Comments on: Oct 28th (day 16): Acting Sober http://blog.bumblebeelabs.com/oct-28th-day-16-acting-sober/ Official company blog for Bumblebee Labs Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Robin Hanson http://blog.bumblebeelabs.com/oct-28th-day-16-acting-sober/comment-page-1/#comment-5098 Robin Hanson Sat, 09 May 2009 00:10:33 +0000 http://blog.bumblebeelabs.com/?p=241#comment-5098 Nice! Nice!

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]]> By: David Thompson http://blog.bumblebeelabs.com/oct-28th-day-16-acting-sober/comment-page-1/#comment-219 David Thompson Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:14:06 +0000 http://blog.bumblebeelabs.com/?p=241#comment-219 I have a flatmate L--- who's an actor, and was recently called upon to play Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet. The "Queen Mab" scene in the play required him to act drunk - and he's never been drunk in his life. Watching his performance, I think he did it quite convincingly. Our other flatmate S--- has a tendency to get happily drunk when he can, so L--- channelled those observations into the performance. As you noted, the convincing nuance was not in the slur and the sway, but in acting the correction for it when you do. One thing that annoys me here in New Zealand is actors trying to play Americans. Most people ham it up horrendously based on a stereotypical American (of whichever type - anything from redneck yokel to New York cabbie), despite seeing a lot of Americans all the time on television. I have a flatmate L— who’s an actor, and was recently called upon to play Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet. The “Queen Mab” scene in the play required him to act drunk – and he’s never been drunk in his life.

Watching his performance, I think he did it quite convincingly. Our other flatmate S— has a tendency to get happily drunk when he can, so L— channelled those observations into the performance. As you noted, the convincing nuance was not in the slur and the sway, but in acting the correction for it when you do.

One thing that annoys me here in New Zealand is actors trying to play Americans. Most people ham it up horrendously based on a stereotypical American (of whichever type – anything from redneck yokel to New York cabbie), despite seeing a lot of Americans all the time on television.

]]> By: David Thompson http://blog.bumblebeelabs.com/oct-28th-day-16-acting-sober/comment-page-1/#comment-9047 David Thompson Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:14:00 +0000 http://blog.bumblebeelabs.com/?p=241#comment-9047 I have a flatmate L--- who's an actor, and was recently called upon to play Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet. The "Queen Mab" scene in the play required him to act drunk - and he's never been drunk in his life. Watching his performance, I think he did it quite convincingly. Our other flatmate S--- has a tendency to get happily drunk when he can, so L--- channelled those observations into the performance. As you noted, the convincing nuance was not in the slur and the sway, but in acting the correction for it when you do. One thing that annoys me here in New Zealand is actors trying to play Americans. Most people ham it up horrendously based on a stereotypical American (of whichever type - anything from redneck yokel to New York cabbie), despite seeing a lot of Americans all the time on television. I have a flatmate L— who’s an actor, and was recently called upon to play Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet. The “Queen Mab” scene in the play required him to act drunk – and he’s never been drunk in his life.

Watching his performance, I think he did it quite convincingly. Our other flatmate S— has a tendency to get happily drunk when he can, so L— channelled those observations into the performance. As you noted, the convincing nuance was not in the slur and the sway, but in acting the correction for it when you do.

One thing that annoys me here in New Zealand is actors trying to play Americans. Most people ham it up horrendously based on a stereotypical American (of whichever type – anything from redneck yokel to New York cabbie), despite seeing a lot of Americans all the time on television.

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