Talk:Theatre of the Ridiculous

Factual dispute
The article has a section that is specifically devoted to disputing the accuracy of the rest of the article. This needs to be resolved. Otto4711 (talk) 03:05, 1 January 2008 (UTC) this article is fraught with inaccuracies and should be taken down, where is ken bernard, tom murrin, cockstrong, so many things are missing it's a shame people read this 4.236.201.240 (talk) 22:58, 28 January 2008 (UTC)howielite39

I agree that it is very incomplete, but the corrections at the bottom of the page do help the accuracy score. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.90.76.22 (talk) 09:54, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

New rewrite
I've tried doing a total re-write, using a different focus: this page is now about the theatrical genre, and it talks about the "Play-House" company as founding the genre, but also goes into the "Ridiculous Theatrical" group.

There is much more that can be said, of course... I've yet to mention Jack Smith or Tony Ingrassia, there's very little about Jackie Curtis, and so on.... -- Doom (talk) 10:29, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Rocky Horror?
Is there any real Academic Source- other than what appears to be a quote from Lou Reed given at a concert- that Theatre of the Ridiculous influenced the Rocky Horror following? That seems just a little fart-fetched, I could understand Theatre of the Ridiculous being an influence on Glitter Rock itself, along with Punk and the Club Culture of the 80's and 90's, but it's hard to believe the kids who do Rocky Horror had any knowledge of Theatre of the Ridiculoous. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.63.207.100 (talk) 06:08, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Theatre of the Absurd
This article attributes the idea of the "Theatre of the Absurd" to Antonin Artaud. Artaud actually wrote "Theatre of Cruelty," which Charles Ludlam DOES mention as an inspiration (along with Bertolt Brecht's ideas about epic acting). Martin Esslin coined the term "Theatre of the Absurd" in his book of the same name. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Walt828 (talk • contribs) 13:46, 3 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Good catch - I've altered the article accordingly. BMK (talk) 13:56, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

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