Description
Book SynopsisActing has traditionally been considered a form of pretending or falsehood, compared with the so-called reality or truth of everyday life. Yet in the postmodern era, a reversal has occurred – real life is revealed as something acted and acting is where people have begun to search for truth. In Acting and its Refusal in Theatre and Film, Marian McCurdy considers the ethical desire of refusing to act – which results from blurred boundaries of acting and living – and examines how real life and performance are intertwined. Offering a number of in-depth case studies, the book contextualizes refusals of acting on stage and screen and engages in an analysis of fascist theatricality, sexual theatricality and the refusal of theatricality altogether.
Table of ContentsThe Devil Actor
Marian McCurdy Refusal in Fascist Theatricality
Marian McCurdy Aestheticization of Political Life
Marian McCurdy Pact with the Devil
Marian McCurdy Actors Become the Real Masters
Marian McCurdy The Main Thing Is to Play Well
Marian McCurdy Refusal in Sexual Theatricality
Marian McCurdy Revolution in the ‘House of Illusions’
Marian McCurdy The Plague of the Theatre
Marian McCurdy From Concentration to Distraction Camp
Marian McCurdy Falling for the Part
Marian McCurdy Refusal of Theatricality
Marian McCurdy Happenings as Refusal
Marian McCurdy Simulation Superstars
Marian McCurdy Damning Aesthetics to Hell
Marian McCurdy Celebrity Suicide
Marian McCurdy
