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This story is from July 14, 2015
Sex and lust findmore presence on stage
How do you define this bold new genre of dramatics that many compare to Restoration Comedy or Comedy of Manners? “Theatre at its core is a liberal art form and we, as a group of performers, are trying to reflect an honest image of the people and society that we belong to,” says Shruthi Raju, of Underdog Entertainment — a group that is notoriously famous for their satirical plays that mostly revolve around love, lust and everything else that is shhushed.
The boldness in commercial theatre may not be entirely new, but its acceptance is. People now are more dynamic and less prudish. “Thanks to dating, marriage match-making and other social networking sites floating on the internet, a transition is taking place in the thought process of the elderly, thus making it easier for the younger lot to be more open about their relationships and the things they want in life. Thus, daring plots are finding new relevance in stagecraft,” she adds.
Making a counterpoint, Chinmayee Parida, a theatre lover, says, “Dealing with daring subjects is welcome as long as the portrayal is limited to dialogues, as there will always be a part of the audience who may take things way too literally.”
Eminent theatre personality and co-founder of Jagriti Theatre, Arundhati Raja, who was also part of an Indian version of Eve Ensler’s popular episodic play, The Vagina Monologues, says “Every element of a play —right from the setting, scenes and dialogues to the props used in between should dovetail with its central theme and underlying meaning. Theatre is a powerful medium of not just entertainment, but also enlightenment. Thus, it becomes more important on our part to be judicious about which bit of the social fabric we choose to portray on stage, as its impact could be far-reaching.”
Speaking along similar lines, theatre artiste and Bollywood actress Ira Dubey says, “There is no doubt that sex sells, and if the script demands an explicitly intimate scene, it should be incorporated. But trying shove it into the audience as an entertainment gimmick to ensure bums on seats and some hee-hee, haa-haa moments may pass off as bad theatre.”
HERE’S WHAT HAS HAPPENED ON STAGE
Stripping on stage
Father telling a son how to use a condom
Girl and guy making out behind a couch
Artistes as porn stars trying to tackle media controversies as news anchors
Prospective groom and bride trying to get cozy in a restaurants
A cat and a dog groping each other on stage
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