- In whitewall_at_yahoogroups.com, "Stewart Stansfield"
<stu_stansfield_at_h...> wrote:
> Jane:
> > Or do we need to come up with a new part for Orlando?
> > John wanted an alternative candidate for the
> > leadership contest just after the Bat-Blat, maybe
> > that's his role?
>
> That's a novel approach (well I've done it before, but it's just
how
> it feels now!). Rather than wrestling with grammatical abilities
for
> character descriptions, what about a single snapshot of a fairly
> unique actor in a performance--a basis for description based on
> looks, voice, gravitas, key role, pig-ugliness, vapid beauty or
> whatever? e.g. Harry H. Corbett and Wilfrid Brambell (for the
Brits).
>
Only fly in the ointment is the "Who?" phenomena. Not everyone is
good with actor's names. I like to think that I am but "who?" was
definitely my reaction to the name Brian Blessed. I've still only
got a vague notion of who is he. And let's not forget the regional
aspect. There's plenty of actors who have only regional name
recognition.
Not a bad idea overall I'd say but it's harder to say "who?" to a
good character description.
Oliver