Pee Jokes, the Italian Renaissance, Commedia Dell'Arte: Crash Course Theater #12

[@L.King2215]

Anyone here in quarantine doing school work😂

[@Mentosx24]

Omg yes I am loool for drama 🎭

[@tessat338]

My cat (this one, on my head) is named Arlicchino! He talks all the time, has a diamond-shaped spot on his side, his mask is black, he likes whacking things. He can be motivated to do tricks like roll-over, high five and patty-cake by feeding him treats, which he will take even after a full meal. When he gets scared (like by the vacuum cleaner) he hides so some of our house cleaners have never seen him.

[@cramerfloro5936]

Tessa T huh, he pretty much resembles all of Arlecchino's characteristics. Fitting

[@tessat338]

And when he leaves a mess for everyone else to clean up, we say, "Where is Arlicchino?"

[@Dinuial]

Back when the Renaissance Pleasure Faire still did "workshop in the woods" (this is a decade or two ago, I think even before REP/REC bought Faire) one of the actors from the comedia troupe would give the kids a brief rundown of the characters, cast them, and have them do a quick sketch. For Dottore she lined up the kids, had them strike an officious pose, and bade them recite "I am Il Dottore. I am from the university. I am full of knowledge. I am full of bologna."

[@digitalbrentable]

I want Commedia Dell'Arte to make a comeback. Not historical recreationism, but like, the format updated. So, like, something like standup or skit shows, but with semi-formalised archetypes. We've got more than the Italians had (just browse TvTropes). The whole thing could be a vehicle for satirising contemporary issues. Trump, for instance, is basically 'Capitano becomes president'.

[@ChiaraCami]

Not to say that the Renaissance is the most important historical period, but the Renaissance is the most important historical period.

[@biswajeetdas3575]

Not to repeat what you said, but Renaissance is the most important historical period.

[@biswajeetdas3575]

Not to repeat what you said, but the Renaissance is the most important historical period.

[@sandiegoactress]

It makes me a little sad that you don't specifically mention Columbina, as she is always the smartest one on stage and a major character mask.

[@seethreepio]

I’ve been waiting for you guys to do an episode on Commedia Dell’Arte foreeever! That’s my favorite!

[@koerthragsdale2269]

"that was fear lazzi. it was hilarious."

[@polettechayo]

Can someone resume me this video with the most important parts, this is so great, i love how this is explained

[@SimsMusicals]

Still enjoying the hell out of this series, reminds me why I almost did theatre studies

[@ShawnRavenfire]

This basically sounds like Vaudeville. A lot of people don't realize that the Marx Brothers and Red Skelton were basically just doing stock characters that were popular at the time, and it just so happened that they were lucky enough to be the ones who translated those characters from stage to film.

[@digitalbrentable]

I'd say most comedy writers and comedians know this, but most audience members do not. At least, not consciously. Subconsciously we definitely 'recognise' archetypal characters in different films and shows for the part they play.

[@RomLoneWolf23]

Vaudeville is basically just a more modern version of Commedia Dell'Arte, really.

[@kramermariav]

I love renaissance drama! Thank you for this series.

[@Megan-ln4ng]

We're doing Commedia for our drama exam this year. It's a lot harder to do than our normal scripts and plays

[@adamsmith9283]

I've always learned about Il Dottore as a far more interesting and fun character; his usual attributes are that he merely 'pretends' to be a genius in medicine, business and law, but actually is a complete idiot, and steals all his ideas from his servant :-P Oh, also, he is played as someone rather overweight, so has to haul himself by his belly around the stage!

[@chani2966]

Anyone here because of the genshin impact fatui harbingers?

[@wowwords2584]

The first play I was ever in was a short production of A Servant of Two Masters. It was for a school play competition and I was just 13. I was Lombardi, 'il dottore'. It was hard work learning all of these ridiculous Latin terms and trying to play a man, but it was my first introduction to theatre and I absolutely loved it. The play itself turned out to be a hot mess- hardly anyone knew their lines, people walked off stage with key props without setting up the next scene, and it took far, far too long. The acting was very poor, and the only competent actor among us had to improvise most of the play to make its convoluted plot make some sort of sense- as others had forgotten to! Despite the play's painful failings, it was my first real experience of the stage and it was wonderful. It will always hold a special place in my heart, and I recommend it to anyone!

[@johnyricco1220]

Capitano was the original stolen valor villain. He was usually portrayed as a braggart eager to impress people about his military and sexual exploits but turns out to be a phony.

[@snakey5285]

That intro and the entire video was gold!

[@keanunmoskaluk3518]

Here before corrected to Dell’Arte

[@cosmicflowstudio]

This is AMAZING!!!! So happy I found this!

[@superdark336]

You forgot the best Comedia Dell'arte character, the Scaramouche! :P

[@digitalbrentable]

Pierrot comes from Commedia Dell'arte, and is pretty famous.

