The Street Scene
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The Street Scene is a basic model for epic theater set forth by Bertolt Brecht. An example was picked from completely simple, 'natural' incidents such as could be seen on any street corner: an eyewitness demonstrating to a collection of people how a traffic accident took place. "The bystanders may not have observed what happened, or they may simply not agree with him, may 'see things a different way'; the point is that the demonstrator acts the behavior of driver or victim both in such a way that the bystanders are able to form an opinion about the incident."[1] This model is set forth as the most primitive type of epic theater to be easily understood by the reader or listener.
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- ^ Brecht, Berthold Brecht on Theatre: 1933-1947 p. 121
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