For this first question I don't believe that theater will simplify ad disappear. This is age of the now. People expect everything to be instant no one likes waiting. Even having to wait a few minutes for a WiFi connection irritates people. Now theater gives us a break from all that. As time may evolve so may theater but i don't believe it will stray away from the definition given about performance being present with physical bodies. People will always want to see something considered to be classic or retro. Today we still love old Motown music nearly a decade later. When Disney put Lion King back in theaters even though we owned the VHS we still brought tickets to see it. We are curious people and are interested to see how certain things as related to theater will play out. I honestly believe within the next 20 years if people heard Wicked or Rent were being put on by a local theater they would pay to go see it.
For the second question the first thing that popped into mind was the situation in Ferguson, Missouri with Mike Brown, I was not there personally so I don't know what truly happened. The only thing I know is the facts that are shared in social media and on the news. The news couldn't be truly reliable because each station portrayed him as a different person. To one station he was a victim to another he was a criminal. However I was able to get the since that I was fully presence after during the protest. We all know that there are still racist people in the world many who are cops. I myself have been racially profiled and questioned for no reason. A cop pulled me over on my bicycle because he did not believe I lived in my apartment. I was stopped by another because he did not believe I worked in the building even though I had for a month he thought I looked suspicious. There are corrupt people everywhere and this does not reflect the police department as a whole. However it does bring important topics back into discussion. Since I was not physically present I have no way of truly knowing what happened but I could simply believe either side. The media only shows what the want the truth is rarely shared.
I like how you bring up the issue that many "millienials" have with waiting. It is true that our generation still expects everything instantly. It is interesting that theatre is a process and people do enjoy the performance rather than merely the product.
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