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Review title: Just go get Michael Shurtleff's Book already!
Product review: David Mamet's book is good--David Mamet is a good writer. However, I am in agreement that he calls the Method hogwash mostly to enrage Strasberg and Meisner gurus (of which there are many--and it's like the Jets and the Sharks--there's all this competition as to the "right" way of acting.Mamet's idea of boiling down to the essense of what an actor does (which is not bringing his emotional problems to the audience) is valid and should be taken into consideration--however, he says that in the first chapter and in every subsequent chapter. Borrow it from the library. Go get Michael Shurtleff's Audition book if you want to learn how to act.When reading Mamet's book, take along a 1-lb. bag of salt.
