Artaud from my view.

Artaud believed in embracing the natural instincts of one's self. To drive our every movement off of simply the impulses we feel in our body. He believed that one should not censor what we truly feel and for that reason we can be as genuine as possible. Furthermore with this we are able to create characters that are realistic and relatable.

I feel he was able to help actors revert back to their original routes of what it is to be a human being, and for this reason created many different theories on how one should portray themselves.

In the society we live in today we are somewhat herded into thinking certain ways about subjects or shown that it is a taboo and should therefore not be touched on. However Artaud believed that although this was supposed to be blocked off from our minds, somewhere. Deep down in our thoughts we thought about these touchy subjects. Such as rape, incest, murder etc.

This was something quite controversial, and still is to this very day is. I feel that this was a reflection of showing how dark we are as people. As where there is light, there must be shadow.