Intro to Theatre Ch 3 & Notes

Which actor did we watch in class make fun of himself and the idea that "acting is easy"?

• Sir Ian McKellen

• Marlon Brando

• Anthony Hopkins

• Seth McFarlane

Reality is something that is universal and stable. True or false?

• True

• False

Answer explanation

This is culturally relevant as well. There is no set reality for anyone

Infantilization of acting is when we think acting is easy because

• children make it look easy

• actors are more prone to acting in younger roles that are considered easier

• actors are sexualized as characters that are young

• the actors are perceived as young and dumb

Actors must have incredible ______, which is being able to regulate the emotions that come with playing the characters; emotionally and spiritually fit

• strength of will

• point of acting

• emotional fortitude

• creational capacity

parallel tracks of acting are

• doing and being

• creating and living

• liveness and illusion

• action and inaction

Answer explanation

the actor is doing something to create the effect of being someone

Fluxus pushed the boundaries of what is considered acting by

• rereading his scripts 250 times

• executing everyday activities that mimicked a musical score

• creating a style of acting that relied on steps of physical responsivity

• fully becoming characters and requiring people treat them as if they were their character

In many theatre traditions, the point is to awaken something in an audience, such as _______ who works on heavy self-realization

• Anthony Hopkins

• Werewere Liking

• Antonio Damasio

• Anne Bogart

Why should you study acting?

• learn how to hold attention

• speaking clearly

• listening attentively

• psychology surrounding the "self"

Answer explanation

Neuroscientist Antonio Damasio proposed that what we think of as a "mind" or "self" is not a stable thing, but something fluid that shapes as we engage. Basically, that we are always acting

Two of the most common things all acting schools have are

• awareness

• control

• stability

• fortitude

_____ is created when awareness and control are combined

• presence

• flow

• action

• enthrallment