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4.11 AVERAGE
4.11 AVERAGE
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Minor: Homophobia, Rape, Lesbophobia
informative
reflective
Golden advice from a casting director on how to pass a Broadway acting audition. Beautifully written. Grounded in experience and illustration of point. The psychology at play is fascinating for its relevance, applicable beyond the arts. Self-help genre, even. Thankfully, published in 1979, Shurtleff was writing directly for actors and unaware of the cross-appeal. That is part of the magic. To act is to master the manipulation of social dynamics. The skill of passing an audition involves manipulating these dynamics under intense pressure to achieve a successful outcome. Basically, everyone could benefit from the advice contained in this book.
It's a bit of a dry book and took me forever to get through, but has a lot of very valuable information for any actor.
A lotta bit outdated. BUT I learned SO MUCH, both in technique & in an actor's beneficial mindset. Wish I read this sooner.
This book is like a fountain of knowledge! After reading this I feel more confident to be able to go into cold reads and auditions with strong acting choices.
No me estaba aportando nada nuevo.
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Some very interesting insights into acting and how to help young actors. But it feels formulaic and I worry that strict adherence to these guidelines would lead to performers that are too caught up in their heads. I also don't trust anyone who calls O'Neill "artless." He lost me after that.