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Staging Identities and Events in Here Lies Love: Adaptation, Immersive Theater, and the Biopic.

Authors :
Grossman, Julie
Source :
South Atlantic Review; Summer2016, Vol. 81 Issue 2, Special section p46-62, 17p
Publication Year :
2016

Abstract

The article explores immersive theater's relation in form and content to the study of adaptation by focusing on pop opera "Here Lies Love" by American musician David Byrne. Topics include the opera's reflection on its biological subject, former Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos, by deconstructing a conventional means of storytelling, and the its implication of the audience and viewers in the commodification of selves into celebrities.

Subjects

Subjects :
THEATER
STORYTELLING

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0277335X
Volume :
81
Issue :
2
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
South Atlantic Review
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
113416449