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This 5 page paper argues that while there were objections to the stage during the 1700s, the attitude was really not all that much different from the attitudes today as it respects film. The stage is discussed historically. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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It is a form of entertainment that has been around for some time, even in Aristotles day. Today, people urge their children to go to Broadway, wanting to tear them
away from those video games and violent film. Even plays that are rather risqu? or violent are desirable. It seems that theater is art and parents will overlook some things
in favor of the stage. It does appear that the stage is to those who lived in the seventeenth century what the film industry is today. A student using such
a thesis might want to explore what was relevant in the day and compare it to modern times. Above all, at the time in question, there were objections to the
stage. Jeremy Collier for example was a minister who made a case for theater as driving morality, and not reflecting it (Shewey). In other
words, what goes on, on the stage, is corrupting the people. It is not merely reflecting what is going on. This is a similar argument as made today in terms
of film. Some contend that film is detrimental to society and causes crime. In fact, there have been court cases suggesting that film had prompted someone to commit heinous crimes.
The other side claims that the society is violent and people want to see violent films. Hollywood merely fulfills a need and does not actually drive the content. A similar
case was made in the seventeenth century when it was presumed that the stage could contain a quality of corruption. In fact, one playwright ended up becoming a minister. This
man, named Stephen Gosson, said in 1579 that "the Devil stands at our elbow when we see him not, speaks when we hear him not, strikes when we feel
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