 Re: what do you think of strasberg's method acting? | |
1) Actor
2) From what I understand, at it's basic level it is when you BECOME the character you are playing. You believe that you are the person you are playing.
3)I've never practiced the method. I use Meisner, and have studied Adler and Stanislavski
4) I also think it's impossible. You will ALWAYS be "you" at your core, there is no way to 100% believe that you are someone else. If that were the case, then who brings you back to being you? If you ARE this other person, then who tells that other person that you are now going to be yourself again? It seems that if you were truly successful at the method, then you would be legitimately crazy.
5) The pros of it are that it opens a person up to getting rid of their nerves. By tricking themselves into thinking they are the character, they rid themselves of personal self-doubt. Because they aren't thinking about themselves...they are thinking like their character would. The cons of this method are that it is a false reality created by the actor that can lead to extreme frustration. What happens when the actor cannot trick themselves during a role? What happens if they get onstage and they CAN'T BECOME the other character? What acting tools will they fall back on? It's pretty much a do or die technique....it seems.
This is my opinion based on the limitted knowledge that I have of this technique. HOpe it helps. |