What do you get when you combine a hybrid of High culture and mass/popular culture? A damn good show! This past week I had the opportunity to attend the
theater. The ballet, opera, and theater have always had the association of High Culture. However, comedy is often used as a site of resistance, to celebrate the culture of the people creating authenticity and realism, according to Stuart Hall, cultural theorist. The show which I attended was famous comedian and writer Mel Brooks' "Young Frankenstein".
I would label this a hybrid of the two "cultures" because of its involvement with the theater, but it uses comedy and resistance to mainstream and conservatism in its repartee. Mel Brooks' draws from the canonical novel Frankenstein to build his characters, including one of the most iconic monsters found in todays horror and comedy. His innovations created the hybrid which is now often found on Broadway.
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