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 Difference between good acting and scenery chewing? 
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Post Difference between good acting and scenery chewing?
I struggle to tell the difference. Any tips on how to spot which is which?


Mon Dec 05, 2016 2:36 pm
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If you like it, it's good acting. If you don't, it's scenery chewing.

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Mon Dec 05, 2016 2:41 pm
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Yeah Chippy nailed it.


Mon Dec 05, 2016 3:06 pm
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People scenery chew in real life all the fucking time, so acting can mimic that and still be good. It's all subjective, so just go with what Chippy said and you'll be fine.

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I was just thinking of Meryl Streep in Into the Woods. I think she was amazing, but David called her scenery chewing theatrics unspectacular.


Mon Dec 05, 2016 9:19 pm
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We don't all have to agree.

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Movies are subjective.

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Tue Dec 06, 2016 11:32 am
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To me, the best acting doesn't look like acting. When you can see the acting, it's failed.

EDIT: Except musicals, which exist in another fantasy time/space completely.

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Acting without Acting by Jason Alexander. :funny:

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Watch anything Star Trek with the original cast. Watch what Nimoy does. Then watch Shatner.

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Shatner is the shit one, right?

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If it's effective it's not shitty.

But yes.

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