[Shochiku Grand Kabuki- the Guardian. That's the guy who sleeps under Blackfriars]I'm considering starting another blog which will be just staging the lies
that governements and the mass media throw at us.
There's work for producers, directors, stage hands,
actors (usually politicians), character foils (the iconic opposition)
funny or sad masks for everyone
actors (usually politicians), character foils (the iconic opposition)
funny or sad masks for everyone
Kabuki means 'crazy' in Japanese, and kabuki theatre is one of their cultural traditions.
Kabuki is now the style in Political Theatre in the UK, US and elsewhere.
more later
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Kabuki
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For other uses, see Kabuki (disambiguation).
The July 1858 production of Shibaraku at the Ichimura-za theater in Edo. Triptych woodblock print by Utagawa Toyokuni III.
Kabuki (歌舞伎, kabuki?) is classical Japanese dance-drama. Kabuki theatre is known for the stylization of its drama and for the elaborate make-up worn by some of its performers.
The individual kanji characters, from left to right, mean sing (歌), dance (舞), and skill (伎). Kabuki is therefore sometimes translated as "the art of singing and dancing." These are, however, ateji characters which do not reflect actual etymology. The kanji of 'skill' generally refers to a performer in kabuki theatre. Since the word kabuki is believed to derive from the verb kabuku, meaning "to lean" or "to be out of the ordinary", kabuki can be interpreted as "avant-garde" or "bizarre" theatre.[1] The expression kabukimono (歌舞伎者) referred originally to those who were bizarrely dressed and swaggered on a street.
