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I always thought there was something half-baked in Bertolt Brecht’s formulation of the “alienation effect.” First, there is a discrepancy between what he aims for and the method he proposes to get ...

Even so, they add, the Brecht legacy is shaky, as a result of problems that have nothing to do with Mr. Fuegi’s book. Broadway theaters shy away from Brecht, whose plays require large casts and ...