75/10, keep these coming. Theater is one of the most underappreciated but important art forms in the modern world, and I can't want to see how you cover the field.
As a theatre practitioner and educator, I find myself holding back so many positive emotions when I find content like this (that is content that reestablishes theatre as a valid art integral to the human experience). You guys at Crash Course are sent straight from the theatre gods! Bravo!
Crash course does an incredible job bringing on hosts, this is only the second series I’ve started without hank or John but both hosts have been so incredible and engaging. Can’t wait for more episodes!
theatRE or theatER??? Let me break this down. -American English: theater Note that modern English (that we use today in the 21st century) is a Germanic language with influence from Romance language (Latin root), but "theatre" came from Greek language. -Greek: θέατρον / théatron (a place for viewing) -British English: theatre *also in Canadian, Australian and New Zealandian English -Latin: theatrum French: théâtre Spanish: teatro Portuguese: teatro Italian: teatro Romanian: teatru All of them use -tr + vowel, only American English uses -ter. American English is simplified and British English is traditional.
Mike, I love the way you pace your words. I find sometimes in SciShow and CrashCourse the editing is so tight there's no real beat between sentences or even topics. But the way you pace your words makes all of your videos much easier to understand than those of other hosts.
Being a Theatre major that studied Theatre History, I'm very happy with this first video. My only comment is that the difference between "Theatre" and "Theater" was highly stressed to us by our college professors. "Theatre" is the art form and "Theater" is the building where the art is performed. Can't wait for the next video.
I've never been more excited for a Crash Course series! I've been obsessed with theatre since I was 4 and am a HUGE dramaturge. I'm so excited to learn about theatre history, theatre theories, and hope we get into acting theory (Stanislavsky, Uta Hagen, Misner, etc) Break a leg Mike and Crash Course team!!
Me 2 weeks ago: Aww, Idea Channel is gone and CC World Mythology is almost over, guess I'll have to get used to not seeing Mike Rugnetta videos anymore. Me Today: Ooh, another new Crash Course, I could stand to know more about theater, wonder who's hosting... OH MY GOODNESS YES!!!
As a major who's done theatre my whole life and works as a stage manager and is a performed playwright this is the most happy I've been from a crash course video
I CAME AS SOON AS I HEARD! God yes this is really happening! There absolutely must be more than one episode worth of Shakespeare and if time allows, more than one for Broadway. I'm busting at the seams to belt some Wicked and Hamilton!
I am currently doing my internship in a theatre (I would just like to clarify I told the before hand I enjoy theatre but I know virtually nothing about it) and this series has saved me :) Thanks!!
...and be sure to include Egyptian god-story theater e.g. Shu rocking Ra's statue forward and back saying 'I can do this, I can do this...', telling Ra he's outdated, his temple falling into disrepair and the groundskeeper has taken a second job to support his family...
When I tried out for the school play and musical, my senior year, I wish I had gotten into it much earlier. Not a big theater enthusiast now, but it is a lot of fun.
I dropped out of Theatre school (the real tragedy, ya feel?) I wanted to binge this course because it’s still one of the most amazing things I’ve ever been a part of &/or studied. It’s fascinating and I think one of the best subjects to have an open discussion about.
@@SamanthDarling the way you talk about it it seems you really like it. But you dropped out for a reason, whatever that reason is you have to decide is it more important than theatre? There is no won't choice, your life is a long way from being over and theatre will be available no matter when you decide to go back to it. As I said to you earlier, follow your dreams and aspire to do what you love. What that is I can't say, only you know what that is.
As a theatre kid, I shall now sing. Everybody, everybody, everybody wants to be a cat! Okay, I am done. I just had to, Astrocats was my favorite play I was in as a kid. Crazy man! Crazy!
I am SO HAPPY that you are doing another series for Crash Course! I mean, there is a lot of great stuff on Crash Course, but I miss Idea Channel and it's great that I can come here to get a little of that Mike Rugnetta goodness!
I just felt like watching Crash Course after not watching it for a really long time now that I'm older, and I read "Mike Rugnetta" and I went "Wait, this is the mythology guy from when I last watched...(feeling excitement even though I haven't even watched the video yet). Thank You :)
I've sometimes wondered if the connection between storytelling (of which theater is the oldest form) and religion runs the other direction. That is, that people originally just made up stories for artistic fun and entertainment, stories that at the time everybody understood to be not the literal truth but maybe to illuminate some kind of metaphorical or allegorical truth the way that modern works of fiction can do, and then over time, people forgot that they were fiction, and started taking them as accounts of literal truth. Like today everybody knows Star Wars isn't a historical tale. But we do have a kinda-joke Jedi religion in the real world, who don't believe the stories in the movies are real but who like the ideals depicted by the fictional characters. Now imagine a few (tens of) thousands of years go by, and future Jedi end having real wars over the correct interpretation of their holy texts as laid down by the prophet Lucas. Now imagine that happened with some prehistoric cave-people's stories instead of Star Wars.
