WordWolf

I've heard of those referred to as "internal method" (what you described as method actor) and "external method" (what you described as action-based actor. There's a story, sadly fictional, about the preparations Dustin Hoffman and Laurence Olivier used preparing for their difficult (torture) scene in The Marathon Man. Supposedly, they used both methods. Dustin Hoffman used the "internal method." To feel what would be similar to torture, he didn't shave that weekend, stayed up, and gave himself a hard time in general. Laurence Olivier used the "external method." To feel what the torturer would feel, he stood and moved as the torturer would, and used that to inform himself how to feel in the role. When Dustin Hoffman arrived on set, Olivier took one look at him and asked what happened. When Hoffman explained, Olivier replied "Next time, try acting- it's much easier." Sadly, this story was fictional, and Hoffman repeatedly tried to set the record straight. What IS true is that Dustin Hoffman WAS a method actor through and through (using the "internal method.") In the same movie, Hoffman's character suffered an attempted drowning. Trying to make the scene more realistic, he eventually had to be given oxygen. However, I'm sure he felt what it was like to be drowned while filming it! So, in "method acting", one learns what the character would feel by analogous experience. In action-based acting, one learns what the character would feel by moving as the character would, and listening to one's own body. I disagree that vpw was either. vpw never actually FELT what he was simulating- it was all an act. When he wanted to look sad and wretched, he didn't simulate any feeling, he simulated the outward appearance and didn't feel even a fake analogue. If he had to cry fake tears, they were on command and not the result of faking sorrow to himself. When he wanted to show joy, he copied the expressions and tone of people who spoke while experiencing joy. With an actor, there's some feeling of the emotion one is demonstrating. As a true narcissist and sociopath, vpw felt NOTHING. He learned which demonstrations were effective at what times, and demonstrated them for best effect. When he studied preachers, he didn't simply study how they prepared their sermons, or even simply how they taught. He studied the vocal and facial expressions and when to make them. If he found a successful sermon, he reproduced the content- and he reproduced the DELIVERY. vpw was convinced that "sincerity" was something that was in APPEARANCE but not in REALITY. He even taught it that way. He said that the salesman who sells a brush with only one bristle on it would have to be VERY sincere. That is completely wrong. The salesman who knows he's selling a toothbrush with only one bristle on it- who knew that's what he was selling- would be unable to be sincere that it was a good brush, good for brushing. If he persisted in selling it, he would have to deceive and pretend it was good, all while knowing it was useless. He would be the OPPOSITE of sincere. But vpw taught it like that in public, many times. That says a lot about his world-view, all by itself. When vpw was what he thought of as "sincere", he was faking it the entire time, ready to sell a worthless product. He even said that it was no guarantee for truth. (We thought he meant that someone who really believed something was not guaranteed to believe something true, but he didn't mean that at all since he used the word "sincere" to mean something false, he used the word "sincere" insincerely. :)

I Timothy 4:2 "Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;" As much as I'd liked to imagine that lcm, once out of the spotlight, got quiet, got humble, and went to God and learned humility, it's obvious he did none of the kind. He was out of the spotlight, but has learned nothing in all the years he's been under wraps. That's amazing, since some of us have lived entire new lives during that same time-frame. lcm has never understood what he did wrong, he has never understood how he hurt innocent people. vpw abused him by leading him astray and teaching lcm how to abuse people, but lcm has never even asked whether or not it was right to do so in all the years since. He has no remorse over his actions, because he has no remorse over actions that hurt people. That's a shame.

The title IS "BEEP BEEP" and is often remembered as "the Nash Rambler Song." This was The Playmates' big hit. Here's some trivia. https://www.songfacts.com/facts/the-playmates/beep-beep

"While...ri-ding...in...my Cadillac,... what...to my surprise........A lit-tle...Nash...Ram-bler was fol-low-ing me... a-bout... one-third...my...size."

"ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER." (I remember U-2 covering it more than Dylan singing it.)

That's a very odd quote from a movie. Are you sure you're in the correct thread?

That's it!!!

This 1941 movie later had 4 sequels. Actors in it include Claude Rains and Ralph Bellamy. It also included Bela Lugosi as Bela. However, nobody ever seems to remember he was in this movie- most remember it for exactly one actor and one actress (who do not play "a couple" at any point, neither in this movie nor real life.) It was written by Curt Siodmak. It also had a remake in 2010 with some recognizable actors.

That is correct! For the curious, the artist was "Napoleon the 14th." Your turn!

"Remem-ber when- you ran- away and I- got on- my knees- and begged- you not- to leave- because- I'd go- berserk? Well- you left- me a-nyhow and then- the days- got worse- and worse- and now- you see- I've gone- complete-ly out of my mind." You probably haven't heard this song anytime recently, but you've probably heard this song some time ago.

That's him. Cronkite was the voice-actor for "Liberty's Kids", and Billy West for "Histeria!"

"I heard the sound of a thunder, that roared out a warnin'. I heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world. I heard one hundred drummers whose hands were a-blazin'. I heard ten thousand whisperin' and nobody listenin'. I heard one person starve, I heard many people laughin'. Heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter. Heard the sound of a clown who cried in the alley." "I met a young child beside a dead pony. I met a white man who walked a black dog. I met a young woman whose body was burning. I met a young girl, she gave me a rainbow. I met one man who was wounded in love, I met another man who was wounded in hatred."

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Gary Oldman The Dark Knight

Should be "FRIDAY THE 13TH- THE FINAL CHAPTER."

Forgetting Sarah Marshall Paul Rudd Captain America- Civil War

Which meant this is George's turn.

"Remember when you ran away and I got on my knees and begged you not to leave because I'd go berserk?"

Next song. "I met a young child beside a dead pony. I met a white man who walked a black dog. I met a young woman whose body was burning. I met a young girl, she gave me a rainbow. I met one man who was wounded in love, I met another man who was wounded in hatred."

Creedence Clearwater Revival, "Who'll Stop the Rain."

BTW, I was continuing with a theme in this round....

Walter Cronkite Robert Preston Orson Welles Billy West Howard Da Silva Pat Hingle John Larroquette Lee Beggs Thomas Pogue Walter Walker Charles Coburn Tom Wilkinson He's been a chess player, a postmaster general, a writer, a sage, a diplomat...

I'm shocked that nobody's gotten this one. I'll need to find an actor who's key in remembering this role for people, if such an actor exists. This role DID exist- in history, at least.

"I'm JUMPING JACK FLASH, it's a gas-gas-gas!" by The Rolling Stones. There's a series of books where a bunch of authors imagined a realistic world that had super-heroes. It was accurate to history, until an alien virus was accidentally released. Of every 100 people affected, 90 mutated fatally and died ("drew a Black Queen.") Of the remaining 10, 9 mutated and got a deformity, sometimes with a power ("drew a Joker.") The remaining 1 got a super-power without a deformity ("drew an Ace.") In the Wild Cards series, one Ace's power allowed him to transform, and each transformation was a completely different person, with completely different powers. Each was named after a song, and most were obscure songs. The exceptions were "Aquarius" and "Jumping Jack Flash." JJ Flash's powers centered around "fire" (super-hot plasma), and the chorus of the song was occasionally recited when he showed up to rescue someone, or whatever. So "It's a gas-gas=gas" always makes me think of the character.

Ok. I thought it was "Honkytonk Woman," but it isn't. I think it's SOMETHING by The Rolling Stones.

BTW. this movie was book-ended by 2 movies, both called " Suicide Squad."