In [Rice Universitys] theatre community, an adjective meaning bad. Comes from a play that the director kept referring to as [Brechtian], in reference to Bertolt [Brechts] theory of street theatre as the purest form of theatre, but which resulted in an awful play. Has countless variations, e.g., Just do it like Brecht and Were going to brecht it up.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/topic/186905/brechtianRSS for NodeSun, 14 Jun 2026 03:54:38 GMTMon, 28 Dec 2020 04:14:16 GMT60Relating to or characteristic of the German playwright, producer, and poet Bertolt Brecht or his work.

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