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> When I grew up in the 80s/90s, American shows were better than local ones because European actors were very bad at acting. I think this was mainly because the
by TrackerFF 6y ago
> When I grew up in the 80s/90s, American shows were better than local ones because European actors were very bad at acting. I think this was mainly because they were being trained at schools that still trained for stage plays, with exaggerated pronounciation and gesturing.
Tbh, it's still like that in some countries. Norwegian actors (where I'm from) have felt quite stiff/wooden since forever, and they all have the same backgrounds - i.e classical theater schools, play actors before working on TV, etc.
I'd say that it's just in the past 10-15 years that we've gotten a somewhat fresh breath of air, from actors that seem to embrace method acting.
But you see it in other countries here as well. It's easy to spot a script and dialogue that's been written by "academics", with little to zero exposure to the real world they're trying to depict.
- BlueTemplar 6y agoWhy would stage actors be worse at this?? I would have expected them to be better!
- akiselev 6y agoStage actors are acting for a large audience, screen actors are acting for a camera. It's far harder to communicate subtlety to a bunch of people in the back of a theater than it is to a camera that's right up in the actor's face, so they both necessitate different acting styles. The exaggerated style of stage acting does not translate well to screen.
- BlueTemplar 6y agoWorked pretty well (in fact better than your random tv&movie-only actor) for Patrick Stewart..?
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- GekkePrutser 6y agoHe needed some time to grow into his role too. He was clearly still getting into it in Season 1 of TNG :) One example that comes to mind is the end of the first double-episode encounter at farpoint. Where he's like "Let's see what 's out there! Engage!". That really looked like stage acting.
- slim 6y agoIt's far harder to communicate subtlety to a bunch of people in the back of a theater actually it's a different job. you use your body in space to communicate. nobody sees clearly your face expressions unless accentuated by dramatic lighting. it's a team work. your own personal performance is a team work.
- astrange 6y ago> Tbh, it's still like that in some countries. Norwegian actors (where I'm from) have felt quite stiff/wooden since forever, and they all have the same backgrounds - i.e classical theater schools, play actors before working on TV, etc. This is how UK actors are trained to this day, and everyone seems to like Patrick Stewart, Emilia Clarke, Judi Dench etc. I wouldn't call them stiff but they are better at going Shakespearean than American actors. Really my only complaint is David Tennant's terrible American accent.