Brecht Workshop 3: Exaggeration Vs Realism

During this workshop, we had two volunteers that acted out a scene between a doctor and a patient. This doctor was set to be one that was evil and was greedy for money. The patient was a patient in need for treatment that was poor with no money. The first time the scene was acted out, it was to be normal.
The second time, the actors were asked to exaggerate their actions.
However, the actors had exaggerated it too much, that the message became unclear. Therefore, that was when we realised that sometimes it is not good to exaggerate too much. The appropriate amount of exaggeration has to be used so that the message is clear.















The third time, was when the right amount of gestus was used, and the message was clear that how doctors are greedy.