#5: Dialectic

Emmet & Youssef demonstrate our famous co-ordinated lateness, bringing you our August episode in September! Speaking of September, we're talking about one of the most popular Septembery shows in contemporary theatre, & digging into some classical philosophy concerning the nature of truth -- & even applying it to our beloved Hadestown.Community Corkboard:Hadestown teen edition auditions with Mississippi Mudds: ⁠https://www.mississippimudds.ca/auditions⁠You Can’t Take It With You tickets: ⁠https://studio-theatre-perth.ticketsplease.ca/you-cant-take-it-with-you/⁠Watch this space for Elf updates (performances in November): ⁠http://www.perthcommunitychoir.com/⁠Emmet’s Patreon: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/c/emmlf⁠ – All scripts posted are available to all patrons for a $3 monthly contribution, or individually priced.Kitchen Theatre Project on instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/kitchentheatreproject/⁠ or email Emmet directly: emlfcameron at gmail dot comHow to experience Proof by David Auburn: so many options! For locals, there is a print copy you can borrow from the Kitchen Theatre Project library at the Perkolator in Perth. For not-so-locals, you can likely find a copy either at your local library, or by asking somebody at your local community theatre. (Like I said, it’s a very popular show!) Speaking of community theatre, either David Auburn has intentionally loosened the copyright restrictions or he’s just not very litigious, because there are a bunch of videos of entire amateur productions of this play on YouTube that will come up if you search the title & author, which is fun to look at the range of ways that people have constructed the set & interpreted the characters, soundtrack, etc. You can also listen to the entire play free from LA Theatre Works: ⁠https://latw.org/title/proof⁠, or find this recording on your podcast player of choice, including bonus content about the math & psychological science behind the play, as part of the LATW Relativity series.Emmet learned the “dead dog” exercise from the podcast “Hot To Write A Play” with Mike Bartlett: ⁠https://shows.acast.com/how-to-write-a-play/episodes⁠What is a Woman? A Dialectic, A Diagram, A Rant, A Prayer by Kai Cheng Thom: ⁠https://kaichengthom.substack.com/p/what-is-a-woman⁠Non-Dualism is not Political Neutrality by Kai Cheng Thom: ⁠https://substack.com/home/post/p-171336092⁠David Harvey on the Contradictions of Capitalism (YouTube): ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9dLcGJ5NI0⁠Understanding (De)alienation in Social Movements (Youssef’s dissertation where you can find more discussion on dialectics, Ch. 2 section 3): ⁠http://hdl.handle.net/1807/103362⁠