What Is Theater? Crash Course Theater #1

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6 жыл бұрын

Welcome to Crash Course Theater with Mike Rugnetta! In this, our inaugural week, we're going to ask the two classic questions about theater. 1.What is theater? And 2. Is it spelled -re or -er? Well, there's a clue to question two in the title of the video. The first question is a little trickier. We'll look at some of the historical definitions of theater, and investigate some of the ways people have thought about theater in different times and places in the world.
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@lolosbizarreadventure 4 жыл бұрын

who else is here because of theatre class but its online for quarantine

@Rebecca-bk9bd 4 жыл бұрын

I was really looking forward to performing this unit :(

@underfirebutok 4 жыл бұрын

Bold of you to assume my class wasn't already online XD

@fartsickle439 4 жыл бұрын

Me 👋🏿

@Eating_Sunflowers 4 жыл бұрын

For me it's English Literature

@brooklynellington5657 4 жыл бұрын

😂😂 definitely

@TheNoobster 4 жыл бұрын

anyone here cause they gotta do class online

@clght 4 жыл бұрын

yeah man

@philcollins5457 6 жыл бұрын

75/10, keep these coming. Theater is one of the most underappreciated but important art forms in the modern world, and I can't want to see how you cover the field.

@emmaleclerc-neve92 6 жыл бұрын

Can you guys do Crash Course music???? That would be so cool!

@barendkriel6394 4 жыл бұрын

As a theatre practitioner and educator, I find myself holding back so many positive emotions when I find content like this (that is content that reestablishes theatre as a valid art integral to the human experience). You guys at Crash Course are sent straight from the theatre gods! Bravo!

@houston137 6 жыл бұрын

Your voice is amazing Mike.

@vickyj6016 6 жыл бұрын

Miss Houston yeah i agree

@amook2863 6 жыл бұрын

The screeching of a thousand theater nerds echoed around the world today.

@marlofowler7876 6 жыл бұрын

YEEEEEESssssss

@olivesings1391 6 жыл бұрын

aaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

@mai-ph9yo 5 жыл бұрын

*hundred thousands ASDFGHJKLPOIUYTREWQAZXCVBNMLP

@TobyInc. 4 жыл бұрын

Anja Mook Hello there!

@TobyInc. 4 жыл бұрын

BLAKE BENNETT Haha, good to see you get the reference.

@lynnieannie34 4 жыл бұрын

I would just like to say that durning quarantine watching this is my theatre homework.

@OwenLikesComics 6 жыл бұрын

I'm a simple guy; I see Mike Rugnetta, I smile.

@jrex0522 5 жыл бұрын

same. he's my favorite

@rachelelizabeth6017 6 жыл бұрын

AHH!!! I am SOO excited for this series!!! It’s AMAAAZING so far!!!!

@jbeastly96 6 жыл бұрын

Crash course does an incredible job bringing on hosts, this is only the second series I’ve started without hank or John but both hosts have been so incredible and engaging. Can’t wait for more episodes!

@sperocras 6 жыл бұрын

Mike, I love the way you pace your words. I find sometimes in SciShow and CrashCourse the editing is so tight there's no real beat between sentences or even topics. But the way you pace your words makes all of your videos much easier to understand than those of other hosts.

@annao1307 4 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU. I'm doing a school project about the evolution of theatre and drama, stumbled upon this video and oh my god my life became so much easier

@mauhri3354 6 жыл бұрын

So happy to see Mike as the host and who doesn’t want a crash course on theater? So excited for this series!

@DuluthTW 6 жыл бұрын

This is already answering some questions I had. Thanks, Mike!

@HLSims 6 жыл бұрын

Crash Course + Theatre + Mike = Yes

@youtubingjaguar5082 6 жыл бұрын

Yes + Thoth + Dionysus + Crash Course = Verry Happy Me ;)

@abigailrosebrock7184 6 жыл бұрын

Right?!?!?!

@doing_aok 6 жыл бұрын

I've never been more excited for a Crash Course series! I've been obsessed with theatre since I was 4 and am a HUGE dramaturge. I'm so excited to learn about theatre history, theatre theories, and hope we get into acting theory (Stanislavsky, Uta Hagen, Misner, etc) Break a leg Mike and Crash Course team!!

