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<p>This is certainly true to an extent, but let me say that I have worked both coasts and many theaters in between. While there are many theater circuits and pipelines, and they do overlap, there are also many actors who cross the circuits and pipelines. I admit that I have not done this in many years, but I once did, so my experience is not entirely regional. But let me go further to say that I merely gave kudos to the Delaware MFA program. I did not say that it was better than others, though there are certainly some programs that seem to turn out truly awful actors.</p>
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<p>I don’t agree that an equally impressive list of North American actors could be generated IF one believes that transformational actors are the best actors. There are clearly a number of “personality” actors in the US who are quite good at what they do, which is being themselves.</p>
<p>As for being Eurocentric, I have said nothing about actors outside the US and UK. I don’t evaluate actors in languages I don’t speak or understand. How could I? Which brings us to the very serious charge of racism. If you can explain how my inability to understand, say, Japanese, and therefore to have no opinion on Japanese actors, is racism, then I will apologize for being a racist.</p>
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<p>And what are we supposed to do? Stop talking about art? Would that be a good thing?</p>