Method Acting

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an acting technique introduced by Stanislavsky in which the actor recalls emotions or reactions from his or her own life and uses them to identify with the character being portrayed

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synonym: method
plural: Method Actings
possessive: Method Acting's
pluralpossessive: Method Actings'

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