that decision
Which of the following categories of "theatre of identity" came first in American history correct
answers Minstrel shows
We all see the world from our own point of view, and most people tend to think that their take on
it is the correct view. This phenomenon is called correct answers Ethnocentrism
Which of the following is NOT a basic type of theatre of the people correct answers Theatre of
coexistence
In the 1990s, Jesse Helms proposed legislation to stop what some considered to be a progressive
agenda by artists who intended to destroy traditional American values. The law was passed to
ensure that every art grant given by the NEA must take into consideration the general standards
of "decency and respect for the diverse beliefs and values of the American public." Which of the
following was not part of that "progressive agenda"? correct answers segregation
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