In
Rice University's theatre community, an adjective meaning bad. Comes from a play that the director kept referring to as "
Brechtian," in reference to Bertolt
Brecht's 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 "We're going to brecht it up."
If you do not remember your lines during
the performance,
we will have a very brechtian
play on our hands.
