tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5229815616911295562.post6682265061312069713..comments2023-10-24T09:08:50.990-04:00Comments on The Courage to Be Calm: What was that?Muzak Boxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12585352039068306494noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5229815616911295562.post-43169296822519906202008-01-25T15:37:00.000-05:002008-01-25T15:37:00.000-05:00I wouldn't mind that so much. Intent is more impor...I wouldn't mind that so much. Intent is more important to me than the words on the play. My problem isn't that it's that they don't have intent and because the play is courtroom drama there are very specific bits of information that each character HAS to give and they aren't doing that.Muzak Boxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12585352039068306494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5229815616911295562.post-8830881584674928832008-01-23T13:50:00.000-05:002008-01-23T13:50:00.000-05:00I feel your pain about long blocks of speech compa...I feel your pain about long blocks of speech compared with people with only a few lines.<BR/><BR/>I wonder if you've played opposite someone like me. I internalize the character and try to respond to the dialogue and action around me. During off-book rehearsals, the lines don't necessarily come out verbatim, but do flow with what just happened and what's about to happen. Afterwards, I compare my performance with the script (especially checking for places where I <I>must</I> be verbatim!) and that way, get closer and closer.<BR/><BR/>I have had other actors get spitting mad at me for doing that rather than calling for lines, because they've memorized <I>my</I> lines and can get completely thrown off if I don't end with exactly the right last four words. I don't know what to tell these actors; how would you deal with it?Joe Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09083738933624003227noreply@blogger.com