The Horrors of the Grand Guignol: Crash Course Theater #35
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Date: 2022-04-04
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Steven
There is some evidence that the catharsis derived from horror in that it, to a degree, helps the audience contend with real life horror they deal with daily. There is a documentary about the film producer Val Lewton. The films he made and released through RKO were taken up by an audience who had family members who fought and many died in the Second World War. Binet may have considered Lewton's stories too mainstream. Lewton's taste as a story teller as well as the Production Code forebade actual blood and gore. Lewton's cast many actors who were just starting out as well as survivors of the silent era who were available for the several days of work allowed by RKO's very demanding release schedule which Martin Scorcese (who would be expected to render an expert opinion) considered, -Inhuman. - It was also the period where audio (radio) drama used the work of some writer producers like Willys Cooper and Arch Obler. Boris Karloff was in demand for horror broadcasts.
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There is some evidence that the catharsis derived from horror in that it, to a degree, helps the audience contend with real life horror they deal with daily. There is a documentary about the film producer Val Lewton. The films he made and released through RKO were taken up by an audience who had family members who fought and many died in the Second World War. Binet may have considered Lewton's stories too mainstream. Lewton's taste as a story teller as well as the Production Code forebade actual blood and gore. Lewton's cast many actors who were just starting out as well as survivors of the silent era who were available for the several days of work allowed by RKO's very demanding release schedule which Martin Scorcese (who would be expected to render an expert opinion) considered, -Inhuman. - It was also the period where audio (radio) drama used the work of some writer producers like Willys Cooper and Arch Obler. Boris Karloff was in demand for horror broadcasts.
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Steven
There was an episode in the hour long version of -The Twilight Zone- where Martin Balsam played the guide at a Chamber of Horrors. The story turns on the news that the Chamber is closing due to falling attendance. The owner explains to Balsam's character that the chamber can't compete with the horrors that the modern audience had to deal with in reality. -Even the Grand Guignol is closing. - -The Guignol! - Balsam exclaims. He is determined to keep the five best exhibits from being lost. He winds up storing them in his basement which he air conditioned at heavy expense. The five exhibits include murderers such as Anton Leroux and a facsimile of who Jack the Ripper might have been. You can probably guess how this episode ends.
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There was an episode in the hour long version of -The Twilight Zone- where Martin Balsam played the guide at a Chamber of Horrors. The story turns on the news that the Chamber is closing due to falling attendance. The owner explains to Balsam's character that the chamber can't compete with the horrors that the modern audience had to deal with in reality. -Even the Grand Guignol is closing. - -The Guignol! - Balsam exclaims. He is determined to keep the five best exhibits from being lost. He winds up storing them in his basement which he air conditioned at heavy expense. The five exhibits include murderers such as Anton Leroux and a facsimile of who Jack the Ripper might have been. You can probably guess how this episode ends.
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Tom
As someone who has a love of horror movies, I really enjoyed this episode. It's comforting to see that throughout human history, we as a society have enjoyed seeing such things. It's why I enjoy the Purge series so much; it's my personal belief that mankind is inherently self-serving and that laws keep our behavior in check.
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As someone who has a love of horror movies, I really enjoyed this episode. It's comforting to see that throughout human history, we as a society have enjoyed seeing such things. It's why I enjoy the Purge series so much; it's my personal belief that mankind is inherently self-serving and that laws keep our behavior in check.
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Worst
the dead skin of my childhood has been shed
i am no longer the me i used to be
i am dead
ncieuhfuiahfuieahuifhau
GOD help i cant stop thinking about that
but still.
creative
I applaud you de lorde
but still
get some help man
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the dead skin of my childhood has been shed
i am no longer the me i used to be
i am dead
ncieuhfuiahfuieahuifhau
GOD help i cant stop thinking about that
but still.
creative
I applaud you de lorde
but still
get some help man
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Vegetarian
I still think the special effects and makeup they used for gore are out of this world, incredibly realistic, most gore in modern media is either too clean or everyone is a blood fountain, this is just like proper medical school gore.
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I still think the special effects and makeup they used for gore are out of this world, incredibly realistic, most gore in modern media is either too clean or everyone is a blood fountain, this is just like proper medical school gore.
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cavv0667
I believe that middleclass America is ripe for this kind of theatre. where the unfortunate suffer, the evil are punished and the world continues to turn. I know I'd love to experience it just for the technical aspects of makeup and fx.
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I believe that middleclass America is ripe for this kind of theatre. where the unfortunate suffer, the evil are punished and the world continues to turn. I know I'd love to experience it just for the technical aspects of makeup and fx.
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UniQuE
-before the war, everyone felt that what was happening onstage was impossible- - wrong af, life back then was so shitty, I doubt they just simulated the horror in the theatre, that would've been ResidentSleeper af for the audience
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-before the war, everyone felt that what was happening onstage was impossible- - wrong af, life back then was so shitty, I doubt they just simulated the horror in the theatre, that would've been ResidentSleeper af for the audience
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aperson22222
Don't see how we can be expected to buy that the Holocaust suddenly made people realize that simulated atrocities were in poor taste. There were certainly no shortage of real-life atrocities before Hitler.
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Don't see how we can be expected to buy that the Holocaust suddenly made people realize that simulated atrocities were in poor taste. There were certainly no shortage of real-life atrocities before Hitler.
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Brian
Fainting audiences have not gone away! Several recent productions of -Titus Andronicus- have been battling for Most Graphic Violence honors. (Check out pix from the Globe's 2006 production)
Great ending, BTW!
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Fainting audiences have not gone away! Several recent productions of -Titus Andronicus- have been battling for Most Graphic Violence honors. (Check out pix from the Globe's 2006 production)
Great ending, BTW!
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David
I've been patiently waiting for this chapter!
Also, -mediocre- pronunciation? Nah, brother Mike - I'd call it shy of atrocious - always a good laugh though. Carry on! -
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I've been patiently waiting for this chapter!
Also, -mediocre- pronunciation? Nah, brother Mike - I'd call it shy of atrocious - always a good laugh though. Carry on! -
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