Publisher's Synopsis
Badass Acting ~ Best Acting Practices for Fun or Fame is a straightforward, fun-to-read acting handbook featuring nearly 80 practical tips, techniques and best practices for the committed stage actor, including many over-looked acting secrets that can help you gain fame for your performances on local stages or follow your dream of working in film and television. Badass Acting is a 375-page acting handbook that delivers a wealth of practical acting skills you might never have considered. It's also a book that answers questions you might never have thought to ask. Badass acting tackles the touchy subjects surrounding the business of acting, such as how to work with actors you don't like or how make the weak acting choices of an inexperienced actor work to your benefit. Badass Acting is a book that teaches artistry and supplies answers; it's a book that gives you the skills you need to thrive, whether on stage or screen. Badass Acting ~ Best Acting Practices for Fun or Fame teaches you the art of the character flourish, and how that can help you shine on stage. It introduces you to a line delivery technique common to the best actors in the world. It shows you how to develop your status as a community theater stage celebrity. It reveals the mother of all bad acting habits and how to eradicate from your work. It explains why trusting your intuition is always better than trusting your brain. Badass Acting teaches you the secret to never forgetting your lines and shows you a scientific method for milking laughter from the audience. It shows you how to borrow mannerisms from insects. It analyzes the various parallels between acting and metaphysics and introduces you to the star-making concept of the Muse. Badass Acting reveals the secret to playing villains the audience will love to hate and shows you how to imbue props with a living essence ... and so much more! Badass Acting ~ Best Acting Practices for Fun or Fame is a book about acting, but it's not just for stage actors. Though written with community theater actors in mind, Badass Acting is also a great resource for actors pursuing careers in film and television. And that's because, at its core, acting is a universal performance art. All acting is the same, no matter the venue.
