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West
Sees East
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Brecht
on Chinese opera, Artaud on Balinese theatre, Pronko on Noh¡Xthree
theatres not "corrupted" or "polluted" by Western
theatre (Aristotelian).
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They are
amazed by the differences and artistic possibilities.
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Total theatre¡Xmusical,
physical, less verbal (vs. Western over-dependence on the script).
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Conscious
performance¡Xnot purely imitative, no illusion, stylized, symbolic.
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Not so
psychological / emotional¡Xmore intellectual and spiritual.
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Convention¡Xnot
spontaneous or random, precise, conventionalized, requires vigorous
and long training.
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Kunqu
Macbeth¡m¦å¤â°O¡n
Supernatural Elements
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Fantastic
dance and acrobatic skills.
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Witches
= human, weird, crazy old women; "Madame Fairy" = superhuman
(in shape, in action, in prediction of future) and god's agents.
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Unlike
Shakespeare, very explicit messages; there is no ambiguity.
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Divine will
reduces the Kunqu Macbeth's moral responsibility. It is his fear of
divine wrath, his submission to divine will (while there is nothing
divine in Shakespeare's witches).
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The Kunqu
Lady Macbeth's illmess is caused by ghosts and spirits, not tortured
by a guilty conscience like Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth.
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Powerful
ghosts¡Xnot imagined, not psychological projection, not conscience,
but very real.
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Kamic retribution.
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Moral¡Xdo
not kill, or the ghosts will revenge!
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Middle-class,
lower-class moral, pragmatic, simple-minded, childish.
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Popular
eligion (folklore, superstition about heaven, hell, purgatory).
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Shakespeare's
concerns¡Xorigin of evil, torture of conscience¡Xare a lot more philosophical
and profound.
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The Kunqu
Macbeth started as just and virtuous; he had no ambition to start
with, unlike Shakespeare's Macbeth. His flaw is that he is not firm
enough, not that he is ambitious.
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Macbeth and Lady
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The Weird Sisters
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