You should read "Mr. Burns: a Post-Electric Play." It's about a future post-apocalyptic society that is obsessed with the Simpsons, as one of their only cultural artifacts from the past.
Vorname Nachname I think those events may have been inspired by natural disasters, which tend to fall into the categories of "flood", "wind", "earthquake", "disease", "famine" and "HOLY FUCKERFUCK THAT MOUNTAIN JUST EXPLODED" so it makes sense that a lot of the apocalyptic events would be similar in many different mythologies.
Any mentions of Hamilton will immediately make this my favorite episode. But if you mention it in every episode then the newest video will always be my favorite...
My definition of theater would be thus: "Theater is a form of communication whereby at least one actor communicates with at least one audience and that 1) The actor does not seek to convey present truth. 2) Communication is deliberately made less effective than what would be possible."
anyone here cause they gotta do class online
yeah man
who else is here because of theatre class but its online for quarantine
I was really looking forward to performing this unit :(
Bold of you to assume my class wasn't already online XD
Me 👋🏿
For me it's English Literature
😂😂 definitely
75/10, keep these coming. Theater is one of the most underappreciated but important art forms in the modern world, and I can't want to see how you cover the field.
As a theatre practitioner and educator, I find myself holding back so many positive emotions when I find content like this (that is content that reestablishes theatre as a valid art integral to the human experience). You guys at Crash Course are sent straight from the theatre gods! Bravo!
I would just like to say that durning quarantine watching this is my theatre homework.
Your voice is amazing Mike.
Miss Houston yeah i agree
The screeching of a thousand theater nerds echoed around the world today.
YEEEEEESssssss
aaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
*hundred thousands
ASDFGHJKLPOIUYTREWQAZXCVBNMLP
Anja Mook Hello there!
BLAKE BENNETT Haha, good to see you get the reference.
AHH!!! I am SOO excited for this series!!! It’s AMAAAZING so far!!!!
I'm a simple guy; I see Mike Rugnetta, I smile.
same. he's my favorite
Crash course does an incredible job bringing on hosts, this is only the second series I’ve started without hank or John but both hosts have been so incredible and engaging. Can’t wait for more episodes!
theatRE or theatER???
Let me break this down.
-American English: theater
Note that modern English (that we use today in the 21st century) is a Germanic language with influence from Romance language (Latin root), but "theatre" came from Greek language.
-Greek: θέατρον / théatron (a place for viewing)
-British English: theatre
*also in Canadian, Australian and New Zealandian English
-Latin: theatrum
French: théâtre
Spanish: teatro
Portuguese: teatro
Italian: teatro
Romanian: teatru
All of them use -tr + vowel, only American English uses -ter.
American English is simplified and British English is traditional.
Can you guys do Crash Course music???? That would be so cool!
THANK YOU. I'm doing a school project about the evolution of theatre and drama, stumbled upon this video and oh my god my life became so much easier
Crash Course + Theatre + Mike = Yes
Yes + Thoth + Dionysus + Crash Course = Verry Happy Me ;)
Right?!?!?!
Thoth is here? And a story about Ares cleverly disguised as "Theatre"? Mike you sneaky man this is Crash Course Mythology Season 2!
And Dionysus in the begining. Clever boy...
Mike, I love the way you pace your words. I find sometimes in SciShow and CrashCourse the editing is so tight there's no real beat between sentences or even topics. But the way you pace your words makes all of your videos much easier to understand than those of other hosts.
So happy to see Mike as the host and who doesn’t want a crash course on theater? So excited for this series!
Being a Theatre major that studied Theatre History, I'm very happy with this first video.
My only comment is that the difference between "Theatre" and "Theater" was highly stressed to us by our college professors. "Theatre" is the art form and "Theater" is the building where the art is performed.
Can't wait for the next video.
*I guess your college professors cared a lot about spelling, babe. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯*
I've never been more excited for a Crash Course series! I've been obsessed with theatre since I was 4 and am a HUGE dramaturge. I'm so excited to learn about theatre history, theatre theories, and hope we get into acting theory (Stanislavsky, Uta Hagen, Misner, etc) Break a leg Mike and Crash Course team!!
Is Crash Course getting better and better with each new series?
Yes.
Me 2 weeks ago: Aww, Idea Channel is gone and CC World Mythology is almost over, guess I'll have to get used to not seeing Mike Rugnetta videos anymore.
Me Today: Ooh, another new Crash Course, I could stand to know more about theater, wonder who's hosting... OH MY GOODNESS YES!!!
