'Demonstration' is a
monstration that serves as
proof
Proof most often refers to:
* Proof (truth), argument or sufficient evidence for the truth of a proposition
* Alcohol proof, a measure of an alcoholic drink's strength
Proof may also refer to:
Mathematics and formal logic
* Formal proof, a con ...
in
storytelling.
Demonstration is a central part of the
Brechtian approach to
acting
Acting is an activity in which a story is told by means of its enactment by an actor or actress who adopts a character—in theatre, television, film, radio, or any other medium that makes use of the mimetic mode.
Acting involves a bro ...
. It implies a definite distance built into the actor's manner of playing a character (in contrast to the absolute identification with a character demanded by the
Stanislavski-influenced "
method acting" approach).
References
Bertolt Brecht theories and techniques
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