Acting: The Simple Truth

College Majors Theater/Drama Majors
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<h2>This is an article I read recently in a magazine. I felt it was worth sharing.</h2>

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<p>So, I invite you to paraphrase the article, and provide a brief quote or two, and explain where someone can find this article. Then discuss it, if you would like. Also the article you posted had the author’s email and that also would not be OK. </p>

<p>CollegeMom</p>

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<p>NOTE FROM COLLEGE MOM:</p>

<p>I HAVE ALSO DELETED THE ENTIRE SECOND LENGTHY REPRINT OF THE SECOND HALF OF THAT ARTICLE, FOR REASONS EXPLAINED IN THE PRIOR POST.</p>

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<p>Perhaps someone can tell us what publication the article appeared in, so we can take a look for ourselves. Thanks to those who run this forum for making sure that copyrights are not infringed upon. </p>

<p>Lisa</p>

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<p>It appears to have come from Dramatics magazine - which, if your school belongs to Thespians, is the magazine provided to members.</p>

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<p>I apoligize, I really didn’t think that would be an issue. Thank you for making that clear to me- I won’t do it again. I copied the text from a PDF, thinking it would make life easier for people who didn’t want to download the file. Again, I apoligize. </p>

<p>It IS from Dramatics Magazine, that I get for free from being an ITS member.</p>

<p>This is their website:
<a href=“http://www.edta.org/publications/dramatics.asp[/url]”>http://www.edta.org/publications/dramatics.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>This is the PDF file I copied from:
<a href=“http://www.edta.org/publications/article_index_search.asp?pdf_id=586[/url]”>http://www.edta.org/publications/article_index_search.asp?pdf_id=586&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>It speaks about how some situations in education and otherwise hamper what the author views as true acting, and that those institutions only spit out ‘manufactured talent’. He also described situations in schools that I feel related to a lot of other posts on the board nowadays- how high school theatre can be a blessing for some, and a curse for others. I found the arcticle very informative, and thought others would feel the same.</p>

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<p>ThespianDreams,</p>

<p>Thank you so much for sharing. We use to get “Dramatics” and I enjoyed reading the articles just as much as my Ss did. Now they are off to college and I no longer have the opportunity.</p>

<p>Take care.</p>

<p>SUE aka 5pants</p>

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<p>Thespian,
Thanks for pointing out an important article.
Chris(m)</p>