tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454503184071068859.post2006384086760077956..comments2023-06-24T11:33:14.587-04:00Comments on Makropoulos: Brecht was right, but he had the wrong medium (how could he have known?)Makropouloshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15578497184730763919noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454503184071068859.post-55450172349668225172011-03-11T01:11:36.390-05:002011-03-11T01:11:36.390-05:00Hey EHauptmann, I love your name! Well, I'll h...Hey EHauptmann, I love your name! Well, I'll have to check out your blog, or whatever you may be commandeering, but my take on Brecht is that he did have a utopian edge, especially during his early, "lehrstucke" days, when he wrote that article. And he did kind of go whatever way the wind blew, too. <br /><br />And then there's the chance that a certain woman named Hauptmann wrote that article, and she was a bit more optimistic. . . . :)Makropouloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15578497184730763919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454503184071068859.post-50530476408078342112011-03-08T09:19:45.835-05:002011-03-08T09:19:45.835-05:00I doubt whether a Communist totalitarian like Brec...I doubt whether a Communist totalitarian like Brecht, who had his happiest moments as a propagandist for the GDR, would have approved of the internet's capacity for free speech.<br /><br />On the other hand he would probably have approved of all the hypocrisy and misogyny flying around it. Right up his strasse.EHauptmannnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454503184071068859.post-13227621103192295842010-10-31T16:24:34.448-04:002010-10-31T16:24:34.448-04:00He would have loved it!He would have loved it!Makropouloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15578497184730763919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5454503184071068859.post-68669238812828652272010-10-31T12:31:53.656-04:002010-10-31T12:31:53.656-04:00Wouldn't Brecht have had a heyday on the inter...Wouldn't Brecht have had a heyday on the internet!?!Debra She Who Seekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845703092794695023noreply@blogger.com