The Living Theatre turned intellectual symposiums into staged provocations

Evidence

The manifestation was complemented not only by Che’s opening night but an even more prestigious disturbance. Back from a tour, the Living Theatre fomented a modified Paradise Now uproar at a symposium convened to ponder the question “Theater or Therapy?” — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now, 1423

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: Living Theatre performers deliberately disrupted liberal intellectual symposia to provoke confrontation — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now: The 1960s New York…, 1425; Living Theatre performances could dissolve the boundary between actors and audience into chaos — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now: The 1960s New York…, 1426; Political theater groups turned venues into contested ideological territory — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now: The 1960s New York…, 1327 (+1 more)
  • yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Living Theatre performers deliberately disrupted liberal intellectual symposia to provoke confrontation — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now: The 1960s New York…, 1425; Living Theatre performances could dissolve the boundary between actors and audience into chaos — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now: The 1960s New York…, 1426; Political theater groups turned venues into contested ideological territory — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now: The 1960s New York…, 1327 (+1 more)

Broader Connections