The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
by Bertolt Brecht
Fascism, but make it vaudeville.
you want to watch fascism get dissected on stage so you can recognize it off it
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Brecht’s The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui is a gangster flick disguised as a parable of tyranny — a scathing, vaudevillian takedown of Hitler’s ascent told through the rise of a Chicago mobster. With razor wit and moral precision, Brecht shows how fear, greed, and cowardice make monsters possible — and how easily the public applauds its own manipulation. It’s theatre as civic warning, and the title says it all: resistible, if we choose.
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- Themes
- Art-MakingThe Reel RebellionTheatre as Weapon
