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From: sps@drusd.UUCP (ShaplandSP)
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Subject: Re: Alignments
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Date: Thu, 16-May-85 18:53:07 EDT
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Consider: 	Role-Playing <--> Acting

"Role playing a character" is similar to "acting a part" in a play.
Alignment, character abilities,
non-classical professions (farmer, jeweler, etc),
rolled personality traits;
These are all part of the script!
A new/poor actor should follow the script exactly.
An good actor may "spice-up" a script,
	but will NOT make significant changes.
An excellent actor will follow the script exactly,
	making the audience feel what the author wrote.
If an actor cannot agree with the script,
then s/he needs to find a new author.
As Harrison Ford once responded to a studio head's complaint that
he "did not see an actor" when Ford was doing a bit part as a waiter.
"You were not supposed to see an actor. You were supposed to see a waiter."

S.P. Shapland, aka AMLWCH, Lord of the Karpian Dragons
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