@wisemoon40 6 жыл бұрын

I am SO HAPPY that you are doing another series for Crash Course! I mean, there is a lot of great stuff on Crash Course, but I miss Idea Channel and it's great that I can come here to get a little of that Mike Rugnetta goodness!

@nechma13 6 жыл бұрын

As a major who's done theatre my whole life and works as a stage manager and is a performed playwright this is the most happy I've been from a crash course video

@katrinepedersen7162 6 жыл бұрын

Mike you should know. Im ONLY watching this cuz you're hosting, i looove your personality. now back to the theater stuff.

@mariacamilaneiravillegas209 5 жыл бұрын

I am currently doing my internship in a theatre (I would just like to clarify I told the before hand I enjoy theatre but I know virtually nothing about it) and this series has saved me :) Thanks!!

@karennelson4499 6 жыл бұрын

I am so happy to see Mike on Crash Course! So excited! Love the topic as well.

@arsenik_beats 6 жыл бұрын

I love it, the same speaker, and now it seems like a continuation of recently ended mythology course , but with theatrical flavour

@SECONDQUEST 6 жыл бұрын

okkam okulus Mike is my favorite host

@haanhdo4190 6 жыл бұрын

Yay Mike's back! I was afraid I wouldn't get to see him again after the Myth series ended.

@virginialucchina7235 5 жыл бұрын

I love Mike's courses so much. I'm not a native speaker but he can make everything so easily understandable and interesting

@johnmahon674 6 жыл бұрын

Thoth is here? And a story about Ares cleverly disguised as "Theatre"? Mike you sneaky man this is Crash Course Mythology Season 2!

@billpariss9559 6 жыл бұрын

And Dionysus in the begining. Clever boy...

@comareja4 6 жыл бұрын

Tanks so much, i been waiting this crash course up to 4 years......

@fitzgeraldmistral97 6 жыл бұрын

Wow, I like the rational, de-eurocentricized approach to explaining this art form and its origins. I look forward to the rest of this series.

@samanthagupta 6 жыл бұрын

I’m so excited and grateful for this new series! I absolutely love the honesty and wholesome explanations! I especially love Dionysus and so happy to learn about him from a credible source like you! Thank you💝💝💝💝💝💝

@MiaMulder 6 жыл бұрын

It's been a year since I've acted (outside of youtube anyway) and I've been looking forward to this forever. This is gonna be good

@wanchinglim6316 6 жыл бұрын

I HOPE OTHER VIDEOS OF THIS SERIES COMES OUT FASTER BECAUSE ITS REALLY HELPING ME FOR THIS THEATRE MODULE THAT IM TAKING IN MY UNIVERSITY SOBS

@whiteblossom1420 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video! I'll be waiting the next episode

@harrietbowles9004 6 жыл бұрын

OH MY GOD YOU DON'T KNOW HOW LONG I'VE WANTED THIS

@CatHasOpinions734 6 жыл бұрын

Me 2 weeks ago: Aww, Idea Channel is gone and CC World Mythology is almost over, guess I'll have to get used to not seeing Mike Rugnetta videos anymore. Me Today: Ooh, another new Crash Course, I could stand to know more about theater, wonder who's hosting... OH MY GOODNESS YES!!!

@TEMPESTofGERK 6 жыл бұрын

Glad to see you back on Crash Course, Mike! It's heartbreaking to see Thoth so sad though...

@kumorineleo 6 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh, Mike you're back! It's good to see you again on Crash Course!

@vagnervargas7880 4 жыл бұрын

I've been watching the videos about theatre here in this channel and they are great! So helpful and pedagogically useful!

@brickspace9772 6 жыл бұрын

I literally got so excited when I saw that you were hosting this series, Mike! I was worried we wouldn't see you again after Crash Course Mythology!

@Sweetumskitty1789 4 жыл бұрын

I learned more about theater in two minutes of this video than I did in three years of Drama classes at my high school.

@phelanii4444 6 жыл бұрын

I will watch this series, mostly cause I miss listening to you every week, Mike. And to learn something new.

