Refreshing. Think about the sad state of things that one side (in Hollywood) has to hide their empathy for fear of "getting in trouble" by the other side. You shouldn't even have to make that caveat. Appreciate it, Michael. As an acting coach I get my clients to think this way, whenever they play a character they start off judging (not just right-leaning characters, but religious characters, nasty characters, etc.). Sadly, I feel like I'm going to get in trouble for this comment. lol
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David E Harrison
Aug 25
Rated 5 out of 5 stars.
I’m with ya! Thank you for putting this out there.
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Guest
Aug 19
Rated 5 out of 5 stars.
I’m Canadian and feel for us and US! We need to be kind and care even if we’re nasty , I love this and I agree that we as Actors need to explore others feeling for sure but show at some point t the empathy without spoiling the character we are portraying. Thank you
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Guest
Aug 18
Actors use empathy to understand a character/situation under IMAGINARY circumstances... "MAGA" is not (tragically) imaginary... they are willing, knowingly, (and in some cases) GLEEFULLY hurting/killing/torturing there fellow humans. Empathy STOPS when someone intentionally hurts another. In this case, there is no "side" or argument for empathizing with at it's roots pure evil, and at best, extreme willful ignorance. You want to argue Redsox/Yankees fine... but when it comes to 100% of a population (in the case of trumpers) willfully hurting others, and in full awareness knowing better and doing it anyways, I have to whole heartedly disagree... and for those of you saying "i have friends on 'both sides'..." no you don't, you are just willfully sticking your head…
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Kostroff
Aug 18
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I anticipated I might get reactions along these lines. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
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DinaMB
Aug 18
Rated 5 out of 5 stars.
Hi, You're about to find out that this particular video hit me hard.Here goes....What I found extremely sad was how apprehensive you were for suggesting we explore empathy and explore putting ourselves in someone else's shoes. Why is that something that is now frowned upon? It's so frustrating!!A little backstory: For many years, our family worked on the Ulster Project. For those unfamliar, The Ulster Project was/is a peace project with the purpose of promoting unity, tolerance, and understanding between the differing facets in Northern Ireland. 16 teens (half boys, half girls-- half Catholic, half Protestant) come to America to be paired with another teen and their family to spend a month working, playing, socializing alongside those they were taug…
Refreshing. Think about the sad state of things that one side (in Hollywood) has to hide their empathy for fear of "getting in trouble" by the other side. You shouldn't even have to make that caveat. Appreciate it, Michael. As an acting coach I get my clients to think this way, whenever they play a character they start off judging (not just right-leaning characters, but religious characters, nasty characters, etc.). Sadly, I feel like I'm going to get in trouble for this comment. lol
I’m with ya! Thank you for putting this out there.
I’m Canadian and feel for us and US! We need to be kind and care even if we’re nasty , I love this and I agree that we as Actors need to explore others feeling for sure but show at some point t the empathy without spoiling the character we are portraying. Thank you
Actors use empathy to understand a character/situation under IMAGINARY circumstances... "MAGA" is not (tragically) imaginary... they are willing, knowingly, (and in some cases) GLEEFULLY hurting/killing/torturing there fellow humans. Empathy STOPS when someone intentionally hurts another. In this case, there is no "side" or argument for empathizing with at it's roots pure evil, and at best, extreme willful ignorance. You want to argue Redsox/Yankees fine... but when it comes to 100% of a population (in the case of trumpers) willfully hurting others, and in full awareness knowing better and doing it anyways, I have to whole heartedly disagree... and for those of you saying "i have friends on 'both sides'..." no you don't, you are just willfully sticking your head…
Hi, You're about to find out that this particular video hit me hard. Here goes.... What I found extremely sad was how apprehensive you were for suggesting we explore empathy and explore putting ourselves in someone else's shoes. Why is that something that is now frowned upon? It's so frustrating!! A little backstory: For many years, our family worked on the Ulster Project. For those unfamliar, The Ulster Project was/is a peace project with the purpose of promoting unity, tolerance, and understanding between the differing facets in Northern Ireland. 16 teens (half boys, half girls-- half Catholic, half Protestant) come to America to be paired with another teen and their family to spend a month working, playing, socializing alongside those they were taug…