Reflections on a tool: Grocery List

From Rachel:

Its roots in /connections to Brecht are:
• the use of titles/subtitles
• the “gest” (or “social gest” is defined as the carriage or bearer of the scene; a single aspect or attitude in a word or action).

The grocery lists are a list of descriptors that capture the event/story; they can be thought of as intentional distillations. They are aspects or details of the event that are pulled out, pointed to, emphasized, highlighted, called attention to.
• For me, Dave Bobb’s use of “White Bathing Suit” seems the gest of social embarrassment – something that carries the idea of open, public embarrassment in our shared social context (“us,” a specific people and time).

It was suggested on Wednesday’s rehearsal (April 1) that the grocery lists should be composed of nouns with adjectives (rather than, say, feelings) because the audience could clearly see them and then bring their own personal experience/story/reaction to it.

After pondering, I would agree that ideally these grocery lists are a list of phrases (which would only be modified nouns?) or single words (which would only be only verbs).

Thoughts?