AM Theatricalism+Assignment

I would consider theatricalism, by nature, a genre without common characteristics. Contrasted with realism, there is no one way to interpret anything when looking at it with a theatrical mindset. That being said, I would consider some common adjectives to describe theatricalism, these include bizarre, extravagant, and exhibitionist. Starting with Beckett's __Play__ and ending with the videos we watched on Friday, the common trend was to take a piece of work and change and transform it into the bizarre and extraordinary. Beckett's __Play,__ circled around tormented souls in purgatory but placed them in an urn. The play on Friday showed the actors and actresses in all white and talking while the meter ran on what appeared to be gas pumps. Although this was in German, one could possibly assume this was to parodies the high cost of speech or gasoline. Again, to me, theatricalism serves as a genre with no common characteristics to allow for as much creative freedom as possible, and this is one reason I believe it is so successful.