Growotowski vs. Artaud

 In Growotowski’s piece, the emotion of the character is very embraced. The focus is mainly on how the character is processing the fact that her father was killed by her boyfriend. The shaking of the table was showing frustrated she is. Also, she was tearing. Screaming and shaking the table was her way of processing her grief. Growotoski wanted the audience to feel the emotions of the actor. The actor used slow movements to show her emotions. She drops down from the desk out of exhaustion and I also believe the relief of releasing her feeling. The tension of the piece is very harsh on the audience because they are understanding this awful feeling of grief and how she is coping through it. It can be seen as uncomfortable as well. The meaning is very powerful because the grief of losing someone important is very terrible to experience and she is expressing this through her screams and movements. She is transporting her emotion to the audience just by shaking a table. The atmosphere is very heated from the frustration and sadness. Though in Artaud, that is all happening in her mind. The main difference is the audience’s point of view. In this version, the fishbowl on her table is what the audience saw her scene through. The emotion is shown in this piece but only less obviously. She does scream and release her grief but sees everything from the fishbowl. I believe the meaning of the fishbowl is the reality of what happened and she is upset about it. She feels so sad but frustrated at the same time. The atmosphere is very uncomfortable because it is not like the audience is supposed to be watching. They are just seeing it from the fishbowl point of view. The tension is very awkward and uncomfortable like the atmosphere. I do feel like having a point of view of something in the room feels like you are intruding in their life.