Most of these chapters feel as though Mamet is just writing and you need to shift through for the important information. From this chapter I basically got that the Good Actor is usually not good. We call him good because of our own need. The Good Actor is just a place holder. I don't get this and there for I don't agree or disagree...I don't know.
In Performance and Character I take away that you need to look outward and not inward. Again be brave be honest. Being brave seems to be one of the big messages through the whole book. It is a message I agree with and understand. Than Mamet goes on about how teachers are charlatans. Yes Mamet doesn't like school or teachers again we get it. He does make a good point about questioning what is told to you in an acting school. It's true if a teacher can not explain or demonstrate something for you it is likely he or she is lost as well.
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