Bertolt Brecht attempted to fight what he saw as a corrupt capitalist society with his best weapon: the theater. By implementing a style of theater that invoked audience involvement in a new way, he hoped to call attention to the dishonesty of German society and spark a revolution. He called his technique Epic Theatre, which required the participation and cooperation of both spectator and performer to be effective. Epic theater is structured in a certain way so that the audience can apply criticism to the world around them after leaving the show. Brecht began his career in small steps, writing theater criticism, short stories and directing here and there. Once he started writing plays, his career took off and his plays gained much popularity throughout Germany. He later moved to Berlin and found more success there, creating Man is Man, his first officially recognized epic drama, and the famous Lehrstucke, a series of plays intended for teaching. The Lehrstucke required no audience, even teaching the performer. They often used repetitive chants and were intended to demonstrate acceptance of poverty. His productive days in the capital were short-lived, however, as in 1933 Hitler rose to the position of chancellor. The Nazi Party strictly controlled which types of media were permitted and which were not permitted, as a result many of the creators of the non-permitted media were persecuted. Many authors in particular tried to avoid capture and therefore self-exiled to protect themselves and their creative freedom. Brecht was one of those, leaving Germany for Denmark. He moved from place to place all over the world, but he didn't let that stop his writing career. He continued to work wherever he went and eventually, in 1948, became a… paper medium. At this the actors were fed their lines just before going on stage and reciting them. With Brecht's style of short lines and many characters sharing the spotlight, doing without a script was practical. It also allowed the necessary distance between actor and role, preventing the actor from spending time getting to know their character and developing their emotions. Going unscripted ended up helping both the actor and the audience with the Epic Theater experience. The Epic Theater was a new concept and ambitious in nature. It aimed to provoke thoughts, opinions, judgments, deliberations and discussions. A public with a new perspective on the world around them, with their eyes opened to the injustice of the government system, is therefore motivated to push for change. Brecht used his theater to perpetuate change and dismantle Germany's evil capitalist society.