Notes on Reading for 4/16

Shanna McCoy

 

In a world of sitcoms…the door is a barrier; a bulwark against the chaos that lurks just beyond. But it is an easily transgressed border, and the forces of disorder slip in with ease…At the end of each episode, harmony and balance are temporarily restored…

 

What is theater after all if not a series of exits and entrances (life itself acts in this way as well)

 

The door sets upa thythm it is a visual equivalent to a metronome—that not only regularizes the action but sets up expectations..Once we understand the structure, we eagerly await the next opening of the door and the next flow of information…the door establishes a boundary

 

“It also marks the BOUNDS between order and chaos, between a world of fules and a world of alogical action. To go through the door is to pass from one state of being, or one world, to another.”

 

The world seen and the world unseen

 

Behind the closed door lies the possibility of pleasure as well as the terror of the unknown

 

Signals some sort of transformation

 

The use of the door allows characters to come quickly and exit quickly (rhythm)

 

IMAGINATION FOR WHAT LIES BEHIND DOORS

 

Theatre: Terrifying, dangerous and ominous

TV:iconic