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Katurian2
#1Brecht Question
Posted: 1/17/07 at 8:55pm

As the dramaturg for a production of "Caucasian Chalk Circle", the cast of the show had a rather odd request for information from me. Throughout the play, Brecht frequently uses the descriptor of "Fat" to name characters. Why is this particular adjective so oftenly used? Does anyone know why Brecht chooses it so much, and must always mention it?


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MrBundles
#2re: Brecht Question
Posted: 1/17/07 at 9:07pm

i forget, what characters are there called "fat" other than the Fat Prince?


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#2re: Brecht Question
Posted: 1/17/07 at 10:07pm

Well, there is are "fat" peasants, the "fat" woman, and the word is used as a descriptor in many stage directions.


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Updated On: 1/17/07 at 10:07 PM

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#3re: Brecht Question
Posted: 1/17/07 at 10:35pm

maybe it means that they're all, well, "fat"


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donna_darko_23
#4re: Brecht Question
Posted: 1/18/07 at 12:59am

Brecht liked to repeated words to clearly make a point really force the audience to think about the certain highlighted word/thing. I'm not familiar "Caucasian Chalk Circle" though, so I can't really help other than the obvious stuff I just mentioned.

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#5re: Brecht Question
Posted: 1/18/07 at 6:29pm

Thank you, Donna_darko. That helps a bit- but anyone have anything specific to "Chalk Cricle"?


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#6re: Brecht Question
Posted: 1/22/07 at 9:17pm

bump?


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mallardo
#7re: Brecht Question
Posted: 1/23/07 at 6:25am

There's a character called Fatty in The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagoney and he's a bad guy. It's a negative for Brecht.


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