Gestus: the combination of gesture and jist. An attitude or single aspect of an attitude expressed in words or actions. We interrogate people's attitude and then societies' to get the big picture. Brecht might highlight these moments by freezing it, slowing it down or by using harsh lighting. Once again it is pushing the audience to really think about what is going on.
Spass: when translated, spass literally means 'fun'. Brecht uses this technique to make the audience think. This works because making the audience laugh also makes them think about what they're laughing about. Brecht uses serious issues and lightens it up with comedy and is an excellent way of engaging the audience to think about a serious, political issue.
Snob and slave: During this exercise, I was the snob. I really enjoyed playing this part because I felt empowered in comparison to a world that can often been seen as misogynistic and sexist and it felt nice to have power and control. We had to use exaggerated gestures to express our characters, this would have been comedic to watch as these stuck up, snooty characters that thought they were better than everyone were commanding regular people to do everything for them, the slaves were treated like animals. To highlight this animalistic feature I decided to make one of my classmates my pet dog, this again helped portray the comedic theme and added to the Brechtian theatre we created.
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