Mike you should know. Im ONLY watching this cuz you're hosting, i looove your personality. now back to the theater stuff.
I love it, the same speaker, and now it seems like a continuation of recently ended mythology course , but with theatrical flavour
okkam okulus Mike is my favorite host
You pronounced Dionysus properly!!! Already off to a better start than mythology. Thank you.
Our teacher taught us that theater is a place where theatrical performance is performed while theatre is the dramatic presentation for an audience.
This is already answering some questions I had. Thanks, Mike!
Wow, I like the rational, de-eurocentricized approach to explaining this art form and its origins. I look forward to the rest of this series.
Thank goodness you’re back, Mike. And we got another mythological god, Dionysus
Who else is doing this work at school
Yay Mike's back! I was afraid I wouldn't get to see him again after the Myth series ended.
Tanks so much, i been waiting this crash course up to 4 years......
I was so happy when Thoth popped out :')
But he looks so sad. I felt sorry for him.
Dan Menard I felt really sad too :') but like a nostalgic happy/sad because I thought I'd never see him again but :( it's not his series anymore
I love Mike's courses so much. I'm not a native speaker but he can make everything so easily understandable and interesting
As a major who's done theatre my whole life and works as a stage manager and is a performed playwright this is the most happy I've been from a crash course video
My favorite crash course host!
"This series could go on forever" We can only hope, Mike
My good. It did!
OH MY GOD YOU DON'T KNOW HOW LONG I'VE WANTED THIS
I learned more about theater in two minutes of this video than I did in three years of Drama classes at my high school.
Oh my god Thoth looked so sad.
It's been a year since I've acted (outside of youtube anyway) and I've been looking forward to this forever.
This is gonna be good
Thank you!! Loved CC Mythology, really looking forward to CC Theatre. Glad to see Thoth pop up again, too!
I CAME AS SOON AS I HEARD!
God yes this is really happening! There absolutely must be more than one episode worth of Shakespeare and if time allows, more than one for Broadway. I'm busting at the seams to belt some Wicked and Hamilton!
ALL THE WAY FROM LONDON? DAMN
I am currently doing my internship in a theatre (I would just like to clarify I told the before hand I enjoy theatre but I know virtually nothing about it) and this series has saved me :) Thanks!!
I’m just learning about theater 🎭 in English. Perfect timing 😂🤩
Hey just in time for my theater class.. nice timing!
You don't understand how long I've wanted this
So happy to see you and Thoth again.
he looks
so sad :(
I remember Civ 5’s intro with the movie theatre
MIKE IS BAAAAAACKKK
I HOPE OTHER VIDEOS OF THIS SERIES COMES OUT FASTER BECAUSE ITS REALLY HELPING ME FOR THIS THEATRE MODULE THAT IM TAKING IN MY UNIVERSITY SOBS
Just closed Hamlet with my local Shakespeare troupe. That opening bit KILLED me. Also, I too am quite excited for the series.
This is on time! Our lesson in english is about theatre
I came here because he hosted crash course world mythology. I enjoyed that series.
Is backstage going to come into play? Stage crew is where it's at
I will watch this series, mostly cause I miss listening to you every week, Mike. And to learn something new.
...and be sure to include Egyptian god-story theater e.g. Shu rocking Ra's statue forward and back saying 'I can do this, I can do this...', telling Ra he's outdated, his temple falling into disrepair and the groundskeeper has taken a second job to support his family...
4:59 To be or not to be, raise you hand if you like the first one!!
When I tried out for the school play and musical, my senior year, I wish I had gotten into it much earlier. Not a big theater enthusiast now, but it is a lot of fun.
Glad to see you back on Crash Course, Mike!
It's heartbreaking to see Thoth so sad though...
Oh my gosh, Mike you're back! It's good to see you again on Crash Course!
Mike is back--I was sad to see CC Mythology end, but this promises to be great. Thanks CC.
Yesssss I’ve been waiting FOREVER!!
....But....
re. Re. RE. *RE* *R👏🏻E👏🏻*
At least when referring to the art form..
MIKE IS BACK!!
Thanks for this video! I'll be waiting the next episode
It's kind of a branch of theatre but would it be possible for you to cover musicals?
YES! please cover musicals!
* applauds, standing up * Bravo, bravo!
You’ve opened with a nod to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead. I’m on board.
Ok but can Thoth still make appearances? He looks so sad that he's been replaced
I dropped out of Theatre school (the real tragedy, ya feel?)
I wanted to binge this course because it’s still one of the most amazing things I’ve ever been a part of &/or studied. It’s fascinating and I think one of the best subjects to have an open discussion about.
