Verfremdungseffekt

Verfremdungseffekt is a big word that means making something look different or strange on purpose. You know how sometimes you play dress-up and wear funny hats or big shoes? That's sort of like verfremdungseffekt.

In theater or movies, verfremdungseffekt is when actors do things that remind the audience they're watching a play or a movie, and not real life. They might speak directly to the audience, or wear costumes that don't look realistic. This helps remind the audience that what they're watching isn't real life, it's just pretend.

The person who came up with the idea of verfremdungseffekt was a man named Bertolt Brecht. He thought that theater should make people think about important ideas, not just entertain them. By making things look different or strange, he hoped to make people pay attention and think more deeply.

So, verfremdungseffekt is a way of making things in plays and movies look different on purpose, to make people think harder about what they're watching.