Why theater is essential to democracy | Oskar Eustis

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  • @devilspoon8995
    @devilspoon8995 4 роки тому +137

    Pov: this is a drama assignment

  • @Dannybperez
    @Dannybperez 6 років тому +48

    Can’t get enough of ted talks. Whether it’s directly related to my field of work or not I’ve always been able to learn some sort of lesson in all of them.

  • @MithCypher
    @MithCypher 6 років тому +30

    I am not american. But this message resonated with me. In history every dark age was followed by a resurrection of of culture that changed minds. This Golden Age needs to ignite, i just hope i live long enough to see it bloom. Thank you mister Oskar Eustis for this small seed of a golden age.

  • @cordiality6515
    @cordiality6515 6 років тому +21

    Thnx alot
    I am an Arabian
    Ted is improving my English
    and my culture.
    Thnx for ur effort.

  • @krystinadowdell2920
    @krystinadowdell2920 6 років тому +38

    “Artistry is inherent in every human being”

  • @IIVVBlues
    @IIVVBlues 6 років тому +6

    Excellent and thought provoking presentation. I have always enjoyed theater more than films, but there is so little available that I can afford to attend.

  • @christopherplummer6935
    @christopherplummer6935 Рік тому +3

    awesome talk. really liked the part about reaching a very missed population of this country. I am part of that world and I am part of the theater world and It caught me off guard and he's right

  • @SerHumano69
    @SerHumano69 6 років тому +3

    Sentido de Unidad, Si !!!! Gracias por presentarlo de esa manera, aplaudo su trabajo...

  • @jjclv_
    @jjclv_ 6 років тому +15

    I'd never seen the serious side of Zach Galifanakis. I have to say I dig it.

    • @fornavn8692
      @fornavn8692 6 років тому +1

      JuanJo Calva To bad he wasn’t in the sequel, but maybe we’ll see him in Ted 3.

  • @shahnaseebb6175
    @shahnaseebb6175 6 років тому +11

    i love this guy, his vision and his work.

  • @wolfy1612
    @wolfy1612 4 роки тому +2

    thank you so much for this talk !

  • @dbcampbell8739
    @dbcampbell8739 2 роки тому +1

    what an excellent speech

  • @prussianplayer4063
    @prussianplayer4063 4 роки тому +1

    I know him. I Iive in Frontenac MN and he comes down here for vacations and to visit family. My brother is good friends with him I am serious. He is here in Frontenac right now for a vacation.

  • @markusgamez7954
    @markusgamez7954 6 років тому +15

    When is Ted gonna show up for Ted talks

    • @redamasarani
      @redamasarani 6 років тому +2

      the final boss

    • @markusgamez7954
      @markusgamez7954 6 років тому +1

      ReDa Masarani lol I was waiting for someone to say it was an anachronym so I could reply r/wooooooosh lol

    • @kafkaten
      @kafkaten 3 роки тому

      Beckett's little known play: Waiting for Ted.

    • @floralpaste1977
      @floralpaste1977 3 роки тому

      NGL I first thought the movie TED spanned into TED Talks….
      Not the greatest moment of my life

    • @jasminecorreia1175
      @jasminecorreia1175 2 роки тому

      What do you have to say now in 21 century: it’s theater as an art of the show or performance possible? 😕

  • @Apostate_ofmind
    @Apostate_ofmind 6 років тому +3

    It takes such a strong and great man to look at a boycott ans say: we failed them, lets fix this. Another man could have use the demografic evidence to say : these people are envious, these people are bitter, shame on them! But instead he saw a solution where others would have seen a scapegoat.

  • @felipesantos2
    @felipesantos2 6 років тому +2

    Man, that's a great lecture! One of the best I have ever watched! Thank you, Oskar.