Follow those dreams you fool
M.C. Davey B. Thank you! That’s my predicament. Do I go back or do I try something else?
@@SamanthDarling the way you talk about it it seems you really like it. But you dropped out for a reason, whatever that reason is you have to decide is it more important than theatre? There is no won't choice, your life is a long way from being over and theatre will be available no matter when you decide to go back to it.
As I said to you earlier, follow your dreams and aspire to do what you love. What that is I can't say, only you know what that is.
As soon as I plated the video and realised Rugnetta would be hosting this, I might have hugged my computer. I missed this guy!!
Thanks Crash Course to make an episode on Theater!! I'm so excited
JUST FOUND IT, LOVE IT. THANK YOUUUUUUUUU
I like this guy
This makes me so happy! Theatre and Mike!!
I like this guy he's funny, and this channel makes learning super fun.
I'm so happy, great way to start off the weekend😺❤
I HAVEN'T COMMENTED ON A VIDEO ON A VIDEO IN YEARS BUT I CANNOT CONTAIN MY ENTHUSIASM FOR THIS NEW CREATIVE ADVENTURE FOR CRASH COURSE !
Great series really excited about this
Amazing!
Aww, Thoth, don't be sad. We all miss you!
SO EXCITED!!!!
Yay! You're back!
I am so happy to see Mike on Crash Course! So excited! Love the topic as well.
PLEASE someone needs to do Crashcourse Music at this point. keep up the AAAMAAAZING work, u guys
As a theatre kid, I shall now sing.
Everybody, everybody, everybody wants to be a cat!
Okay, I am done. I just had to, Astrocats was my favorite play I was in as a kid.
Crazy man! Crazy!
I am SO HAPPY that you are doing another series for Crash Course! I mean, there is a lot of great stuff on Crash Course, but I miss Idea Channel and it's great that I can come here to get a little of that Mike Rugnetta goodness!
Loved the mythology one and I'm SO psycked for this!
This is everything I Need!!!!
I've been watching the videos about theatre here in this channel and they are great! So helpful and pedagogically useful!
I literally got so excited when I saw that you were hosting this series, Mike! I was worried we wouldn't see you again after Crash Course Mythology!
excited for this series.
me tooooooooooo
omg i feel so sad for Thoth haha
I just felt like watching Crash Course after not watching it for a really long time now that I'm older, and I read "Mike Rugnetta" and I went "Wait, this is the mythology guy from when I last watched...(feeling excitement even though I haven't even watched the video yet). Thank You :)
I've sometimes wondered if the connection between storytelling (of which theater is the oldest form) and religion runs the other direction. That is, that people originally just made up stories for artistic fun and entertainment, stories that at the time everybody understood to be not the literal truth but maybe to illuminate some kind of metaphorical or allegorical truth the way that modern works of fiction can do, and then over time, people forgot that they were fiction, and started taking them as accounts of literal truth.
Like today everybody knows Star Wars isn't a historical tale. But we do have a kinda-joke Jedi religion in the real world, who don't believe the stories in the movies are real but who like the ideals depicted by the fictional characters. Now imagine a few (tens of) thousands of years go by, and future Jedi end having real wars over the correct interpretation of their holy texts as laid down by the prophet Lucas.
Now imagine that happened with some prehistoric cave-people's stories instead of Star Wars.
Pfhorrest oh wow, I love this idea!
The amount of similar apocalyptic events between different religions is a little suspicious.
You should read "Mr. Burns: a Post-Electric Play." It's about a future post-apocalyptic society that is obsessed with the Simpsons, as one of their only cultural artifacts from the past.
I would agree. "Mr. Burns" is a fascinating read and even better to see performed live. Very thought provoking.
Vorname Nachname I think those events may have been inspired by natural disasters, which tend to fall into the categories of "flood", "wind", "earthquake", "disease", "famine" and "HOLY FUCKERFUCK THAT MOUNTAIN JUST EXPLODED" so it makes sense that a lot of the apocalyptic events would be similar in many different mythologies.
Yay! Mike is doing more crashcourse!
Marvellous start to the series guys.
The 'donking' sfx is extremely satisfying in the Ares ritual.
Donkdonkdonkdonkdonkdonkdonk ---
Any mentions of Hamilton will immediately make this my favorite episode. But if you mention it in every episode then the newest video will always be my favorite...
Hamlet reference immediately. This is why it's the best play.
This series is going to last a year and I'm loving every part of it.
Just came to check it out but since Mike is hosting it, I'm staying. He did such a great job on the Myth CC so looking forward to this one now.
My definition of theater would be thus:
"Theater is a form of communication whereby at least one actor communicates with at least one audience and that
1) The actor does not seek to convey present truth.
2) Communication is deliberately made less effective than what would be possible."