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From:  "Elizabeth Finkler" <mightymezzo@h...>
Date:  Mon Apr 15, 2002  8:19 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] oh damn! more acting books


>From: John Link
>
>mike wrote:
>
> >one of my great dissappointments with 'method >acting' was how seriously
>they all take it. to me, acting should be like >playing army, not getting
>shot at in vietnam.
>
>Have you read David Mamet's "True and False"? In it Mamet says "The
>Stanislavsky "Method"...is nonsense...it is a cult". (p. 6) I find that
>Mamet's ideas about acting are similar to mine about singing. I highly
>recommend it.
>
>John Link
>
FUN FACT: Mamet also says that the Disney theme parks are a manifestation
of fascism.

I am at present re-reading "Respect for Acting" by Uta Hagen. Her approach
to acting is a bit "serious" for *my* taste, but her methods are similar to
those I've arrived at on my own, and I'm glad to have the validation.

I also recommend, if you can find it, "Being an Actor" by Simon Callow.
It's part autobiography, part advice, and part fun stuff on dealing with the
detritis of stage life (unemployment, actors whose methods don't jibe with
yours, missing cues, costumes, a****le directors, etc. etc.).


Elizabeth Finkler
San Jose, California
mightymezzo@h...
http://home.earthlink.net/~mightymezzo
"This would be a better world for children if the parents had to eat the
spinach." --Groucho Marx


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18744 Re: oh damn! more acting booksLloyd W. Hanson   Mon  4/15/2002  
18747 teacher recommendations for MissouriEdgewoodVoiceStudio   Mon  4/15/2002  
18753 Re: teacher recommendations for MissouriLloyd W. Hanson   Tue  4/16/2002  
18754 extra characters this time?EdgewoodVoiceStudio   Tue  4/16/2002  
18759 Re: extra characters this time?Lloyd W. Hanson   Tue  4/16/2002  
18761 Re: extra characters this time?Karen Mercedes   Tue  4/16/2002  
18748 Re: oh damn! more acting booksKaren Mercedes   Mon  4/15/2002  
18749 Re: oh damn! more acting booksMs Christine Zimmermann   Tue  4/16/2002  
18750 Re: oh damn! more acting booksMs Christine Zimmermann   Tue  4/16/2002  

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