This is, thankfully, the final chapter of An Actor Prepares. Like Elena, I think that this chapter was mainly a lot of tying up lose ends and summing everything up; which is what a good final chapter does. It went further into detail about things such as the subconscious. I think that this is a good thing to explore, since there is little known about it. I also agree with Elena that maybe it would not be called the "subconscious" if you could tap into it at will, but I also do not think that this is what the book is telling us. I think that it is saying that we, as actors, can sometimes lose ourselves in a role (which sounds romantic, but probably isn't). I think that it is okay to lose yourself in a role, but only if it is for a very short space of time. If an actor becomes too consumed with a character that he is playing, he is sure to lose his own identity; which is never safe to do.
In conclusion, I have found this book to be helpful in most ways and am planning on keeping it and referencing it again in the future. I feel that it will be a great tool for my future acting career. I also hope that I have retained enough from it to start incorporating it into my acting style.
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Jessica,
ReplyDeleteYour journals for acting class have been good throughout; I sometimes wish there would be more personal connection instead of what seems like casual observation, but you were told to "keep it short" here.
I look forward to a more developed character analysis and to your Chekhov work.