I suppose also people were accustomed to thinking differently about things (taking into account the script). The onnagata of Japan (men who play women's roles) are not especially feminine but the conventions are so deep you accept them as not being anything else within the role. The styalisation of onnagata means that when they tried to have women playing the roles this century it failed miserably because they were not feminine within the context of Kabuki theatre.
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Date: 2004-09-09 07:26 am (UTC)I suppose also people were accustomed to thinking differently about things (taking into account the script). The onnagata of Japan (men who play women's roles) are not especially feminine but the conventions are so deep you accept them as not being anything else within the role. The styalisation of onnagata means that when they tried to have women playing the roles this century it failed miserably because they were not feminine within the context of Kabuki theatre.