Over the last few weeks of seeing works here in Berlin. One of the aspects of the German theater and Germanic helmed art in general is there acceptance and nuance in the way they aid story telling with technology. I was blown away the first night by the way they used film to give a deeper look into what was going on with a characters inner life, and the way the aesthetic of the film worked with the white of the set and the writing on the wall. Then I was come to realize this was nothing new or revolutionary Ostermeier was doing with Bernhardi when we continued to see the use of film in almost every piece we saw, but it was an example of the way Brecht continues to influence the German (and world) theater.
I know there is a conversation about whether using Film is deviating from the root of the "live theater." But I believe theater, like all art, is a form that evolves with its time. So drawing on film to aid live storytelling only seems like a step forward for the art in such a technologically driven world. I also think there is a taboo around experimenting with different concepts in New York because there is so much money that goes into the shows that New York theater has become about what works, even if it is praised with meaningless critical jargon like "Fresh" or "Current."
The other night I was watching "How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)," a Netlix show created and helmed by a Germanic team, and the use of technology in this show was so well done that it gave the fun show another level of honesty and plays another character in the show which behaves in an accurate way. A fine example of German story telling using technology in another form other than the theater.
'Merica embrace and catch up.
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