tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post8735110884541169252..comments2024-01-07T06:59:04.212-05:00Comments on The Playgoer: Acting: Brits vs Americans / Stage vs. FilmPlaygoerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-31634880246082715592010-06-22T02:35:00.096-04:002010-06-22T02:35:00.096-04:00I like the way Brits approach story telling vs. Am...I like the way Brits approach story telling vs. American story telling. In America, we'll get up in arms because people decided to redo the A-team.<br /><br /> The UK's done Pride and Prejudice so many times I've lost count, but people don't get tired of it. I think it's the way brits approach story-telling. There's always another angle. There's always another approach.<br /><br />Secondly, I noticed Brits seem more level-headed about acting. It's make believe. It's just a role you play in one story. They're willing to suspend disbelief and go along with it. <br /><br />It seems in America there's a need to outlast, outdo, outplay and out shine. It's our competitive nature, but it can get in the way of telling a good story. We need to get back to our roots and tell a story as a story, not live up to some iconic image. <br /><br />It also doesn't help when American media and American talk shows ask the same silly, flat superficial questions of stars. <br /><br />Plus, I'm tired of every new investigative show where every person is an expert on the crime scene. Why can't the forensic expert be a forensic expert? Does the state prosecutor, the judge, the detective, the neighbor and the extra have to be an expert, too?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-86519175286471034222007-02-20T22:43:00.000-05:002007-02-20T22:43:00.000-05:00Just a couple more pieces of "evidence" that occur...Just a couple more pieces of "evidence" that occur to me:<BR/><BR/>- Three of the British films McNulty highlights are also written by PLAYWRIGHTS--Peter Morgan (The Queen), Patrick Marber (Notes on Scandal) and Hanef Kareshi (Venus), who I guess is more famous in Britain for interesting tv and screenplays (Beautiful Laundrette, Buddha of Suburbia, The Mother) but definitely started at the Royal Court under Max Staffor Clark's tutelage... My point simply is, that in all 3 of these cases theatrical writing + theatrical acting has apparently produced by and large satisfying results.<BR/><BR/>- Anyone notice how many interesting theatre actors show up in Clint Eastwood films? I'm thinking of Bryan F. O'Byrne and John Slattery off the top of my head, but I know there are more....Man must do his casting out of New York. Smart.Playgoerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-80452787866016900092007-02-20T09:43:00.000-05:002007-02-20T09:43:00.000-05:00Also, it must be said that our film industry does ...Also, it must be said that our film industry does not look for up and coming actors to fill in the smaller roles on the screen. How many times have we seen up and coming film stars that are no more than puffed up movies stars that have little to no training, as they are only looking for stardom. I think you really hit on the cultural aspect of this difference.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-6339815782532841442007-02-19T20:47:00.000-05:002007-02-19T20:47:00.000-05:00Rachel Griffiths is Australian too.Rachel Griffiths is Australian too.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16073241969401141732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-73828342930560208222007-02-19T20:04:00.000-05:002007-02-19T20:04:00.000-05:00Here, here! Brilliantly said!Here, here! Brilliantly said!Steve On Broadway (SOB)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04353077627991682499noreply@blogger.com