22. Theater of the Oppressed, Boal, 1974

• Author was jailed for his beliefs/work he put forward
• Boal's goal:  to create situations which would involve interaction around every day people's every day problems
• He focused on many oppressed people in South America (Brazil, at first)
• Fled to Argentina and later was forced into exile in Europe where he began to think of his new ideas/concepts as "taking on not only the 'cop on the street,' but also the 'cop in the head'"
• His techniques had obvious therapeutic goals (The Rainbow Desire)
• 1992- Boal ran for office in Brazil and won 
• Boal took his theatre troop with him and began to create political action/new proposals using his own performance techniques aimed at helping the normally ignored
• Reminiscent of "Happenings"