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    From JOE MACKEY@1:135/392 to GEORGE POPE on Thu Oct 14 06:44:18 2021
    Cyberpope wrote --

    I only wat6ch sitcoms now where the main cast understand method acting (they are IN the character & scene as if they weren't just acting)

    I noticed starting in the late '60s many sitcoms, with a live audience,
    the actors seemed to shout their lines. Rather than speak in a normal voice they often yell.
    They have microphones, they don't need to project to reach the audience member in the back row any longer.
    I don't have a tv (haven't for years) so have no idea what's on tv now,
    hot or not. The only times I know about a show is if its in the news for
    some reason or others talk about it.
    Joe

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  • From George Pope@1:153/757.2 to JOE MACKEY on Fri Oct 15 12:48:04 2021
    Cyberpope wrote --

    I only wat6ch sitcoms now where the main cast understand method acting (they are IN the character & scene as if they weren't just acting)

    I noticed starting in the late '60s many sitcoms, with a live audience, the actors seemed to shout their lines. Rather than speak in a normal voice they often yell.
    They have microphones, they don't need to project to reach the audience member in the back row any longer.
    I don't have a tv (haven't for years) so have no idea what's on tv now, hot or not. The only times I know about a show is if its in the news for some reason or others talk about it.

    Makes sense to me; back then they were all drawn from the stage, & were used to "projecting" while speaking their lines.

    Now, though, everyone's grown up & learned acting with mic-driven sound stages; they7 ofgten have a terrible time transferring to doing stage plays.

    Some, they say, excel at both, like Patrick Stewart.

    Your friend,

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