The Aesthetics of the OppressedIn The Aesthetics of the Oppressed (2006), his sixth book, Augusto Boal provides us with the set of principles underlying his Theatre of the Oppressed. Boal’s deft fingers explore a vast array of subjects, plucking ideas like candies from a bowl and then letting us suck on the sugared morsels until we understand his background, beliefs, and the points he tries to get across.
Why are lovers quicker to forgive their partners for infidelity than for leaving dirty dishes in the sink? Why will sighted people pay more to avoid going blind than blind people will pay to regain their sight? Why do dining companions insist on ordering different meals instead of getting what they really want? Why do patients remember long medical procedures as being less painful than short ones? Why do home sellers demand prices they wouldn’t dream of paying if they were home buyers?
Adjectives are often used without nouns. To refer to some well-known groups of people The structure the + adjective is used to talk about some well-known groups of people. Examples are: the blind, the deaf, the unemployed, the rich, the poor, the young, the old, the dead etc. He is collecting money for the blind.
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Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (2006)
A young man accompanies his cousin to the hospital to check an unusual hearing complaint and recalls a story of a woman put to sleep by tiny flies crawling inside her ear.
Close to a motorway service station, the body of a young woman is discovered. She appears to have no family, no friends, no one to identify her. DI Anna Travis is brought onto the team of investigators by DCS James Langton, who already suspects that this recent case could be linked to two unsolved murders.
