I think there is a good analogy to be drawn here between singing and acting.
When people who have not studied singing technique watch a good singer they make comments like :- "Doesn't he/she have a natural voice." "It's so effortless." This is simply because they don't 'see' the technique. An audience with greater awareness of whats involved, (eg singers watching singers) know that the 'effortless' sound is only possible through bl**dy hard work on good technique.
Equally most on the list will not have studied acting technique rigorously, by necessity it plays second fiddle to vocal study. I think this results in the same comments from singers with respect to acting, because we are unable to 'see' the technique being employed by accomplished actors.
I'm certainly aware of this when seeing straight plays with my wife who, has studied acting at a high level. She will 'see' what the actor is doing and I will have a more intuitive feel for whether I enjoyed the performance which I try and interpret as to whether the actor was competent, our views often differ radically.
Kevin.
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