tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969281918175291060.post7279362556158411584..comments2023-10-30T01:29:52.015-07:00Comments on Homeless Tom: What does it mean to be human?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13718601770472939313noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969281918175291060.post-14193813357099295722010-11-04T14:59:18.790-07:002010-11-04T14:59:18.790-07:00Tom, send me your email address and I'll send ...Tom, send me your email address and I'll send you a copy of the essay. Nagarjuna, you as well, if you'd like. I find this discussion really interesting.Sheila Hetihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00808958653295084399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969281918175291060.post-7147982130079288662010-11-04T14:58:46.689-07:002010-11-04T14:58:46.689-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Sheila Hetihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00808958653295084399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969281918175291060.post-51809255452775150542010-11-04T14:39:46.260-07:002010-11-04T14:39:46.260-07:00Thanks for your comment, Nagarjuna.
Unhappily, it...Thanks for your comment, Nagarjuna.<br /><br />Unhappily, it takes a subscription to read Sheila Heti's essay. I should have foreseen your point and tried to address it in the blogpost. I guess this is what I think:<br /><br />I think Heti [and Doody] are talking about acting that is supposed to represent reality, the way people actually are.<br /><br />I don't think that acting tried to do that a lot prior to the 1950s, say. But most often, thereafter, it gets 'spiked' with artistic intent (which is false to what's real).<br /><br />Maybe "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061138/" rel="nofollow">A Man and a Woman</a>," The 400 Blows" and "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063654/" rel="nofollow">The Subject was Roses</a>" are examples of reality-based movies. "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053198/" rel="nofollow">The 400 Blows</a>" was, famously, the first of the New Wave, christened "cinema verite' ", it was dramatic, as a movie should be, yet felt like evesdropping.<br /><br />It is probably very very rare for there to be a movie that tries to be 'real,' like evesdropping. Thinking about what movies I've ever seen, they all hop on the falseness wagon, somehow.<br /><br />So, maybe I'm missing the point. I don't think that <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044081/" rel="nofollow">A Streetcar Named Desire</a> was ever non-arty. It, too, was hyped in its time.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13718601770472939313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969281918175291060.post-38037357021562250042010-11-04T13:14:31.081-07:002010-11-04T13:14:31.081-07:00You raise a fascinating issue that strikes me as b...You raise a fascinating issue that strikes me as being not only about acting but about art in general. What is art in general and acting in particular SUPPOSED to do? Is it supposed to "mimic" or mirror the "real world," or is it supposed to convey the artist's subjective impression or, perhaps, ideal of the world?<br /><br />I don't know the answer to this, but when it comes to acting, I confess that I tend to favor larger-than-life, idealized characters who radiate masterful theatricality. For some reason, I never "got" Brando's greatness, but I loved actors like George C. Scott, Laurence Olivier, Katharine Hepburn, and Jack Klugman. Different kinds of actors to be sure, but all, in many if not most of their roles, powerfully transcend typical human emotional depth and expressiveness and intellectual acuity and eloquence.<br /><br />Since you and I are interested in Wilberian integral theory, it would be interesting to speculate on what the integral ideal would be for an actor. I suppose it would be someone who is AQAL-aware, cognizant of where he or she falls along the various lines, states, and types, and well-developed along several of the more prominent developmental lines including the emotional, cognitive, and interpersonal ones.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02549770321948541384noreply@blogger.com