Expressionist Theater: Crash Course Theater #38

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Published 2018-11-30

Join us here, in the darkness. Our theater journey takes us into the heart of expressionism today, as playwrights in the late 19th and early 20th centuries explored the limits of human beings' tolerance for a mechanized, industrial world. Spoiler alert: those playwrights didn't think humans fared very well in the industrialized world. They EXPRESSED that concern about modernity through some pretty dark plays, with pretty dark sets, and pretty dark content.

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All Comments (21)

@thebeatisdead 5 years ago

Expressionist theater, the goth of the drama world.
@thehopeofeden597 5 years ago

The real question is how this series gets me emotionally attached to a strung-up fake skull.
@RangerRuby 5 years ago

The person who decided to make Crash Course theater should get the world's most awesome nerd ever award!
@Beryllahawk 5 years ago

I recall watching the opera Wozzeck. Scary stuff. From the way I see it, Expressionism was like the echo of all the screams of the dying in the first World War.
@TheHillDragon 5 years ago

every episode: Me: ooh, that's interesting Mike: ... but, we're saving that for [another time]
@Hattipillar 4 years ago

this course has given more more information on the history of theatre than my theatre degree so far... big love
@RariettyC 5 years ago

Wow, perfect upload timing. I have an essay on expressionist film due at the end of this weekend for my university film history course that I've been suffering with writer's block towards, but this gave me tons of inspiration. Time to go write a killer introductory paragraph.
@thehopeofeden597 5 years ago

Ahhh. Mike is always here to make my Theatre Elective heart soar, even when I feel awful!
@jennieivins 5 years ago

Watching these each week is one of my favorite parts of Friday night. :)
@dylanlundsten9696 5 years ago

I've never been so interested in theatre before. Thanks crash course
@viniislaif1532 5 years ago

Great video i‘ve been waiting for a long time for! Thanks
@silentserenity2364 5 years ago

I love the way he shoots out facts like bullets lol like a machine gunn
@sceptre1067 5 years ago

loved the chair creek in the intro, nice touch.
@unleashingpotential-psycho9433 5 years ago

Love this channel ❤️🔥🔥
@ms.rstake_1211 5 years ago

YASSS! THANK YOU!! Thanks for not letting us wait😊☺‼❗
@pirateking56128 5 years ago

Love this series.
@catherinayoung 5 years ago

This is my favorite of this series
@ariannamonson4092 5 years ago

"Uggh, reality. Have you seen reality? Why bother." Same
@Jesse_Dawg 5 years ago

Great episode!
@williamswilliams5617 5 years ago

Love that intro.