Community-based performances of harmonious diversity: Happy talk and utopian performativity in Playback Theatre

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Applied Theatre Research Pub Date : 2021-07-01 DOI:10.1386/atr_00047_1

Dani Snyder-Young, Maren Flassen

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Abstract

In this article, we examine a Playback Theatre performance in which audience members perform their appreciation for living in a diverse community, engaging with the performativity of happy talk surrounding diversity. Happy talk is largely considered to support the status quo of White supremacy, letting those who benefit from dominant systems of power off the hook. However, in this event it appeared to operate instead as a utopian performative. The racially and ethnically diverse storytellers in the workshop narrate positive stories about the diversity in their community, and they do so for a reason. This article looks at the hope animating the event.

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和谐多元的社区表演:重放剧场的快乐谈话与乌托邦表演

在这篇文章中，我们考察了一场回放剧院的演出，在这场演出中，观众们对生活在一个多元化的社区中表示赞赏，并参与到围绕多样性的快乐对话中。愉快的谈话在很大程度上被认为是支持白人至上主义的现状，让那些从占主导地位的权力体系中受益的人摆脱困境。然而，在这次事件中，它似乎是一种乌托邦式的表演。研讨会上种族和族裔多样的故事讲述者讲述了他们社区多样性的积极故事，他们这样做是有原因的。这篇文章着眼于事件的希望。

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Applied Theatre Research THEATER-

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0.70

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50.00%

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期刊介绍： Applied Theatre Research is the worldwide journal for theatre and drama in non-traditional contexts. It focuses on drama, theatre and performance with specific audiences or participants in a range of social contexts and locations. Contexts include education, developing countries, business and industry, political debate and social action, with children and young people, and in the past, present or future; locations include theatre which happens in places such as streets, conferences, war zones, refugee camps, prisons, hospitals and village squares as well as on purpose-built stages. The primary audience consists of practitioners and scholars of drama, theatre and allied arts, as well as educationists, teachers, social workers and community leaders with an awareness of the significance of theatre and drama, and an interest in innovative and holistic approaches to theatrical and dramatic production, learning and community development. Contributors include eminent and experienced workers and scholars in the field, but cutting-edge contemporary and experimental work from new or little-known practitioners is also encouraged. This double-blind peer-reviewed journal has a global focus and representation, with an explicit policy of ensuring that the best and most exciting work in all continents and as many countries as possible is represented and featured. Cultural, geographical, gender and socio-economic equity are recognised where possible, including in the Review Board.