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Originally posted by JiriHrdina@Sep 11 2004, 02:27 PM
That's a good point Peter, it's amazing some of the things that go on in this world with little or no reaction.
On a related note - I went to One Yellow Rabbit's new show tonight - a one man show written and performed by Douglas Coupland (author of Generation X, Microserfs, etc) called September 10. Basically his examination of the 90s leading up to 9/11. Its a work in progress so it was a little rough but still very interesting. If you are a Coupland fan or just want to think about 9/11 in a bit of a different way you might want to check it out.
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Not to hijack this thread - I work for a theatre company in Japan. One of the surprising things in it currently is the amount of "political theatre" coming out recently. Typically it accounts for a few playwrights inspired by the likes of Dario Fo, but even here in Japan this trend is on the rise.
Political Theatre
IMHO, 9-11 had an impact on the world not because of the scale of attacks. As others noted things just as scary are happening today. The school massacre to me, is more barbaric as it's a calm slaughter by people of children compared to an anonymous attack by an airplane cum missle.
Getting back to my point, the media exposure and "reality TV" style of the event is part of the big reason for this focus - everyone around the world had those images broadcasted into their homes, so the impact is more profound as we are able to see it.