Re: RARA-AVIS: bad casting

Rikke & Hanne Kesten (rbkhbk@bcn.net)
Mon, 24 Nov 1997 00:29:26 +0000 Mamet's wife, who acted in HOUSE OF GAMES said in an interview that he
was the only screenwriter who ever demanded that the actors act the
punctuation as well as the words.
--steve kesten

sandra hess wrote:
>
> I recently saw David Mamet speak at the local Herbst Theatre. He is very
> hardboiled (GLEN GARRY GLEN ROSS, HOUSE OF GAMES, HOMICIDE). His theory
> about acting and actors is that they should deliver the lines with minimal
> emoting. The material stands by itself and requires the immediacy of the
> actor's delivery. The actor is part of the equation. The one to be feeling
> the most amount of emotion is the audience. If you haven't seen HOUSE OF
> GAMES or the others, they are worth the time.
>
> Sch.
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