@slowlyrainbow 6 жыл бұрын

This is amazing! Already looking forward to the next episode. Would love it if you would discuss larping and its realintionship to theatre in the future!

@spookyxscully 6 жыл бұрын

I am way too excited that you're hosting again, this made my day. 🖤

@ms.rstake_1211 5 жыл бұрын

This series is going to last a year and I'm loving every part of it.

@alexnndder 6 жыл бұрын

I'm so happy, great way to start off the weekend😺❤

@jackhsbayliss5432 6 жыл бұрын

Glad to see Mike is still around! Loved Mythology and this is going to be incredibly useful!

@Ubuntu719 6 жыл бұрын

Hey just in time for my theater class.. nice timing!

@adibaORblarr 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Crash Course to make an episode on Theater!! I'm so excited

@reeseelliott7337 Жыл бұрын

Mike, that was truly amazing !!!!! SO glad to watch this

@steelresilience 5 жыл бұрын

When I tried out for the school play and musical, my senior year, I wish I had gotten into it much earlier. Not a big theater enthusiast now, but it is a lot of fun.

@camiloiribarren1450 6 жыл бұрын

Thank goodness you’re back, Mike. And we got another mythological god, Dionysus

@plewelly 6 жыл бұрын

Just closed Hamlet with my local Shakespeare troupe. That opening bit KILLED me. Also, I too am quite excited for the series.

@marywoolf1919 6 жыл бұрын

You pronounced Dionysus properly!!! Already off to a better start than mythology. Thank you.

@mishagriffith5518 6 жыл бұрын

Mike is back--I was sad to see CC Mythology end, but this promises to be great. Thanks CC.

@StephaneBura 6 жыл бұрын

Is Crash Course getting better and better with each new series? Yes.

@sarahevans6723 6 жыл бұрын

You don't understand how long I've wanted this

@ItsaSammyWorld 6 жыл бұрын

Loved the mythology one and I'm SO psycked for this!

@jeralyncabaluna5819 6 жыл бұрын

Our teacher taught us that theater is a place where theatrical performance is performed while theatre is the dramatic presentation for an audience.

@ProfessorSyndicateFranklai 6 жыл бұрын

Yay! You're back!

@conzural 6 жыл бұрын

Love this new series, it's interesting to see the background of what is my greatest passion

@latronqui 6 жыл бұрын

This makes me so happy! Theatre and Mike!!

@djay1003 6 жыл бұрын

SO EXCITED!!!!

@nateweinand4209 6 жыл бұрын

Really good first episode! Excited for more.

@steph.e61 6 жыл бұрын

Really looking forward to this series! Would you consider covering how audiences themselves changed the theatre? From the raucous to the reserved, y'know? Also, I hope when you guys eventually cover theatre history in Asia and Africa it's more than just one episode...

@hummingurbanangela 6 жыл бұрын

MIKE IS BAAAAAACKKK

@willlexie 4 жыл бұрын

theatRE or theatER??? Let me break this down. -American English: theater Note that modern English (that we use today in the 21st century) is a Germanic language with influence from Romance language (Latin root), but "theatre" came from Greek language. -Greek: θέατρον / théatron (a place for viewing) -British English: theatre *also in Canadian, Australian and New Zealandian English -Latin: theatrum French: théâtre Spanish: teatro Portuguese: teatro Italian: teatro Romanian: teatru All of them use -tr + vowel, only American English uses -ter. American English is simplified and British English is traditional.

@nicholasbernard3488 6 жыл бұрын

My favorite crash course host!

@ceciliabellentani5697 5 жыл бұрын

JUST FOUND IT, LOVE IT. THANK YOUUUUUUUUU

@moonknightproductions 6 жыл бұрын

Any mentions of Hamilton will immediately make this my favorite episode. But if you mention it in every episode then the newest video will always be my favorite...

@nikag7732 6 жыл бұрын

As soon as I plated the video and realised Rugnetta would be hosting this, I might have hugged my computer. I missed this guy!!

@CaptainRiterraSmith 6 жыл бұрын

I CAME AS SOON AS I HEARD! God yes this is really happening! There absolutely must be more than one episode worth of Shakespeare and if time allows, more than one for Broadway. I'm busting at the seams to belt some Wicked and Hamilton!

