Theater has an incredible capacity to move people to social change, to address issues, to inspire social revolution.
Interpretation
Theater can promote social change and inspire action on important issues.
Eve Ensler emphasizes the transformative power of theater as an art form that can effectively mobilize audiences toward social change. It possesses the ability to highlight critical social issues and inspire individuals to engage in activism, prompting a collective response that can lead to significant societal shifts.
In practice
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Dancing insists we take up space, and though it has no set direction, we go there together. Dance is dangerous, joyous, sexual, holy, disruptive, and contagious and it breaks the rules. It can happen anywhere, at anytime, with anyone and everyone, and it's free. Dance joins us and pushes us to go further and that is why it's at the center of ONE BILLION RISING.
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It's a weird thing about the truth: It protects you. What really makes you vulnerable is when you're lying because you're going to get caught. When you tell the truth, there's a strange relief that comes.
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Why are women immobile? Because so many feel like they’re waiting for someone to say, "You’re good, you’re pretty, I give you permission."
Security is elusive. It's impossible. We all die. We all get old. We all get sick. People leave us. People change us. Nothing is secure.
In literature imitations do not imitate.
The fulfillment I get from a good day of writing is addictive and will always bring me back the next day.
When you look at hip-hop, I want to do that: to spit fire and take our best from the ashes to build our kingdom; to recognize all the regional styles, conscious lyrics, the tracks, underground, mainstream, the way we treat each other. Lose the garbage and rebuild our scene.
Creating a poem is a continual process of re-creating your ignorance, in the sense of not knowing what's coming next.
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I'm very glad people love 'Breaking Bad,' but the harder character to write is the good character that's as interesting and as engaging as the bad guy.
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