Just writing about the reading of "Behind the Screen Door" by Aronson that we discussed in our group meeting and in class.
Basically what I got from it was actually insight on doors used in theater. Before this I had never even thought twice about important a door could be and took it for granted.
The first example used in the article is how a door can set the mood. A person bursting through the door, such as Kramer in Seinfeld instills a comedic mood in the audience. While on the other hand, a slow opening of a squeaking door creates terror.
Aronson writes how a door can be the boundary between complete order or complete chaos, known and unknown, and how it separates the scene into different parts. Aronson writes, "The door hides; the door reveals."
It was also interesting that the Ancient Greek plays did not have doors, and instead had to make a production out of the elaborate entrances. This took away the element of surprise and anticipation of what could possibly be behind the door. Doors also seem to be very useful because they can completely change a setting, which makes the play more complex and entertaining. For example, an actor or actress can walk through a door and be in a different house, or miles away in the middle of a forest.
The last thing that the article briefly mentions is how a door in a theater represents all of this and more, but that a door on screen or in video is simply walked through.
-jimmy wagner
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