@alexaliona 6 жыл бұрын

ALL THE WAY FROM LONDON? DAMN

@dcamthebest 6 жыл бұрын

MIKE IS BACK!!

@goshen574 4 жыл бұрын

Arguably one of the best channels and uses of KZfaq...what tv was supposed to be. I’m happy I found this it make me do this 😮😃😊

@jeralyncabaluna5819 6 жыл бұрын

This is on time! Our lesson in english is about theatre

@LordfizzwigitIII 6 жыл бұрын

Yay! Mike is doing more crashcourse!

@adamkissinger7113 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! Loved CC Mythology, really looking forward to CC Theatre. Glad to see Thoth pop up again, too!

@worththehyp3886 6 жыл бұрын

I’m just learning about theater 🎭 in English. Perfect timing 😂🤩

@danigoose156 6 жыл бұрын

I'm so excited for this series theatre is so great thank you for this so much

@melm9420 6 жыл бұрын

Just wanted to thank you and to say ‘Well done Mike!’ for your attention to the pronunciation of Mircea Eliade! Can’t wait for the next video of this series!

@puppymunchkin5066 Жыл бұрын

Great series really excited about this Amazing!

@mrclueuin 6 жыл бұрын

A very good first act. Can't wait to see more! 👍👍

@kamhoughton6433 6 жыл бұрын

I like this guy he's funny, and this channel makes learning super fun.

@MarkiyC 6 жыл бұрын

I'm so stoked for a CC Theatre! 💜💛💜

@dogukankuslar2606 6 жыл бұрын

excited for this series.

@lillagirl375 6 жыл бұрын

me tooooooooooo

@danahart626 5 жыл бұрын

I just felt like watching Crash Course after not watching it for a really long time now that I'm older, and I read "Mike Rugnetta" and I went "Wait, this is the mythology guy from when I last watched...(feeling excitement even though I haven't even watched the video yet). Thank You :)

@captianblitz 6 жыл бұрын

Oh my, Mike is back! I loved the mythology series. Hope this one does well.

@david1b333 6 жыл бұрын

Just came to check it out but since Mike is hosting it, I'm staying. He did such a great job on the Myth CC so looking forward to this one now.

@JorgePicco 6 жыл бұрын

We loved you on mythology. It is great you got another crash course show so soon.

@noelnelson9291 6 жыл бұрын

I HAVEN'T COMMENTED ON A VIDEO ON A VIDEO IN YEARS BUT I CANNOT CONTAIN MY ENTHUSIASM FOR THIS NEW CREATIVE ADVENTURE FOR CRASH COURSE !

@thehopeofeden597 6 жыл бұрын

This is everything I Need!!!!

@thewalkingthinker6561 4 жыл бұрын

super! in this quarentine, a friend and I will be watching them all

@MusicalRaichu 6 жыл бұрын

Mike! I was hoping you'd stick around. Looking forward to this new series!

@hangedhouraidoll2396 6 жыл бұрын

Oh my god Thoth looked so sad.

@abigailrosebrock7184 6 жыл бұрын

Yesssss I’ve been waiting FOREVER!! ....But.... re. Re. RE. *RE* *R👏🏻E👏🏻* At least when referring to the art form..

@nghia_win 6 жыл бұрын

Mythology and Theatre! Thanks for teaching my two favorite things!

@rosenrot8509 4 жыл бұрын

It was very interestind! Thank you a lot!

@KatrinaEames 6 жыл бұрын

I'm so excited for this

@Slaptothefuture 6 жыл бұрын

PLEASE someone needs to do Crashcourse Music at this point. keep up the AAAMAAAZING work, u guys

@sammyeveret6401 4 жыл бұрын

finally a good way to burn my time during quarantine (-- a local highschool assistant scenery painting crew head and house manager)

@Rettequetette 6 жыл бұрын

* applauds, standing up * Bravo, bravo!

@thaddavis6442 6 жыл бұрын

"This series could go on forever" We can only hope, Mike

@ProfessorSyndicateFranklai 6 жыл бұрын

My good. It did!