The Town Hall Affair
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The Town Hall Affair is an experimental theater piece by The Wooster Group that reconstructs and reimagines a contentious 1971 feminist panel featuring Norman Mailer using archival footage, live performance, and multimedia.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
experimental theater work
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theater piece ⓘ |
| artisticApproach | interrogation of media and history ⓘ |
| basedOn | 1971 Town Hall feminist panel ⓘ |
| basedOnEvent | Norman Mailer Town Hall debate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | The Wooster Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictsEvent | 1971 Town Hall debate on feminism ⓘ |
| depictsPerson | Norman Mailer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresPerson | Norman Mailer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
documentary theater
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experimental theater ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
feminism
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gender politics ⓘ public debate ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique |
collage of live and recorded material
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re-enactment ⓘ reconstruction of historical event ⓘ |
| originallyPerformedBy | The Wooster Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performingArtsCompany | The Wooster Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | The Wooster Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingOfSourceEvent | The Town Hall, New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectFocus |
feminist discourse in the early 1970s
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representation of women in public intellectual life ⓘ |
| theatricalForm | stage production ⓘ |
| usesMedium |
archival footage
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live performance ⓘ multimedia ⓘ video projection ⓘ |
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