"1980 Onwards": An Attempt to Stage the Selfie of a Generation
This article analyzes the 2012 production of the Egyptian play 1980 Onwards (1980 wa-anta tali’) and contends it stages Syrian playwright Sa’dallah Wannous’s allusion to an imaginary mirror placed on stage. The play explores one of the most common phenomena of our everyday spurred by technological p...
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I28-R145-15782_oai2025-11-17 Manucharyan, Tiran Manucharyan, Tiran 2024-11-04 This article analyzes the 2012 production of the Egyptian play 1980 Onwards (1980 wa-anta tali’) and contends it stages Syrian playwright Sa’dallah Wannous’s allusion to an imaginary mirror placed on stage. The play explores one of the most common phenomena of our everyday spurred by technological progress—selfies—and ends when the cast takes an actual self-portrait. Before concluding each performance, cast members of the 2012 production took collective selfies that included the spectators and shared them on social media accounts associated with the show. This article examines how these selfies, while being instrumental in promoting the show among young millennial audiences, were also meaningful for the show itself. It suggests that the selfies strengthened the sense that the stage reflected the experiences of those in the auditorium. Furthermore, it argues that by doing so, these selfies amplified “the scream of a generation”—an expression used by playwright Mahmoud Gamal Hedeny and director Mohamed Gabr to describe their production. Thus, the selfies allowed the play’s effect to be felt beyond the theater, turning the show into a social media phenomenon. Inspirado por la alusión del dramaturgo sirio Saʿdallah Wannous a un espejo imaginario situado en el escenario, este artículo explora la forma en que la puesta en escena de la obra egipcia de 2012 De 1980 en adelante (1980 wa-anta taliʿ) funciona como analogía de este anhelo de Wannous. Al utilizar uno de los fenómenos más populares y cotidianos vinculados al progreso tecnológico de nuestros días, los selfis, el elenco de este espectáculo transformó el final de su actuación en un auténtico selfi. Antes de la finalización de cada representación se tomaban selfis colectivos que incluían a los espectadores, selfis que, posteriormente, eran compartidos en las páginas de las redes sociales de la producción teatral. El artículo examina cómo estos selfis no solo fueron esenciales en la promoción de dicho espectáculo teatral entre los jóvenes, sino que también resultaron significativos para la representación en sí. Se sugiere que los selfis reforzaron la sensación de que el escenario reflejaba las experiencias de los espectadores. Además, se argumenta que, de esta manera, estos funcionan como vehículo para trasladar “el clamor de una generación” –expresión utilizada tanto por el autor de la obra Mahmoud Gamal Hedeny como por el director del espectáculo Mohamed Gabr en relación con la producción– más allá del teatro, convirtiendo la representación teatral en un fenómeno de las redes sociales. application/pdf https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/telondefondo/article/view/15782 10.34096/tdf.n40.15782 spa Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/telondefondo/article/view/15782/14002 telondefondo. Revista de Teoría y Crítica Teatral; Núm. 40 (2024) 1669-6301 Egyptian theater Selfies Social Media New Technologies Revolution Teatro Egipcio Selfi Selfis Redes sociales Nuevas tecnologías Revolución "1980 Onwards": An Attempt to Stage the Selfie of a Generation "De 1980 en adelante": un intento de escenificar el selfi de una generación info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=telonde&d=15782_oai |
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This article analyzes the 2012 production of the Egyptian play 1980 Onwards (1980 wa-anta tali’) and contends it stages Syrian playwright Sa’dallah Wannous’s allusion to an imaginary mirror placed on stage. The play explores one of the most common phenomena of our everyday spurred by technological progress—selfies—and ends when the cast takes an actual self-portrait. Before concluding each performance, cast members of the 2012 production took collective selfies that included the spectators and shared them on social media accounts associated with the show. This article examines how these selfies, while being instrumental in promoting the show among young millennial audiences, were also meaningful for the show itself. It suggests that the selfies strengthened the sense that the stage reflected the experiences of those in the auditorium. Furthermore, it argues that by doing so, these selfies amplified “the scream of a generation”—an expression used by playwright Mahmoud Gamal Hedeny and director Mohamed Gabr to describe their production. Thus, the selfies allowed the play’s effect to be felt beyond the theater, turning the show into a social media phenomenon. |
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