Question Home

Position:Home>Theater & Acting> Need Help for acting a certain way?


Question: Need Help for acting a certain way!?
well in our two upcoming plays the character's I want to go out for act a little sluttly and a little like marilyn monroe, but I need help portraying characters like that, so any ideas on how to be a little slutty and sensual!. ; )Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
You've already been cast!? If so, you are missing an all-important step here!. You have a director!. Why are you asking us instead of your director!? The director should be the one of whom you ask these questions!. Please, go to your director and ask how he or she wants you to do these parts!. Be sure you go at a time outside regular rehearsal, since a director will have a plan for what he or she wants to accomplish in any given rehearsal and this interruption (important as it is) won't fit!. Make an appointment, if needs be, and see your director about this!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

With all due respect to you and CERTAINLY Norma Jean, her situations were born of assumptions, due to her general appearance, the era, and competitions between others such as Jane Mansfield!. To say she ACTED slutty, might even be a stretch, and certainly by todays standards of SLUT, Marilyn would be considered Mild/Modest!.

I guess my question, and only one agreeable point with answer # 1 "Method Acting" might be "WHY!?"

Knowing full well that SEX sells, in all genres, I cannot GET IT, that doing anything out of character, most especially for young people, might be thought of as a way to the "A" list!.

There is, BY THE WAY, a VAST difference between Sensual, Sultry, Suggestive, and "SLUTTY"!.

Since you offer NO DETAILS about which characters, hopefully you realize that NO ONE is safe from the media, and you might be the sister of the Virgin Mary, and still portrayed in the press, as the DIRTY GIRL!? BUT why would you want to be!?

I am OLD!. I can go back far longer ago than you may have been conceived, but IF you happen to be considering any of the classic females, even from 50 years ago, you might notice they had some class, while still becoming POSTER females for so many TEEN males bedroom walls!.

I'm most curious about the characters you are considering!.

Even in OPERA, females such as in La Traviata, etc!., exuded some sexual energy and persona, while NOT being slutty!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Try method acting!. For a week or so, sleep with every guy you see!. The idea is that you'll experience the life of a slut, and will then be able to recall your thoughts and feelings during that time when you act!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

try finding videos on youtube of those types of characters (be careful how you word your search though) what shows are you doing!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

People watch!.Www@QuestionHome@Com