Good grief.
Twas confusing last night, having emerged from the scenes feeling like alot of work was put in only to achieve something so light and untraceable. So much work to create something that feels like hardly any effort was put in at all. I came out confused, but was told it was really good - but I barely felt it.
But actors shouldn't be seeking the luxury of feeling like the audience feels; we were told.
Sometimes it feels like we have to fool ourselves, sometimes it's like we're fooling everyone else. Sometimes we're the fools, thinking there's so much more to it, inspite of having already done the job, the prep, and sometimes we have to be fools, to believe in something so illucive and elusive.
And here we are, having to do it all over again - several more times in fact.
I can't wait.
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We actors are magicians, in a way, and every good magician knows his technique inside and out. He trusts it. He doesn't fear it or shy away from it, because in the end, that's what the audience sees. The magician is just there to do his job. It's up to the audience to take away from it what they will. They can either choose to be drawn into it and be wowed by it, or they can choose to be cynical and keep looking for the mirrors and fishing line. That's not under the magician's control.
I was just as confused as you were that night, but once we stopped trying to "feel" and just trusted the technique that we'd worked months to perfect, I think something altogether different and much more balanced was achieved, and I'm very proud of myself. And of you. :)
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