Plínio Marcos y Juan Radrigán: Íconos del teatro de resistencia

This article shows how, in the darkest period of Latin America (the period of military dictatorships), there was an increased focus on activity critical of the system. It is within that framework of resistance and rupture that the works of Brazilian Plínio Marcos (1936-1999) and the Chilean Juan Radrigán (1937), which we are calling hyperrealist, were born. Through their actions, the characters within the dramatic worlds of Radrigán and Plínio Marcos show us, by analogy, not their personal histories, but rather the history of their people in a particular context, specifically a sector of their societies that generally is not valued by those who uphold power or even by those who are successfully located inside the system.