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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJames Lipton: How to Act Human: Advice for Mitt Romney From Inside the Actors Studio
A few months ago, Brian McFaddens weekly comic strip in the Sunday Times offered ways for Mitt Romney to improve his image. One panel showed him with me on the set of Inside the Actors Studio, under the heading Take Acting Lessons to Appear More Relatable.
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In this media-saturated era, the line between politics and performance has virtually vanished, and the public is having a hard time believing Mr. Romneys persona (as in dramatis personae) a potentially fatal flaw for any actor, but especially for a presidential candidate. Why doesnt Mr. Romneys audience believe him?
Perhaps it starts with his laugh, a device he employs at odd moments and in a most peculiar way. (The public thinks that crying is the acid test of the actor, but in fact laughing is much harder and Mr. Romney hasnt mastered it.)
Listen to his laugh. It resembles the flat Ha! Ha! Ha! that appears in comic-strip dialogue balloons. But worse far worse it is mirthless. Mr. Romney expects us to be amused, although he himself is not amused. Freeze the frame, cover the bottom of his face with your hand, and study his eyes. Theres no pleasure there, no amusement. Genuine laughter is triggered only by, and is completely dependent on, shared perception. Thats why we say we get a joke.
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James Lipton: How to Act Human: Advice for Mitt Romney From Inside the Actors Studio (Original Post)
cali
May 2012
OP
I noticed that some time ago too - Romney smiles only with his mouth
aint_no_life_nowhere
May 2012
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phantom power
(25,966 posts)1. Here's what Romney needs:
JI7
(89,283 posts)3. i just saw this on Odonnell's show and it was great
i never watch his own show but he was funny .
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)4. I noticed that some time ago too - Romney smiles only with his mouth
His eyes are either cold and dead-looking or sometimes even menacing or hateful. It's strange. Crazy people in the asylum can laugh without looking happy. Romney is almost there.