Rough Theatre

The rough theatre article was an interesting read. Although the author made interesting points like the transition to electric music and how "a building" doesn't make a theatre a theatre, however I disagree with the statement that rough theatre doesn't pick and choose. In a way art always picks and choosers and is originally made for a specific audience.  Rough theatre, or theatre is suppose to connect with the people. in a very miniscule way i can connect it to some of the things we have filmed in 6x1. in particular the Anaglyph long take. we almost had no time to shoot it and we had to improvise as people do all the time in theatre. this resulted in a raw feel that required an amazing performance from one of our group members. because the filming was so bootleg, the entire movie relied on the acting, like theatre. As a result of having to improv and act things out on multiple projects, the concept of rough theatre was incorporated. But here is the thing, in my opinion, and this is formed after taking countless ancient greek history classes, theatre is an art that has evolved. If you look at the circus we can see a steady progression from court jesters, to carnivals, to fairs to amusement parks. If you look at sports, specifically running, which is a sport man has been doing for thousands of years, the technology has evolved tremendously and has yielded far greater results because of it. theatre cannot be treated any differently. Without debate theatre has evolved into film where the technology has allowed us to time complex tracking shots, helicopter views, explosions and due to multiple takes, getting the best possible performance out of actors. Film can create worlds and can connect to audiences today that theatre cannot. It is a dead art. Just like latin. But that does not mean it is not enjoyable. It just cant keep up with film.