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bipolarber -> RE: scening (9/17/2007 6:29:13 PM)
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scene: n. derivation from the greek: scaena (temporary shelter)
1) structure forming the background for a dramatic performance, 2) a single sequence or situation in a play, 3) a stage setting, 4) the place or occurance of an action, 5) a display of strong feeling, or emotion, 6) a sphere of specialized activity. (the fashion scene, or the BDSM scene)
None of these definitions of "scene," taken directly from Webster's, are inapplicable to our purposes. Quite often a dungeon, either at home or in a semi-public event, is a background for dramatic sexual events. If you've visited many , you'll note their very theatrical design and lighting. Indeed, they are settings for dramatic action! And certainly our communities can be effectively refered to as a "scene" every bit as much as there is an "art scene" or a "NASCAR scene" or a "fashion scene." You should also note, that at any given play party, there are plenty of subs and Dom(mes) who are making scenes with playful, overly-dramatic displays of emotion and erzatz villany.
Theatre, dear murmur, isn't always fiction. No, many great peices of drama are based on fact, on biography, and on history. The object of theatre (classical stage, sexual, or otherwise) is to involve people's emotions, and cause them to reexamine their sense of what it means to be human, to be alive, and to be in their particualr niche of history. Even if the framework of a particular sexual encounter is fictional (or if a theatrical play is based in fiction) the emotional reactions to the drama are not! At least they shouldn't be, if the writer, director and performers are up to snuff.
Can you apply the term to what you do at home? Yes! The only three things you need, to qualify for the creation of theatre, the creation of a "scene," are: one performer, one audiance member, and an agreed upon set of preconceptions.
Now, doesn't that sound like the start of a romantic evening to you?
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