Posted By: Paul - Mon Mar 15, 2021 -
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Category: Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Theater and Stage, Special Effects, Nineteenth Century
Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 18, 2021 -
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Category: Technology, Theater and Stage, Special Effects, 1950s, 1960s
'Nudie' musicals presented nudity onstage in a way that said 'sex is beautiful and natural and fun and there's no need to be afraid of it'. Unlike XXX theatre, Peep shows, and sex clubs, sex in these musicals was always simulated, never real. These musicals validated the sexual revolution happening outside with shows like Hair, Oh! Calcutta!, Stag Movie, Let My People Come, Le Bellybutton.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Nov 07, 2020 -
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Category: Regionalism, Sexuality, Theater and Stage, 1970s
Posted By: Alex - Mon Nov 02, 2020 -
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Category: Theater and Stage, Books, 1940s
Revolt of the Beavers was a children's play put on by the Federal Theater Project by Oscar Saul and Louis Lantz. One critic described the play as "Marxism a la Mother Goose".[1] The show ran at the Adelphi Theatre in New York City from May 20, 1937, to June 19 of that year.[2] Jules Dassin [3] and John Randolph [4] were among the play's cast. The play involved a worker beaver named Oakleaf, who leads a revolt against "The Chief" Beaver who was exploiting the workers. Though the play was a fantasy fable intended for children, it was attacked by the HUAC for promoting Communist ideals.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 22, 2020 -
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Category: Animals, Anthropomorphism, Politics, Theater and Stage, 1930s
Posted By: Alex - Sat May 09, 2020 -
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Category: Fairs, Amusement Parks, and Resorts, Theater and Stage, 1900s
Posted By: Paul - Tue Mar 03, 2020 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Costumes and Masks, Death, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Pranks and Revenge, Theater and Stage, Homages, Pastiches, Tributes and Borrowings, Pop Art, Foreign Customs, Seventeenth Century, Sixteenth Century, Brain Damage, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults
Posted By: Alex - Sun Aug 04, 2019 -
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Category: ShowBiz, Theater and Stage, Vaudeville, Shoes, 1900s
Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 27, 2018 -
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Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Theater and Stage, Industry, Factories and Manufacturing, Outsider Art, Surrealism, Twentieth Century
Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 22, 2018 -
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Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Theater and Stage, Science Fiction, 1970s
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