Is acting casting?
Sat, 12 May 2001, 01:53 amWalter Plinge44 posts in thread
Is acting casting?
Sat, 12 May 2001, 01:53 amI have a theory: that acting is casting.
If a character in a play is urbane and sophisticated, then you cast an urbane and sophisticated actor. If the character is neurotic, you cast a neurotic actor. That kind of thing.
If, instead of asking a loose-hipped type to play a starched collar, or an intellectual to play an ignorant, uneducated type, a director were to cast actors who are as close as possible to type, how different do you think it would make the process of working and playing the piece?
How many actors can actually play anything? And how many are only good within a limited range of roles? And can a director justify casting their play entirely with "types", who match -- IRL -- some or all of the characteristics of the people they're playing?
I had thought of making this a poll, but I think it's better served in this forum, where lengthy dissertations -- in either direction -- can be offered.
I look forward to a substantial, thought-provoking debate,
peace,
David M.
If a character in a play is urbane and sophisticated, then you cast an urbane and sophisticated actor. If the character is neurotic, you cast a neurotic actor. That kind of thing.
If, instead of asking a loose-hipped type to play a starched collar, or an intellectual to play an ignorant, uneducated type, a director were to cast actors who are as close as possible to type, how different do you think it would make the process of working and playing the piece?
How many actors can actually play anything? And how many are only good within a limited range of roles? And can a director justify casting their play entirely with "types", who match -- IRL -- some or all of the characteristics of the people they're playing?
I had thought of making this a poll, but I think it's better served in this forum, where lengthy dissertations -- in either direction -- can be offered.
I look forward to a substantial, thought-provoking debate,
peace,
David M.
RE: Is acting casting?
Wed, 16 May 2001, 12:15 pmWalter Plinge
I'm sometimes facinated by the casting process in terms of how a Director sees me:what sort of person I am,what makes me tick,and the the assumption that I may be chosen for a role because I am so like the character!The perceptions are often far from the reality.Is that how I appear to people? How many people?
The other syndrome I find mildly disturbing is the "I can see you playing this role" number.For that I read Iv'e SEEN you play that role;sort of,bring it out,dust it off,and do it again!I would imagine most Characters we play differ in major ways from ones we have already played and the "regurgitation" notion diminishes the new work being done by the actor. So there!
The other syndrome I find mildly disturbing is the "I can see you playing this role" number.For that I read Iv'e SEEN you play that role;sort of,bring it out,dust it off,and do it again!I would imagine most Characters we play differ in major ways from ones we have already played and the "regurgitation" notion diminishes the new work being done by the actor. So there!
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