"Brechtian" is the worst adjective in the English language. From Wordnik.com. [Thinking the Drama Class] Reference
Lastly, Andrew Zhou presented a paper on "Brechtian" performance in the political songs of Hanns Eisler. From Wordnik.com. [Day 1: Reactions to the Record II] Reference
Unless you purposefully want to create a kind of Brechtian game/platform, the goal should be transparency of tools/rules. From Wordnik.com. [It's so easy, Gamemasters] Reference
As a kind of Brechtian, expressionist docu-musical, "Jelly's Last Jam" has brilliance in Wolfe's kaleidoscopic staging, Hope Clarke's vibrant choreography and a vital cast. From Wordnik.com. [A Folk Hero's Hot Odyssey] Reference
More thoughts on this, and a gratuitous use of the term "Brechtian," after the jump. From Wordnik.com. [Portland Mercury] Reference
It gives the comic a touch of Brechtian alienation. From Wordnik.com. [EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Ho Ho Ho!] Reference
Wouldn't Brechtian imply it's an operetta or musical?. From Wordnik.com. [enowning] Reference
If he had died, obviously, it moves into Brechtian territory. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 4, 2006] Reference
I liked the Brechtian titles, the acting, the action, and so forth. From Wordnik.com. [2009 December 08 « educating alice] Reference
Waters seemed to have created Brechtian alienation for his listeners. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-12-01] Reference
I could do them as objective reality, Brechtian, if not as a real character. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-02-01] Reference
Curiously, the film gets more interesting and more Brechtian as it goes along. From Wordnik.com. [This Is Not a Think Piece About Lars von Trier] Reference
These are Brechtian times for Labour: they really want to get a new electorate. From Wordnik.com. [The Tories force Darling to play catch up] Reference
The production team also deserves kudos for its stripped-down, almost Brechtian staging. From Wordnik.com. [Curtis M. Wong: Nutcracker, Interrupted: Mark Morris' The Hard Nut Is a Delightfully Zany Take on the Beloved Holiday Ballet] Reference
Students of theater technique call this Brechtian; truth is, it was born in vaudeville a century ago. From Wordnik.com. [Welcome to The Wild Party ! Dangerous, Seedy ��� Fantastic] Reference
They're trained actresses doing research for a Brechtian play about the burlesque arts of the twenties. From Wordnik.com. [Mike Gellman: Strip It Good!] Reference
Described as 'Brechtian Punk Cabaret', they are a duo made up of a drummer and a keyboard player/vocalist. From Wordnik.com. [Life is a cabaret ...] Reference
Written By Jason on May 22nd, 2009 @ 10:08 pm ah Urinetown! best thing about it is its Brechtian qualities. From Wordnik.com. [I Geek for Musicals] Reference
The “Brechtian and Bavarian,” as Benjamin Henrichs termed it, suited her character as an actress to perfection. From Wordnik.com. [Therese Giehse.] Reference
Our world leaders 'use of the Brechtian suspension of belief is admirable, but it's really no way to run a war on terror. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Quicklink: Pervez, Hamid and George with a boiling tureen of cheese fondue] Reference
Director Chris Noonan is clearly having fun; he even uses Brechtian intertitles and a Greek chorus, or eek chorus, of mice. From Wordnik.com. [The Pig Who Mistook Himself For A Dog] Reference
All this is exactly what Williams wanted: indeed he even envisaged a set of descriptive Brechtian captions before each scene. From Wordnik.com. [The Glass Menagerie - review] Reference
She distinguishes between the Aristotelian and Brechtian models and says that the latter is what she strives for in her work. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-10-01] Reference
Employing a phalanx of EU diplomats when no standardised and encompassing EU foreign policy exists is Brechtian in its absurdity. From Wordnik.com. [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference
Over the course of the following 90 minutes several instances of raw humanity glimmer through the artifice and Brechtian devices. From Wordnik.com. [Row Three » Hidden Treasures – Guest Contributors for June - Where Cinema is more than just $100 Million productions] Reference
But they're theatrical and would either have made the movie campy or Brechtian, and Burton wisely chose to go in other directions. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-12-01] Reference
Albee made domesticity, marriage, and family history as wild as an avant-garde happening and as richly significant as a Brechtian epic. From Wordnik.com. [These Illusions Are Real] Reference
This revolution, in fact, is already happening, reinventing naturalism for our time with a freshly renewed Brechtian alienation effect that we desperately need. From Wordnik.com. [Monica Westin: Why Hipsters Will Save Theater: Cherrywood] Reference
These murders, which transpired from an almost comic Brechtian distance in Hal Prince's original stage production, become something else in Burton's loving close-ups. From Wordnik.com. [Review: ‘Sweeney Todd’] Reference
It is not only an implementation of the Brechtian or Enzensbergian radio theory. From Wordnik.com. [signandsight.com] Reference
UGO. com - Movies Feed - ... about just how seriously one should take the neo-Brechtian prankster. From Wordnik.com. [ShowHype - Top Entertainment News, Videos, and Blogs] Reference
Belles-Soeurs, more Brechtian than Broadway as far as musicals go, this is as big a production number as we get. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
In another work, the Tiger Lillies will perform their "post punk neo-Brechtian" opera Cockatoo Prison at Cockatoo Island. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference
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