  • @kevincarter7633
    @kevincarter7633 6 років тому +1

    Yes! Beautiful

  • @Morg1939
    @Morg1939 9 місяців тому

    It’s an amazing speech it’s powerful for all those people whose respect & love for culture can understand. I love TedX I always find interest & information

  • @dmitriigrigorita2361
    @dmitriigrigorita2361 6 років тому +45

    There is no connection between theater and democracy itself.
    I was born in USSR, in this country art of theatre was one of the priorities - every major city with population 200 000 had at least 1 or 2 theatres. Soviet city with population about 1 million could have more than 10. Many soviet citizen would love to spend their free evening in theater rather than cinema.
    But nonetheless theater was not a symbol of democracy where people could have expressed their opinions. In fact, it was a instrument of propaganda, every performance was subject to checking for complying to soviet ideology.

    • @MichaelBerthelsen
      @MichaelBerthelsen 6 років тому +25

      You miss the point of the presentation, and it's also not applicable when the state bans freedom of speech. Theatre is based on freedom of speech. Otherwise it is, as you said, merely propaganda.

    • @johngablesmith4671
      @johngablesmith4671 6 років тому +7

      Protest theatre has specific connections with democracy, especially in countries like South Africa in the 80s

    • @dmitriigrigorita2361
      @dmitriigrigorita2361 6 років тому +2

      Michael Berthelsen
      How could theatre be based on freedom of speech? In USSR there wasn't any freedom of speech but nonetheless art of theatre thrived. Soviet experience showed that it could exist without any freedom of speech. And, what's more, people loved theatre, it was very common way of having a good time.
      I would agree that freedom of speech is a good addition to the art, it spices it up in some way but it is not critical for its prosperity.

    • @vorlonagent
      @vorlonagent 6 років тому +1

      I believe this conversation has put its finger on why there was a pushback against the cast of "Hamilton". The actors who lectured Pence from the stage were seen as engaging in propaganda.

    • @ytnamax
      @ytnamax 6 років тому +3

      But not all theaters thrived. Only "talented" ones. And do not forget about special "эзопов" language created by Soviet literature and theater to talk on the background. It was a game against propaganda. Ленком, Современник, Таганка (I live in Moscow so...) - would you consider these ones as a propaganda back in 60s-70s?

  • @kingdez0307
    @kingdez0307 2 роки тому +2

    Im only here because I need to complete a college assignment for duel credit for high school

    • @catherinelyna2393
      @catherinelyna2393 Рік тому

      I can help you with your assignments at an affordable fee.😉

  • @ptl87
    @ptl87 6 років тому +4

    my Thespian skill leveled up like 4 times during this talk

  • @liv9589
    @liv9589 6 років тому +20

    Marx would approve of that beard

  • @poursadegsaeed
    @poursadegsaeed 6 років тому +7

    I want a pillow made of this guy's voice!

  • @afarhan21
    @afarhan21 6 років тому +2

    Million bucks talk. Thank you for uploading.

  • @AhmedElrahama
    @AhmedElrahama 6 років тому

    Amazing

  • @noodletitan9086
    @noodletitan9086 6 років тому

    Makes sense

  • @mataip.kleinman2417
    @mataip.kleinman2417 4 роки тому +5

    POV: you didn't watch all 13 minutes

  • @leveljoe
    @leveljoe 6 років тому +1

    ...and actors we're considered the lowest status of human.

  • @ShadaOfAllThings
    @ShadaOfAllThings 6 років тому +2

    The problem is that all of this relies on people doing this in good faith. People lie all the time to make their points. On top of that, people drown out other's opinions all the time too. This is why there is no major Socialist movement in America, no Real Socialist Movement talking about replacing Capitalism as the mode of production and the organization of society, is present in America. People who hold that viewpoint and can argue for it never get screen time. Why? Because Capitalists have are invested in people never having that idea.

    • @ShadaOfAllThings
      @ShadaOfAllThings 6 років тому

      no u

    • @maximkovalkov1334
      @maximkovalkov1334 6 років тому

      zio420 ... Seriously? I don’t even agree with what Shada said, but... where were you going with your comment?! “Hmm, he wrote about people silencing his opinions... Let me respond with a ‘shut up’ and prove his point!”

    • @ShadaOfAllThings
      @ShadaOfAllThings 6 років тому +1

      I mean this is all coming from someone who's sub'd to Amazing Atheist in 2018 so what should we really expect?

  • @100thMkey
    @100thMkey 6 років тому

    Good thing the United States is a *Constitutional* *Republic* .

