Currently in New York, many forms of art are use to sculpt the culture that many people live in and even influence our way of life as well. These art forms include television, motion pictures and the live theater which are all involved and displayed in New York. However, I wonder as more television shows are created and more movies are formed, I wonder will the area of theater still be established. These art forms, which have been created for expression and enjoyment have not purposely established a competition with each other in which many critics wonder if the theater will be able to survive and prosper.
Motion picture and television viewing are increasing its audience rapidly in the millions. One reason most likely is for the convenience these two mediums of entertainment have. One does not have to travel or pay nearly as much to still enjoy a filming and be held in suspense. In fact, these two mediums allow a viewer to be more relaxed while enjoying a movie or television in the comforts of their own home. There are other factors involved in why movies and televisions might continue to shape society’s culture. Another is the time period that is currently being lived in as we live in a millennium where people love to view the special effects of the movie theater, to engage in these fictional characters coupled with action and adventure to create an enjoyable movie for many people to see. Additionally the same takes place for television as people enjoy it for the reality series of how life is around the world or for a certain celebrity as well. This is what people enjoy now which is a result of the competition with the live theater medium.
I believe that the theater indeed is enjoyable. The series one reading referred to the theater as a metaphor of a hunter and game. A hunter will continue to hunt and prosper as long as there is enough game to be hunted. In the same way a theater can only prosper as long as there will be a great audience (The Hunter and The Game). The theater unfortunately in some shows did not have as big of an audience as it usually does and sadly this factor allows the theater to decline according to critics. Critics also desire for the theater to focus on the stage itself and not so elaborate decorations around the whole setting. This leads to a concentration and focus on the stage itself and therefore the actor if he or she acts with passion allowing the character they are portraying to take over, critics say that one will have a successful and memorable performance.
For most movies and television pictures, most viewers remember the viewing they saw for many months or even years to come which is why this is shaping our way of life. Our culture is influenced by these pictures shaping the entertainment aspect of our way of life. In my opinion I believe the live theater is still needed because it addresses historical issues and it also preserves a major aspect of New York culture. The theater was always enjoyed and movies and television do not need to take this enjoyment away. In addition, the theater preserves many plays that have been written years ago and plays allow them to be accurately portrayed instead of having some confusion in the actual play. Viewers can see the characters come alive and see the stage directions put into work with clarity, which is why the theater is necessary, to see actors up close creates more suspense than on a screen. The live theater needs to be preserved for it shapes American way of life they way we live and entertain ourselves and indeed the theater can do this for years to come.
