Futurism and Constructivism: Crash Course Theater #39

It's time to go Back...to the Future. By which I mean, we're going back into the past to talk about Futurism. Which seems like it would be cool, but it was started by this terrible guy Martinetti, who also wrote the Italian Fascist manifesto. He was just the worst, but, at least he was the worst in a way that makes a pretty compelling video.
We'll also check in with the Russian theater, and learn about generally nicer Futurist Vsevolod Meyerhold, who also was vey influential in constructivism. So get ready to fire up the meaning machine and learn!

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[Dovie]

Thank you for single-handedly helping me save my college degree in theatre

[olivercuenca]

One of the other interesting results of futurism is its effect on comics. The obsession with capturing movement in still images created a style which is the direct origin of all those motion lines that a lot of comic strips use when things are zooming about.

[ChessMasteryOfficial]

*Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been.'*

[d.m.collins]

"Our Futurist theater jeers at Shakespeare but pays attention to the gossip of actors." - Marinetti, 1915

[audreyrasmussen]

4:24 That almost reminds me of Hamilton's "actor playing a bullet" although it was more figurative than an actual gun.

[mojosbigsticks]

Fascinating - an era I knew nothing about.

[aspectaura]

CrashCourse should have all the people who narrated each subject to have them all in 1 room for like an or something

[FerdinandoFormica]

A couple of corrections :P sintesi - stress on the first syllable; fiscofollia - stress on the last i (follia = madness)

[lakrids-pibe]

I didn't expect this series to give me a better understanding of internet alt right trolls.

[nikmed]

Crash course should do a series on law!

[semkoops]

Fascism was in a sense also a political subculture, certainly not the mainstream when it came up.

[Rayan-isky]

Can you guys do a crash course video about agrobiology or maybe geology? please.

[wk]

Futurism also heavily influenced progressivism in the US.

[KelciaMarie]

One of my favorite crash course series!

[ThinkFiveable]

The theater playlist you guys are doing is so great! I wonder when College Board will create an AP theater!

[rajatarora]

hey, guys do you also have a podcast channel?

[vrixphillips]

ugh gross, I've been such a fan of Italian Futurism, but its ties to Fascism are foul indeed.
Italian Futurist architecture looks super neato tho. Credit where credit's due, much as I despise what fascism stands for... makes me appreciate artists like composer Luigi Nono who were antifascist but still experimented and pushed the boundaries of art.

[gibberishname]

I like how this episode proves that NOT ALL art has merit.

[safir]

My future is about as certain as I am for my dad to not beat me

[sirkowski]

And the Nazis would later brand Futurism as Degenerate Art. They deserved that ironic slap.