Brain Candy Live Drama

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The show “Brain Candy Live!” by Adam Savage, from Mythbusters, and Michael Stevens, youtube channel Vsauce, shows how much theatre adapts to culture. Theatre can be described as live performances in which the action is precisely planned to create a coherent and significant sense of drama (Fraser 1). Now, “Brain Candy Live!” is not a typical theatrical production and can only be described as science theatre where it essentially follows the plot of one big science experiment. In the show, Adam portrays an eager and energetic person ready to learn the wonders of science whereas Michael plays an excited and invested scientist ready to teach. The two take the audience on a journey of teachings about gases, assorted physics, and other randomly fun

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