  • @1comatose
    @1comatose 6 років тому +4

    theatre*

    • @osielescalante2785
      @osielescalante2785 6 років тому +1

      tedlington
      Doesn’t really matter. Even the
      theater=building
      theatre=art
      doesn’t matter.

    • @joeyflint7232
      @joeyflint7232 6 років тому +1

      Osiel Escalante it does. They’re two different things. It’s the exact same thing as using the correct form of their/they’re/there

  • @frankhong6313
    @frankhong6313 6 років тому +2

    This guy looks so Zizek

  • @futurekillerful
    @futurekillerful 6 років тому +8

    The title is a good one in the sense that it catches your attention lol. I’m like wha theater and democracy? So yeah good title

  • @VoLCoMzYaDiGG
    @VoLCoMzYaDiGG 6 років тому +3

    I think comedy is the utmost essential to a democracy.

  • @TheCarrifaery
    @TheCarrifaery 6 років тому

    Bless it!

  • @Jv9569
    @Jv9569 Рік тому

    The world is stage, that's why.

  • @fireflyeeeee2980
    @fireflyeeeee2980 6 років тому +7

    Hey you!. Have a nice day. And a nice life :-)

  • @jasminecorreia1175
    @jasminecorreia1175 2 роки тому

    What do you have to say now in 21 century: it’s theater as an art of the show or performance possible? 😕

  • @mataip.kleinman2417
    @mataip.kleinman2417 4 роки тому

    same

  • @ken-xz2ty
    @ken-xz2ty 3 роки тому +1

    he kind of looks like hank from Detroit become human

  • @bea.c.a.m
    @bea.c.a.m 6 років тому +6

    is it just me or this guy bears STRIKING RESEMBLANCE to mark hamill

    • @cocoa105
      @cocoa105 6 років тому

      YES! I kept trying to figure out who he reminded me of.

    • @nadiaolson4316
      @nadiaolson4316 4 роки тому

      wow

    • @jasminecorreia1175
      @jasminecorreia1175 2 роки тому

      What do you have to say now in 21 century: it’s theater as an art of the show or performance possible? 😕

  • @zombielijah
    @zombielijah 6 років тому +2

    "You are coming to have a collective experience of laughing together, crying together, holding your breath together to see what happens next"...
    Meanwhile in the Alamo Drafthouse: you whisper something to a friend right next to you during an action scene and the staff are already descending from the rafters to read you your rights so they don't have to kick you out for disrupting someone on a power trip two rows behind you.

  • @Cerbyo
    @Cerbyo 6 років тому +3

    looks like mark hamill

  • @squintboss8552
    @squintboss8552 6 років тому

    Squint Boss approved.

  • @DoNaCOMMENTS
    @DoNaCOMMENTS 6 років тому

    we need it to teach people how to lie in a more truthful fashion..

  • @ehron214
    @ehron214 6 років тому +3

    But what if said theater is divisive?

    • @ehron214
      @ehron214 6 років тому

      Alvaro Jg politics are divisive, not democracy

    • @ERICdaGREAT09
      @ERICdaGREAT09 6 років тому

      BIG NO. Hahahaha Totalitarianism is a political concept.

  • @dlp3350
    @dlp3350 6 років тому

    Brilliant!!

  • @yahyaal-saeedi6112
    @yahyaal-saeedi6112 6 років тому

    اتمنى ان تنشؤا ترجمه عربيه

  • @sacha6757
    @sacha6757 6 років тому +5

    It's not only America dude, speak for the world please

    • @kgolaganopodile3505
      @kgolaganopodile3505 4 роки тому +3

      His context is American. I think it would have been strange if he claimed to speak for the entire world when that is not his context

  • @wendten2
    @wendten2 6 років тому +25

    THANK YOU! I just wasted 13:10 minutes of my life, waiting for a lightsaber duel that never came...

    • @adamcarson75
      @adamcarson75 6 років тому

      Mikael Wendt haha.that killed me

    • @ShadaOfAllThings
      @ShadaOfAllThings 6 років тому +3

      This is the kind of shitposting we need

  • @l0g1cseer47
    @l0g1cseer47 6 років тому

    Simply superb and enriching talk. Great one!