[@latronqui]

Will he do the fandango?

[@ihunterx59]

Thunderbolt and lightening must be very very frightening to him .

[@cholten99]

In the Tivoli hotel in Copenhagen there's commedia dell arte clowns in every room in the building.... Also, the genre comes up in a couple of episodes of Studio 60 (by Aaron Sorkin who did The West Wing) so, as you say, still being used today :-).

[@saltysid5848]

Yorick will never replace Thoth in my heart

[@cramerfloro5936]

I just LOVE the Masks from the Comedy of Art

[@VulcanTrekkie45]

One of my acting professors in college actually did a one woman show based on commedia dell'arte

[@forthrightgambitia1032]

Few scholars today would defend the idea the commedia dell'arte came from the Atellan farces, there is virtually no evdience they did. (And the scraps which do exist are thin linguistic connections such as sannio-zanni.) They are more likely to have come from medieval mimes.

[@scarredchild]

So fans weren't just a fashion accessory, they were vital parts of being in a hot theater? The more you know, the better you appreciate.✨😃

[@witchbetelgeuse]

Who is here after Genshin?

[@Alverant]

The Bristol Renaissance Faire has a Dell'Arte troop who are pretty good.

[@emmarosejohnson366]

So glad you guys have this!!!

[@Neddoest]

This looks like so much fun!

[@LJ.v]

I love the comedy of art

[@dublinerscraic7946]

MIKE!

[@unfunny4921]

Might need this in 9th Grade Literature

[@latronqui]

Wait, why didn't you mention that Commedia dell'Arte is still performed to this day?

[@kramermariav]

Can't wait for Shakespeare!

[@peter-peterpumpkineater4982]

7:03 BOUT TO CUT ME A SLICE OF THAT DATASS CAKE

[@idk-xs5nz]

Hahahahahaha!

[@XiaoKerain]

GENSHIN IMPACT LED ME HERE

[@ashleyelizabeth6094]

Never thought I'd see the day when crashcourse got PBS grants! Can't believe I've spent a decade this website either haha.

[@UrvineSpiegel]

Who's line is it anyway?

[@chrissiwmay2971]

Hi- I'm here because I'm majoring in theater. Nice video!

[@MaximusFightClub]

Video on ... Leaning ..its types and. .. law of learning ??

[@quinius173]

Great video!

[@quinius173]

It's still great video.

[@BatsOfDoom]

great job! i love this genre of history.

[@nagmanasim4261]

I think I am in love with him.

[@hyoscyamusgorgonius7456]

The doctor Balanzone.

[@eliri412]

Commedia DeLL'arte, with double L

[@Galistarwater]

Nice, could you do a video on the evolution of theater with Vietnamese water puppets?

[@clintsumalpong9083]

Really! I thought slap stick was derived from Punch and Judy!

[@daoul40]

Good job, thanks.

[@moonlight...3754]

I'm not getting into Commedia Dell'Arte because of genshin impact, not at all-

[@stoilstoyanov129]

CrashCourse, You have a mistake in the intro facts. The most expensive seats in Elizabethan theatre were on the sides, in the galleries, and closest to the stage, not farthest. The theatre was still mostly an audio medium then and the richest wanted to be closest to the stage, so they could hear everything.

[@ezralebowitz3371]

IS THE INTRO WHERE THE TIKTOK SOUND IS FROM?!?!

[@yeoyou5259]

Pierrot?

[@Hailstormand]

Alas, Yorick! Suuuuppp.

[@lizziebarlow5633]

You guys use so many good quotes but you never cite who they are by. Which makes it very difficult for further research. Where is the 'vale of tears that might lead to heaven' quote from? xx

[@AlexandraRubinaCleine]

me being here just bc of genshin impact :) also i just realise im using my school account-

[@kirasevery-hoven681]

Only on crash course do you hear terms like "rockstar architect"

[@Illiyeen_Jameel]

I came for the pee jokes.

[@isisalua]

genius!!!!!!!

[@hollyhobgoblin8838]

Oof. As a medievalist who specializes in the late middle ages, I cringed at that intro. Looks like someone needs to watch the original Crash Course World History's video on the Renaissance.

[@agridley1116]

1:13 itchy clothing and the plague

[@hampsterdanny]

Is that why Toth is missing?

[@spencerlemon2679]

More collabs with Ollie from philosophy tube please

[@marilynhill2248]

Watched CSmith

[@naomymartinezsantos3642]

hey you know what you should make a Spanish channel of crash course. that is good idea.

[@Hailstormand]

What is the name of the play about itchy clothing? Now I'm intrigued.

[@TILLDUDE]

don't forget the female servant colombina :)

[@OnoufriosDovletis]

LIKE for the fear lazzo :D

[@siddharthsircar1815]

Why are the closed captions in Spanish?

