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slayground

The Actor and the Text - and the Reader

Jul 29, 2009 07:51

This article was also posted at GuysLitWire.Have you ever played a part on stage or on film that was completely unlike you? I have. I love it. In my opinion, playing against type is one of the most challenging aspects of acting - and one of the best. It's fun to do a full 180, to play a shy character when you're loud and outgoing in real life, or ( Read more... )

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lectitans July 29 2009, 15:46:21 UTC

I saw Gross Indecency years ago when the professional repertory on campus here did it. LOVED IT.

I think when I read, every character defaults to mememe or someone important to me (Will, my sister, etc) unless there is a description that indicates it is otherwise. Locations also map in my mind to real places. (When I read the Mode series by Piers Anthony - which you should TOTALLY try - Colene's house and yard and outbuilding were my house and yard and outbuilding. Her neighborhood was the one I'd lived in BEFORE that house. etc.)

Good thoughts for thinking and questions for pondering!

slayground July 29 2009, 16:00:32 UTC

Oh, yay! I wish that you could come see this.

Re: Using locations you know: I do that as well.

Thank you for responding. I've been receiving so few comments lately.

rockinlibrarian July 30 2009, 00:51:06 UTC

Oh! I'm sorry! I know what it's like to not be getting comments and you start to wonder if it's even worth posting if maybe nobody's reading... and you a blogger with an actual FOLLOWING! So I will answer too ( ... )

slayground July 30 2009, 00:56:54 UTC

Hi there back to the munchkin in your icon.

Thank you for your response! I do appreciate it. :)

I recently finished a book in which the leading male character was described as having somewhat long hair, but since I don't like that, I gave him a more attractive (to me) haircut in my mental picture.

I didn't know that the Dursleys and the Drews occupied the same space. *grin* In my mind, Jenna Blake and her roommate Yoshiko from Christopher Golden's Body of Evidence mystery series live in the Three's Company apartment.

anonymous July 30 2009, 10:50:30 UTC

Oh, what a great entry! This is the kind of entry that needs to be a group of people in a coffee shop talking for hours about it with good coffee. It has my mind whirring... and that is something this early in the morning. You know--I didn't notice the omission of the director's gender until you mentioned it, but on the internet, when people omit identifiers like gender or names, I sort of think of it as an act to protect, so it doesn't give me much pause. If we were face to face, I think it might ( ... )

slayground July 30 2009, 13:35:08 UTC

Thanks for responding and considering, Courtney ( ... )