It's funny how much weird quasi-religious stuff you get into when you take acting classes
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Like therapy only the goal isn't to get better, just to be more fun to watch
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But the idea, after all, is still to try to identify your own unconscious impulses and then modify or replace them
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I've heard the religious term "third eye" thrown around a lot in an acting context with that distorted but similar meaning
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Part of you has to be aware you're not really angry and are doing a choreographed fight while part of you has to feel authentic rage
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You know, we don't know any plural systems w/ theater backgrounds, as far as we know. Have met many headmates who started as RP chars though
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Isn't therapy just an acting class in playing the role of a functional citizen?
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(My acting coach hated that shit when people said it, said it gave actors a reputation for being pretentious asses)
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But Uta Hagen in her book Respect for Acting said the ideal actor would also be perfectly mentally well adjusted
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Because they would be fully mindful of their diverse internal states at all times so as to better use them as tools for their craft
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Obviously it doesn't fully work out that way
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yeah, we see what it's getting at, we think, and makes sense as far as it goes. from the mental health side we're compelled to dig in though
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