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Nov 20, 2019 at 16:16	comment	added	Henrique		Upvoted for the "bad actor" analogy.
Nov 20, 2019 at 1:03	comment	added	Džuris		This is appropriate analogy and it shows how vain is "play with feeling" in music. Just like a bad actor has a crappy execution, bad musician does the same.
Nov 19, 2019 at 10:08	comment	added	gidds		I was hoping someone would use that analogy :-) Good actors don't think only about the words they're saying, but also about the meaning behind them: they're trying to convey what the character's thinking and feeling, and that affects how they deliver the lines. Music doesn't usually have the same sort of meaning, of course, but the principle is similar. Different styles/genres/periods expect more or less blatant expression, but a good performance will always be about more than just the notes.
Nov 19, 2019 at 3:41	comment	added	user25111		This is a cool analogy. I think what OP should take from this however is what topo Reinstate Monica's answer details: that the actor's script simply doesn't have enough information as to how to deliver the lines. If the actor's script were detailed enough, the brainless actor could deliver a performance with "feeling". But the scripts aren't detailed enough, so it's the actor's job to interpret its intricacies.
Nov 19, 2019 at 1:29	history	answered	Athanasius	CC BY-SA 4.0