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in the arts, depictions of people and activity on urban streets

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A street scene is a basic model for epic theater set forth by Bertolt Brecht. It makes use of a simple, "natural" incident, such as could be seen on any street corner: an eyewitness demonstrating to a collection of people how a traffic accident took place. "The bystanders may not have observed what happened, or they may simply not agree with him, may 'see things a different way'; the point is that the demonstrator acts the behavior of driver or victim both in such a way that the bystanders are able to form an opinion about the incident." This model is set forth as the most primitive type of epic theater to be easily understood by the reader or listener.

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street scene

in the arts, depictions of people and activity on urban streets

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Not who you're looking for? Others named street scene: 1931 film by King Vidor · music theater piece by Kurt Weill · sculpture in Ashland, Oregon, U.S. · play written by Elmer Rice

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A street scene is a basic model for epic theater set forth by Bertolt Brecht. It makes use of a simple, "natural" incident, such as could be seen on any street corner: an eyewitness demonstrating to a collection of people how a traffic accident took place. "The bystanders may not have observed what happened, or they may simply not agree with him, may 'see things a different way'; the point is that the demonstrator acts the behavior of driver or victim both in such a way that the bystanders are able to form an opinion about the incident." This model is set forth as the most primitive type of epic theater to be easily understood by the reader or listener.

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Not who you're looking for? Others named street scene: 1931 film by King Vidor · music theater piece by Kurt Weill · sculpture in Ashland, Oregon, U.S. · play written by Elmer Rice