Case Study: Lysistrata Project
I love that Katherine Blume uses the media as a platform to build an international team of collaborators. She made a step-by-step process for stage readings of Lysistrata to protest the war with Iraq in 2003. She made the process easy but also gave the collaborators a chance to make it their own because Greek plays have open domains. Adaptations make this even more effective and can get a community very involved.
The humor of the show itself is also a beautiful device for involvement. It doesn't scare people away from the issue. My question here is did the audience members really internalize that the experience of watching Lysistrata is to prevent the war that was at hand in 2003? I wonder how long the time line was from the first time they sent an email to the date of the performance. How fast did the project date and guidelines happen?
It seems that the project was effective in grabbing mass public attention. The news picked up a story on the happenings, which tells me that the media is a strong platform to get out information. I wish they delved deeper into how they sent the project out to everyone. I also liked the charity aspect of the project using the money to go to anti war foundations.
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