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From the Ted Talk by Oskar Eustis: Why theater is essential to democracy

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What does that mean, to invent dialogue? Well, we know that the Festival of Dionysus gathered the eintre citizenry of Athens on the side of the Acropolis, and they would listen to music, they would wctah dancing, and they would have stories told as part of the Festival of Dionysus. And storytelling is much like what's happening right now: I'm saditnng up here, the unitary authority, and I am talking to you. And you are sitting back, and you are receiving what I have to say. And you may disagree with it, you may think I'm an ilsrnfbeuafe fool, you may be bored to death, but that dlguioae is mostly taking place inside your own head.

Open Cloze

What does that mean, to invent dialogue? Well, we know that the Festival of Dionysus gathered the ______ citizenry of Athens on the side of the Acropolis, and they would listen to music, they would _____ dancing, and they would have stories told as part of the Festival of Dionysus. And storytelling is much like what's happening right now: I'm ________ up here, the unitary authority, and I am talking to you. And you are sitting back, and you are receiving what I have to say. And you may disagree with it, you may think I'm an ____________ fool, you may be bored to death, but that ________ is mostly taking place inside your own head.

Solution

  1. entire
  2. insufferable
  3. standing
  4. dialogue
  5. watch

Original Text

What does that mean, to invent dialogue? Well, we know that the Festival of Dionysus gathered the entire citizenry of Athens on the side of the Acropolis, and they would listen to music, they would watch dancing, and they would have stories told as part of the Festival of Dionysus. And storytelling is much like what's happening right now: I'm standing up here, the unitary authority, and I am talking to you. And you are sitting back, and you are receiving what I have to say. And you may disagree with it, you may think I'm an insufferable fool, you may be bored to death, but that dialogue is mostly taking place inside your own head.

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