Theater

Today in class we discussed the forms theater has taken throughout the years.

One of the most interesting ideas is that theater, and all forms of entertainment, are fueled on what is considered right by the people who watch them.  Something that may be considered incredibly offensive in modern times would have just been a normal thing at the time for their audience.

A good modern example of this brought up today is how Muslims are stereotyped after 9/11.  Now comparing all Muslims to terrorists seems acceptable to many people of the United States despite how offensive that is to the Muslim people.  Another example was that of Jewish jokes, something I have seen many times is when a friend is paying for a meal and leaves a mediocre tip.  Immediately after they are called Jewish and no one even stops to think how offensive that really is.

It is just something we see almost every day on television and in movies.  I can't think of the last comedy I watched that didn't poke fun of at least one group of people.