Question: Is Theater Inherently Elitist? Yes. Theater is labor, resource, and real estate intensive. Theater must therefore be expensive to recoup its costs. Or theater must rely on the patronage of an elite who can support it. Theater cannot be mass produced, so it must appeal to specific, local audiences. Theater is inflexible in format -- you must show up at the appointed time, and view it for the appointed …
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 12:07PM on August 29, 2013