Is nudity still a costume?

[MMMMatilde]

There is an unwritten law in theatre that neutral blacks are not costume. I believe this is wrong.


I am doing an inclass essay and I am stumped, I can't go any further then I already have, I need more opinions and ideas..

I need something to go off..


Discuss please?


What do you believe?

 

[MMMMatilde]

come on people!!!

Need you right now!

 

[Wookiegirl]

i'm confused but i'm a lil slow
so if one is darker skinned then it's ok for them to be nude in theatre?
Or have I completely mucked that up?

:24:

 

[MMMMatilde]

11 people online and no one is helping me -.-'

I'm soooo friggen stuck!!! HELP ME!

I've written just over 400 words and I can't get anything else out of my stupid brain!! I need a minimum of 800!!!

 

[MMMMatilde]

i'm confused but i'm a lil slow
so if one is darker skinned then it's ok for them to be nude in theatre?
Or have I completely mucked that up?

:24:

not quite, it's just saying that is wearing nothing of a particular/definable out fit acceptable as a costume? Would you call wearing all black a costume or do you think they have ot have definable clothing?

 

[wasred69]

I think she is saying that if you have a costume that is completely black it does not count...

 

[Wookiegirl]

I think black can definitely be a costume.
What if you're supposed to be night?

Or what if you wanted the audience to focus on the character and what the character is portraying instead of some loud costume?

 

[wasred69]

ok so you are saying u disagree with that idea and u say that if you are wearing some thing out of the ordinary that defines it as a costume...

 

[MMMMatilde]

but does this mean they have no costume or is the black still a costume?

 

[Wookiegirl]

it could be both to me really. I mean I guess in some really progressive performance you could have someone be night and not have a line?

Or you could have someone that is in black or some other neutral give a moving performance and lose site of what the the actor is wearing and focus the energy on the performance itself?

I'm no use

 

[wasred69]

that's the whole reason its unwritten cause its only used by some theater artist... being unwritten allows a bending of the rules giving u space on what can be and what is not

 

[MMMMatilde]

ok so you are saying u disagree with that idea and u say that if you are wearing some thing out of the ordinary that defines it as a costume...

I'm saying that I believe neutral blacks are a costume, you decided to wear this for a performance, therefore it is your costume

it could be both to me really. I mean I guess in some really progressive performance you could have someone be night and not have a line?

Or you could have someone that is in black or some other neutral give a moving performance and lose site of what the the actor is wearing and focus the energy on the performance itself?

I'm no use

No you are use, thank you -hug-

 

[skyblue]

i dont get it

 

[wasred69]

also whether or not it has defining features does not make the costume have no meaning...like black could signify night, assassin, etc

 

[MMMMatilde]

Do you think that if someone was to perform in just a plain black outfit that this would be a costume or not?

 

[Wookiegirl]

I would have to definitely lean towards it is more of a costume than not a costume. I think it can make a powerful performance given the right setting and the right actor.

I hope that helps tildy -hugs-

 

[MMMMatilde]

425 words -.-'

 

[MMMMatilde]

I would have to definitely lean towards it is more of a costume than not a costume. I think it can make a powerful performance given the right setting and the right actor.

I hope that helps tildy -hugs-

Hope you don't mind, I just quoted this in my writing...

 

[MMMMatilde]

that's the whole reason its unwritten cause its only used by some theater artist... being unwritten allows a bending of the rules giving u space on what can be and what is not

this was quoted too

 

[wasred69]

did u write about what defines a costume and what the definition of a costume is...?