Mother Courage Film

This film about Brecht and Mother Courage gave me a different perspective of the power of playwright and theatre in general. Unlike many playwrights who wrote plays that embodied realism, Brecht considered actors workers, and had the intention of demystifying theatre and make the audience more away of what goes on during the production of a play. Even after watching this video alone, I had a better idea of what goes on "behind the scenes," as it showed how table readings work and how composers work to create music for the play. Overall, the film helped, "demystify" theatre--something that Brecht would certainly approve of.

On a different note, I thought that Meryl Streep was a good choice to play Mother Courage. It seemed as though she really understood the character of Mother Courage, and felt as though she was "the voice of dead people, the loss of dead songs." I also enjoyed learning more about Tony Kushner. He is a very passionate individual and it was very clear how much he was inspired by Brecht.