Postmodernism

[onlyanobody]

Maybe I can start a little discussion here

Comments

[thewetuski]

The themes in Anne Frank are univeral - and can be found in plenty of other materials. What is gained by changing the setting? Would the story of Ghandi be improved by moving it to another setting? Jesus in Space

[thewetuski]

On the other hand, this doesn't mean you couldn't do it - but you'd be hard pressed (I think) to get an audience to go along with you.

For the sake of curiosity, what did you have in mind?

[asylumx]

Certainly an interesting debate. You have an inherent obligation to the author to stay true to what was important to them in the script. In the case of Shakespeare, obviously the environment and any variables related to time period are completely irrelevant and serve as merely secondary enablers. So then remains the question: 'what was important to the author?' Obviously, with Anne Frank, the situation is unique. It is indeed autobiographical, and certainly she never had the intent for it to be published or otherwise made public as it has. So it is with great delicateness we must interpret and present her story. What then is most important to the author? Would Ms. Frank have found greater importance on her universal story of survival in the face of adversity, or would she find the need to preserve all details of her encounters and struggle under the Nazi regime