Arts Criticism: Seeing, Hearing, Judging
Lesson 18 of 20
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Sound and sense
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Sound and sense
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Die Inszenierung hält Distanz, wo das Stück Nähe verlangt — das ist eine These, kein Schimpf.
The production keeps distance where the play asks for closeness — that is a thesis, not abuse.
Pathos ohne Gegenlicht wird Kitsch.
Pathos without backlight becomes kitsch.
Nüchternheit kann Härte sein, nicht nur Stilaskese.
Sobriety can be hardness, not only stylistic asceticism.
Manieriert wirkt, was Geste ohne Notwendigkeit stapelt.
Mannered is what stacks gesture without necessity.