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== [[Theater]] == |
== [[Theater]] == |
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* ''[[The Crucible]]'' by Arthur Miller. At the time it was staged during the witch hunts of [[The Fifties|the 1950s]], Miller strenuously denied ''The Crucible'' was written as an allegory concerning the activities of Senator Joseph McCarthy, who became notorious for his excessive zeal in rooting out Communist sympathizers. When the play, ''[[The Crucible]]'', was staged in China in the early 1980s, people had just recovered from the turmoil of the "[[Cultural Revolution]]" (1966-76). During that time, [[Mao |
* ''[[The Crucible]]'' by Arthur Miller. At the time it was staged during the witch hunts of [[The Fifties|the 1950s]], Miller strenuously denied ''The Crucible'' was written as an allegory concerning the activities of Senator Joseph McCarthy, who became notorious for his excessive zeal in rooting out Communist sympathizers. When the play, ''[[The Crucible]]'', was staged in China in the early 1980s, people had just recovered from the turmoil of the "[[Cultural Revolution]]" (1966-76). During that time, [[Mao Zedong]] had a policy of stamping out all that he deemed old and useless, like Taoism. In the play, they found the similarities between the events of the Cultural Revolution and ''The Crucible''. This explained why the play received such a warm welcome at that time. |
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** The play was certainly a reaction to and commentary on the activities of the House Committee on Un-American Activities, but Miller deals with it as a series of broad, timeless themes, rather than as a direct allegory for any particular series of events. Very little can be read as directly symbolic of any contemporary events; rather, the content is archetypal in nature. |
** The play was certainly a reaction to and commentary on the activities of the House Committee on Un-American Activities, but Miller deals with it as a series of broad, timeless themes, rather than as a direct allegory for any particular series of events. Very little can be read as directly symbolic of any contemporary events; rather, the content is archetypal in nature. |
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* [[William Shakespeare]] is a wonderful case for this. All of his plays have been subject to multiple interpretations throughout history and even argued over today on [[This Very Wiki]]. There's so little in the way of clear stage directions, or of the Bard's own writings, to be sure of what he thought of anything. For examples: |
* [[William Shakespeare]] is a wonderful case for this. All of his plays have been subject to multiple interpretations throughout history and even argued over today on [[This Very Wiki]]. There's so little in the way of clear stage directions, or of the Bard's own writings, to be sure of what he thought of anything. For examples: |
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* Nintendo called ''[[Metroid Prime]]'' a first-person adventure to specifically break up the "Is it a first person shooter, or an adventure game done in first person?" arguments that surrounded its launch. |
* Nintendo called ''[[Metroid Prime]]'' a first-person adventure to specifically break up the "Is it a first person shooter, or an adventure game done in first person?" arguments that surrounded its launch. |
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** The exact same thing was done with ''[[Geist]]'', another game that can be interpreted as a First Person Shooter or an adventure game done in first person. |
** The exact same thing was done with ''[[Geist]]'', another game that can be interpreted as a First Person Shooter or an adventure game done in first person. |
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* {{spoiler|Naoto}} in ''[[Persona 4]]'' is intended to be seen as someone struggling {{spoiler|in a male dominated work environment}}, but many Western fans see {{spoiler|her}} to be a [[ |
* {{spoiler|Naoto}} in ''[[Persona 4]]'' is intended to be seen as someone struggling {{spoiler|in a male dominated work environment}}, but many Western fans see {{spoiler|her}} to be a [[Transsexualism]]. |
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== [[Western Animation]] == |
== [[Western Animation]] == |
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