[@maxmusterman3371]

Life on earth is maybe worthy in and of itself... man people were depressed before that

[@elfarlaur]

No they just saw earthly goods as mere means to a spiritual and eternal end. To them life on earth was temporary and fleeting and therefore they focused more on spiritual matters. Of course this is on an intellectual level which in the medieval era was almost exclusively an affair of the clergy. The laity still appreciated life as it was on earth but they didn't consider it important enough to focus on in place of the spiritual. Basically if you could contemplate one or the other might as well do the one that lasted forever.

[@sadlobster1]

Focusing on spiritual pursuits seems so much better than what we have now

[@tombeckett66]

Oops, Brighella had the green mask, symbolizing greed and lust. Arlecchino had the half mask with a forehead carbuncle.

[@jameshahn9507]

Who was allowed to perform on stage after 1560

[@angusmcgowan9443]

he sounds like matpat

[@jimmysmythsings]

Hey drama class, hope your not watching this if your in mine, my test it tomoz :))

[@CerebrumMortum]

Are you going to talk about Medical Theatres? And the reason we call a sterilized surgery room "Theatre"?

[@isamekailmahmud9302]

And comedy

[@KingsleyIII]

Not last!

[@bearianna]

you were a good sport for that pie in the face, mike! 😛🥧

[@Emily-jb9mz]

I NEED TO VENT. IF YOUR GONNA SAY SOMETHING IN ITALIAN AND THAT IS OLD FROM THE RENAISSANCE LEARN HOW TO PRONOUNCE THE WORDS FIRST. It's just cause I'm Italian and I know how to say these words, when people say it wrong it just annoys me

[@jpuckett7667]

What's the deal where's the Pee jokes boo

[@IrishCaesar]

Sort of disappointed with the lack of depth and info here. Oh well

[@pocketsand6776]

I thought a slapstick was an offstage device to create a slapping sound effect?

[@alexchristian3471]

So is Jackass: the show, movies and etc is slapstick?

[@satansamael666]

Sideshows???

[@rayleishen]

only 50 views

[@BaronPalamedeCharlus]

If only this video had less cuteness and more content. The dumbing down of America continues--aided by PBS, no less (you don't want to know what's going on over at Fox.)

[@sadlobster1]

I've seen millions of people call the 21st Century to be the greatest era of human history. Despite the fact that we're only eighteen years into it. But in my eyes, little has been achieved here that can measure up to that of the Renaissance. During that time; things like the arts, philosophy, literature and other things took center stage. Whereas today, people have traded art for technology. I've heard people say many times "no one reads anymore." Which is pretty stupid because since the Renaissance, reading has been essential. To trade a perfectly good book for a tablet with electronic pages is just...sad. Not only that but philosophical studies are almost non-existent. Nations give money solely towards athletic pursuits, instead of artistic ones and don't even get me started on our time's poor ideas of music

[@superdark336]

you truly are a sad lobster.

[@DarklordofDOOM57]

sadlobster1 Music is now FAR, far more varied, experimental and branched in different forms than in the past. Not to mention the Renaissance is just a humanistic construct, philosophy and art have been reasonably flourishing as well during the so-called “Dark Ages.” Christianity is deeply rooted in Platonism and Thomas the Aquinas based his entire philosophical system on Aristotle, whose natural science books reigned as the defining ones. The Renaissance didn’t really re-discover the ancient thinkers in any way, it was actually quite a transitionary and reactionary period for philosophy. Not to mention a single witch wasn’t burned during the Middle Ages, this infamously “dark” and “‘medieval” concept is an invention of the “bright” and “intellectual” New Age, just as an example.

[@sadlobster1]

True, there are varied genres of music today. But to my ears, it all sounds quite the same. Specifically, all the Alternative Rock/Pop, Rap/Hip Hop and Country singers out there. Whereas with music of the Renaissance era, while done in the same style. All its different instruments make each melody sound different from the other. The songs from Telman Susato are an example of this. As for the arts; over the years, I have either seen or heard schools abolishing art/music/literature programs. Under the mindset that they are "unnecessary." But in my opinion; Art is far more necessary than Sports, electronic devices or politics. On top of that; because of our Industrial Revolution, businesses are mass producing vast quantities of the same product all over. In the old days; every garment, every bauble, every toy and every piece of jewelry was made by hand; each one unique. Now, our entire civilization has become either one giant mall or Wal-Mart. Just as the singer, Voltaire said it would

[@DarklordofDOOM57]

sadlobster1 There are way more people indulging in the arts today because the level of literacy is the highest in human history and so is the availability of education. As for music, if you find Rap and Country similar, sounds as if you are not accustomed to modern music at all.

[@sadlobster1]

80's and 90's music are my preferred types, honestly. With a mix of Dubliners and Blackmore's Night as well

[@yusefedwardsproductions2148]

hi😀

[@kingsheo2322]

Nice job!! :) first

[@huntersterling8623]

I've been trying to convince myself this guy doesn't look like a downie

[@grantwhite7198]

Early