  • @levishhunted7593
    @levishhunted7593 6 років тому

    *theatre

  • @EnCey2
    @EnCey2 6 років тому

    What if we filmed the theater and showed it in several buildings so more people could watch it? Ah, rats, now it's a movie so it's not essential to democracy. Other forms of modern entertainment/communication probably aren't essential to democracy either, only the theater is. Only the theater provides the necessary lack of involvement of the audience that a movie can never hope to attain, thus differentiating it from movies that show a fixed plot over and over again on a big screen. The theater, on the other hand, takes us on a magical journey through a fixed plot played by human actors, contrary to the movies, which sometimes use non-democratic CGI effects in addition to human actors.

  • @janaebert3059
    @janaebert3059 6 років тому +3

    U mean Netflix?

  • @Shadowstray
    @Shadowstray 6 років тому +1

    I heard theater did a lot for the US democracy. Just ask Lincoln.

  • @Kid_Legend_4_Life
    @Kid_Legend_4_Life 6 років тому +4

    What does ted mean anyway

  • @HilaryPena-o8v
    @HilaryPena-o8v 10 місяців тому

    No sé inglés 😢

  • @TheNizoubizou
    @TheNizoubizou 6 років тому +4

    democracy lost it's meaning, it's just an empty shell, a word used to just smooth talk.

  • @JustOneAsbesto
    @JustOneAsbesto 6 років тому +4

    Two ideas happened in the same place and time THEREFORE THEY'RE THE SAME.
    What a dingleberry.

  • @robertadams3925
    @robertadams3925 7 місяців тому

    Added to my cringe playlist.

  • @Rolroorlo
    @Rolroorlo 6 років тому

    Why nobody goes to the theater...

  • @KnThSelf2ThSelfBTrue
    @KnThSelf2ThSelfBTrue 6 років тому

    Theatre is so expensive to produce, that it is often necessarily presented from an aristocratic point of view.

  • @landenellis2998
    @landenellis2998 2 роки тому

    i do NOT enjoy this

  • @MrRishik123
    @MrRishik123 6 років тому +21

    2:06
    Too bad both Left wing SJW's and right wing SJW's dont want to hear the other side at all.

    • @Miranox2
      @Miranox2 6 років тому +7

      What they have in common is dogmatic beliefs and dogma cannot tolerate dissent. What is truly harmful is when the mainstream media supports these people.

    • @MrRishik123
      @MrRishik123 6 років тому +1

      sometimes it scares me how people never seem to learn from history.

    • @ShadaOfAllThings
      @ShadaOfAllThings 6 років тому +7

      >Right Wing Social Justice Warrior
      Do you know what words mean?

    • @ShadaOfAllThings
      @ShadaOfAllThings 6 років тому +5

      I know that's what he's doing but this is exactly the reason why Politics is so fucked in America, because people are equating things that have no reason to ever be equated.

    • @lilcolgatevert3715
      @lilcolgatevert3715 6 років тому +1

      Right wingers have a somewhere around the same number of SJW's as the left does

  • @ntomatas1
    @ntomatas1 4 роки тому +1

    Theater is overrated

  • @Jackmerius_Tacktheritrix5733
    @Jackmerius_Tacktheritrix5733 6 років тому +4

    It really isn’t Oskar. Your hobby just isn’t that important

  • @chorgin
    @chorgin 6 років тому +3

    Theater?!? haha.. oh wait you're serious let me laugh even harder
    AAAHAHAHA!!!

  • @GuitarZombie
    @GuitarZombie 6 років тому

    Arts are not needed

    • @arheru
      @arheru 6 років тому

      GuitarZombie Nope, not if you only need your body to survive. Have fun with that!

    • @Cosmicweirdo96
      @Cosmicweirdo96 6 років тому +4

      Well 2500 years would disagree with you

  • @captainobvious6857
    @captainobvious6857 6 років тому

    I don't agree. Pull funding for the arts immediately. We need productive people. Not dreamers of dreams

  • @earlaweese
    @earlaweese Рік тому

    *It's not necessary for human life to exist, though. You're talking about a so-called political system... not humanity in general.*