【Oshi no Ko】 - Ch. 134 - DEPTHS

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I guess Aka thinks method acting is a uber pro tactic of actors.
For story, it's just a convenient excuse for authors to dig up characters' trauma.

Excellent actors don't necessarily need to have such kind of dramatic past experience.
Even Kana explained to Ruby before, it's taking the emotions you know, amplify, and reshape it to fit the role.
But story characters usually got eventful life. Dead parents? Abandonment? Bullying? Abuse? They usually have "unusual" past. When fictional characters have to act, they don't build a character and become it, but just acting as themselves because the role they are given is written to parallel their past/current condition.

Acting is an easy excuse to make them "experience it again", so the story can make them confront it, and usually in violent way because it awakened a mental trauma.
Better than finding other way for the characters to talk it out peacefully.
 
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If they really hate each other so much then go hate fuck to prove it to us! Absolutely fundamental to the plot. At least 20 pages of it
If this was a manga from the early 90s, I wouldn't be surprised if they actually did this just to show how edgy the story is. I even know 1-2 manga that actually did this.
 
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Did anyone else feel and see the "フォニイ" reference that is just oozing and radiating from this chapter or am I just a super overthinker?
 
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Holy shit the author is definitely setting up the fucked up relationship for Ruby with her father / co star. Since they mentioned getting into 'hotel' and such. Also we see Ruby really getiing into Ai's mind and we all know how she coped with all her problems. Am really scared 😱
Aqua protecc your sister plsssss
 
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Maybe I should've known better but I didn't expect Ruby to take it that hard.
 
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Method acting is an interesting topic. I personally believe it is the most effective acting method, but a great actor needs to know how to turn it off.

A great method actor can become and experience life as the character without letting it affect their regular psyche. They can embody the character and actually experience the character's feelings, desires, and intentions. Of course, since it is real to them, it becomes real/convincing to the audience. But all of those are in a box inside their head, separate from their personal emotions.

I'm no genius, but I suspect that many people have a hard time separating their emotions and feelings. If they get angry in character, they might remain angry after dropping character.

Another issue with method acting is forcing yourself to take actions out of character. The characterization which you embody may not be willing to act a certain way, but you need to make them do it anyway. That reason could be because the script calls for it, the director calls for it, or the setting calls for it. Your character might not be the focus of the scene/story, so you need to act out of character to let other characters shine.

I personally would actually like us to have a different term to differentiate method acting. the method acting we see happening here in Oshi No Ko is what people usually think of with method acting. You overwrite yourself with the character and lose yourself in the process. You tie your own memories and experiences into the character and blur the line between self and character.

But there is another form of method acting. A method where you don't connect with the character. It's like imagination. You pretend yourself to be something you're not. You immerse yourself fully in the character and embody it, but not by pulling from your own similarities to the character. You embody the character while keeping them in a place of fiction within your mind.
 
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I guess Aka thinks method acting is a uber pro tactic of actors.

That is absolutely NOT true, and various actors have spoken out about how much method acting fucks up your mental health, and is really just a sign that an actor is not good enough to just act purely with their own skills.
That's the point though, Ruby is talented, but she is far from actually skilled in acting. That's why they need all sort of "boost" to make her acting better.
 
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not a fan of the idea that being sad bc your teammate/friends hate you = just a frail girl.. like isnt it normal to be upset? idk feels bad
 
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I guess Aka thinks method acting is a uber pro tactic of actors.

That is absolutely NOT true, and various actors have spoken out about how much method acting fucks up your mental health, and is really just a sign that an actor is not good enough to just act purely with their own skills.
Art is art, so no matter what people say about it, whatever sells, will be popular. OO Programming was the trend on e, so method acting was trendy before. Aka might have been plainly writing ( what it is: BLATANT COPY PASTE ) what she read in gossip channels.
 

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