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Unknown Actor
When poetry meets theatre in the mind of Jason Christie,
a smashing performance results! Then as the curtains close,
Christie sneaks off the stage, through the scenery, and out into
the wilds of the Internet—and straight into the footlights and
teleprompters of human experience.
Like a method actor in character long after the credits have
rolled, off set, off his rocker, Christie runs wild from Goethe’s
Faust to Burton’s, through 1984 and B movies from the ’80s and
back again. Beneath his offerings to the actor—questionable
acting lessons, dubious plot treatments—lurks a deep unease
at our accepted practices of looking at each other, kid. Get out
the popcorn and turn on your mobile device. This is going to
get dramatic.
a smashing performance results! Then as the curtains close,
Christie sneaks off the stage, through the scenery, and out into
the wilds of the Internet—and straight into the footlights and
teleprompters of human experience.
Like a method actor in character long after the credits have
rolled, off set, off his rocker, Christie runs wild from Goethe’s
Faust to Burton’s, through 1984 and B movies from the ’80s and
back again. Beneath his offerings to the actor—questionable
acting lessons, dubious plot treatments—lurks a deep unease
at our accepted practices of looking at each other, kid. Get out
the popcorn and turn on your mobile device. This is going to
get dramatic.
124 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 30, 2013
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August 15, 2013
In compliance with FTC guidelines; I received the book for free through Goodreads First Reads.
New age hipster poetry that would play well in a poetry coffee house. It is not really my thing as I am more into classical poetry. I found it helped to read it out loud.
New age hipster poetry that would play well in a poetry coffee house. It is not really my thing as I am more into classical poetry. I found it helped to read it out loud.
June 10, 2013
thank you for letting me have an firsst reads copy of this good reads and as well thank you author !! :) but i have to say in an honest opinion that it was an okay boook, but in the end i did not like it, it really was not for me , but if you are someone who like plays then you will like it
April 25, 2024
there was some good material
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