True Art Is Realistic: Difference between revisions

* Inverted by [[Bertolt Brecht]], who --– while subscribing to a [[True Art Sticks It to The Man]] mindset, as is often linked to this trope --– explicitly argued ''against'' theatre (and, by extension, other forms of art) that was too realistic and naturalistic through his theory of the alienation effect; essentially, his argument was that by using theatrical and artistic techniques to create a distance between the performer/audience and the characters and action they were performing/viewing, this meant that both were better equipped to critique the actions of the characters, consider potential alternatives that could be taken and take on the (often political) messages that were being communicated, since they could take a step back from their identification with the characters and consider the wider picture that was being presented to them. Naturalism, however, worked by explicitly presenting the audience with a replication of their day-to-day lives and by giving the audience an image of reality --– however, since the audience operated within those day-to-day lives, they were unlikely to challenge or question them.

* As mentioned in the main article text, this may be the reason (or part of the reason) why [[Deconstruction]] is so popular on this wiki --– [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism|for a certain measure of "reality", anyway]].