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<blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 9056975" data-attributes="member: 6779196">Yeah, “method acting” is a pretty vague term, since a lot of techniques that were developed as adaptations of Stanislavsky’s system try to claim the title. It’s much more meaningful to say who’s techniques one ascribes to.That said, I would disagree that most actors who call themselves “method actors” don’t try to actually live the role. I mean, that’s where the stories of actors going to extreme lengths like remaining in character through the entire filming process (even when doing so causes problems interacting with the rest of the cast and crew) come from. There’s a particularly famous case where, during the filming of Marathon Man, Dustin Hoffman didn’t sleep for 72 hours in preparation for a scene where his character likewise had been awake for three days. Allegedly when his costar Laurence Olivier learned of this, he said to Hoffman, “My boy, why don’t you just try acting?”I think, if we were to use acting as an analogy for RPGs, Oofta and others who advocate for simply trusting players to not use OOC information rather than taking steps to avoid the players gaining that information in the first place seem to me to be in Laurence’s shoes, telling folks like myself “my girl, why don’t you just try roleplaying?”</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Charlaquin, post: 9056975, member: 6779196"] Yeah, “method acting” is a pretty vague term, since a lot of techniques that were developed as adaptations of Stanislavsky’s system try to claim the title. It’s much more meaningful to say [I]who’s[/I] techniques one ascribes to. That said, I would disagree that most actors who call themselves “method actors” don’t try to actually live the role. I mean, that’s where the stories of actors going to extreme lengths like remaining in character through the entire filming process (even when doing so causes problems interacting with the rest of the cast and crew) come from. There’s a particularly famous case where, during the filming of [I]Marathon Man[/I], Dustin Hoffman didn’t sleep for 72 hours in preparation for a scene where his character likewise had been awake for three days. Allegedly when his costar Laurence Olivier learned of this, he said to Hoffman, “My boy, why don’t you just try acting?” I think, if we were to use acting as an analogy for RPGs, Oofta and others who advocate for simply trusting players to not use OOC information rather than taking steps to avoid the players gaining that information in the first place seem to me to be in Laurence’s shoes, telling folks like myself “my girl, why don’t you just try roleplaying?” [/QUOTE]

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