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10. BRECHT IN OSAKA-KOBE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE EIGHTIES
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BRECHTI NOSAKA-KOB E ATTH EBEGINNIN GO FTH EEIGHTIE S HiroshiYag i Weno wkno wa lo tabou tBrecht .On emigh tthin k thateverythin gha sbee ntranslated .Ha sh ebecom efo ru s thekin do fclassi ctha tonl yacademic swan tt odiscuss ? Around193 6Brech twrote :'Th emoder nEpi cTheatr eals o isinseparabl ylinke dt ocertai ntendencies .I tcertainl y cannotb eperforme deverywhere .Circumstance sfavour able t oa nepi can ddidacti ctheatr ewer et ob efoun di n onlya fe wplace san dthe nno tfo rlong '(15.272) .Fift y yearslater ,however ,ther eseem st ob ecertai n opportunitiesfo rdevelopin gthi sEpi cTheatr ei nEas t Asiancountries ,eve ni fman yplay snowadays ,whethe ro r notthe yhav ea nepi co rnon-epi cqualit yi nth eBrechtia n sense,ar eperforme di na ver yunepi cmanner .Thoug hth e situationi nth eJapanes etheatr eo fth eSixtie san d Seventieswa scomplex ,th egenera ltren dwa sno ti nfavou r ofrealis ttheatre ,a sw eca nse efro mth eman y Undergroundtheatre san dfro mth eShik iGroup ,th eToky o Theatre,th eWased aTheatr ean dTenjosajiki .Give nth e 'extentan ddiversity 'o fth eAristotelia ntheatre ,i ti s somethingo fa challeng et odevelo pa nEpi cTheatr etoda y inJapa nfo rwhic hBrech thimsel fonc efoun dsuggestion s intraditiona lAsia nan dspecificall yi nJapanes etheatre . Inorde rt orealis ea nEpi cTheatr edurin gthi sperio d ofchang ei nEas tAsia ,w emus tdevelo pth ealienatio n effect,whic hBrech tadmire di nth etraditiona lJapanes e theatre,i na specificall yBrechtia nsense ,a sa mean so f strengtheninga critica lconsciousness .Fo ra n'alienatio n effect1 i suse di nJapa ni na neve rmor eirrationa lan d absurdmanner ,i norde rt oprov etha tth eworl dcanno tb e changedan dtha tol dtradition sar emor epowerful .Thi s conservativeo rreactionar y'alienatio neffect 'i sfrequentl y tob efoun di nmoder nplays . Brechti nOsaka-Kob e 131 Weca nse eho wBrech tdevelope dhi sEpi cTheatr ei n conjunctionwit hth etheor yo fa ne wfor mo fopera .Note s forMahagonn yan dTh eThreepenn yOper abea rthi sout . Themusi can dothe relement si nth eproduction sseparat e themselvesfro mth eplot ,achievin ga degre eo f independence.However ,th emoder nWestern-influence d theatrei nJapa nwishe dt obrea kwit hth etraditiona lform s ofNoh ,Kabuk ian dBunraku ,t odistanc eitsel ffro m 'opera',t od oawa ywit hdanc ean dsong .I ti swel lknow n thatthi sNe wTheatr e(Shingeki )insiste dtha tth epat h forwarddi dno tli ethroug ha renewa lo fKabuk ibu ti na completebrea kwit hit .Perhap sth etim eha scom e...