Re: Ability to recognize other faces. Why Asians all look the same.
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<Actors and actresses, btw, often have boundary issue problems with their roles. They often do become what they play- and that can be a problem for them. I am surprised you wouldn't know this.>
Oh, oh! We are entering the realm of free will. It'll really come apart at the seams now. Come in jfred!
Yes, I do know that actors get carried away with their imaginations and pretending :-] to be some character or other. I know the feeling myself. I got roped into [once in my life] acting in a pantomime in Belgium [our children were in an amateur theatrics group]. Well, it was so exciting. We practised and danced :-] and sang and I was King Richard, a juggler and a schoolgirl. It was a wonderful imaginary world.
The day after it was over, I was driving to work and the world, the buildings, the cars and people seemed so drab and prosaic. I can see how a serious :-] actor who really got into the game would carry it over into day to day life for a while. But, it is just an imaginary game. Not real.
Temuera Morrison [Jake the Muss] from the movie "Once Were Warriors" got in trouble for a minor assault :-] on some hooligans igniting letter boxes along his street. He claimed he was affected by 'being in character'. Well, maybe. Personally, I'd have dragged :-] them down the driveway too and banged their head on the gatepost. [Actually, I probably wouldn't, but I understand that some people would].
I don't believe people have free will. They can't just choose things other than in a superficial :-] way. For example, homosexuals are notably resistant to deciding to become heterosexual. If free will was easy, we'd morph into anything :-] we liked. We don't because we don't have free will. Any trivial change [for example, giving up fags is a most absurdly easy thing to do in the free will stakes] is a drama for most people. Fat people don't suddenly become thin people [in a permanent way]. Those are trivial examples which in fact are easy to do because they are within the ambit :-] of what we can choose to do if inclined to do so. But more deeply, it's more difficult. As they say in California, "Let's not go there". Or, as they also say, "Just Do It". Or, "Look before you leap". But, "He who hesitates is lost". And, "Don't let a slogan :-} do your thinking for you".
I will now freely will myself away.
Mqurice
PS: When you forget your lines, it's not long before you forget your character and wonder how the hell you got to be on the other side of the world, dressed in drag, in front of thousands of people, wondering what to say next. Seconds last a long time, which is something to do with the theory of relativity.
I have put some smiles in my keystrokes for Mike Sphar. |
