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Question: Do you think method acting is legit!?
I personally don't see where the skill or talent comes into play!. Okay so I want to act like I have a pant full of fire ants, the best way for me to do that would be to tuck actual fire ants under my thong!.!.!. Do you think method acting is really a legitimate form of art or is it just good looking people doing things in front of cameras for money!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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I believe that method acting, or emotional recall (recalling a time when you personally experienced the event or feelings your character is experiencing), is an excellent tool for an actor, but it can be dangerous (it can take you to a dark place from which it is difficult to recover)!. I agree with Theatre Doc, though - actors do REact!. I teach my students that half of acting is reacting!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Method acting and the actor's studio as run by Strasberg are both frauds!. Revealed in the book Acting Without Agony by Don Richarson and in Marlon Brando's auto biography!. It is old fanshioned and out of date as it teaches acting, based on erroneous interpretations of Stanislavky!. Today's actors do not act, they react!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

I personally believe method acting is one of the best forms of acting!. Daniel Day Lewis is a method actor and he is one of the greatest actors ever to grace the screen!. Robert De Niro in Raging Bull is method acting!.

But all depends on you and if you feel comfortable with it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Dont need fire ants to do that just put a little tiger balm or ben gay and you will get the jist of what they are looking for,

Method acting is using something that happened Www@QuestionHome@Com