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the Method acting; method acting (a technique of acting in which an actor aspires to complete emotional identification with a part, based on the system evolved by Stanislavsky and brought into prominence in the US in the 1930s. Method acting was developed by Elia Kazan and Lee Strasberg in particular, and is associated with actors such as Marlon Brando and Dustin Hoffman ■ Derivatives: method actor. NODE. a style of acting in which an actor tries to understand and feel the emotions of the character he or she represents: " Robert De Niro has been a faithful exponent of 'the Method', immersing himself totally in his roles and notorious for gaining and losing whatever weight has been necessary to convey the character. CALD Alexander Demidov); Stanislavskian Acting Methodology (Anglophile) |
