WA Repeats

It is interesting that 'Man in the Street' allegedly quotes Bertholt to support his specious argument that theatre is merely entertainment. BB was the eptome of the opposite view, as can be seen from this quote from wikipedia: " Above all things that theatre was and what he wanted theatre to be, Brecht believed that the theatre's broadest function was to educate. "It is the noblest function that we have found for 'theatre'".[55] Brecht wanted the answer to Lenin’s question ‘Wie und was soll man lernen?’ ('How and what should one learn?'). He created an influential theory of theatre, the epic theatre, wherein a play should not cause the spectator to emotionally identify with the action before him or her, but should instead provoke rational self-reflection and a critical view of the actions on the stage. He believed that the experience of a climactic catharsis of emotion left an audience complacent. Instead, he wanted his audiences to use this critical perspective to identify social ills at work in the world and be moved to go forth from the theatre and effect change." I think the earlier quote was probably really from Robbie Williams! Ssstinger>>>