{"id":1338,"date":"2015-02-20T15:30:40","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T20:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/?p=1338"},"modified":"2015-02-20T15:30:40","modified_gmt":"2015-02-20T20:30:40","slug":"podcast-of-the-weekend-15-does-acting-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/2015\/02\/20\/podcast-of-the-weekend-15-does-acting-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast of the Weekend 15: Does Acting Matter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<script>fsg_json['fsg_post_1338'] = [\n{id: 1339, image: 'http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2015\/02\/oscar_getty.jpg', extlink: '', thumb: 'https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2015\/02\/oscar_getty-290x290.jpg', permalink: '<div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/2015\/02\/20\/podcast-of-the-weekend-15-does-acting-matter\/oscar_getty\/#0\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div>', layer: '<div class=\"galleria-infolayer\"><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><h1>Oscars<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/2015\/02\/20\/podcast-of-the-weekend-15-does-acting-matter\/oscar_getty\/#0\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><\/div>'}\n];<\/script>\n<div id=\"attachment_1339\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a data-postid=\"fsg_post_1338\" data-imgid=\"1339\" href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2015\/02\/oscar_getty.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1339\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1339\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2015\/02\/oscar_getty.jpg\" alt=\"Image Credit: Christopher Polk, Getty\" width=\"620\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2015\/02\/oscar_getty.jpg 620w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2015\/02\/oscar_getty-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1339\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Christopher Polk, Getty<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Does acting matter? If so, why? These are the questions that film critic and author David Thomson tackles in his newest book\u00a0<em>Why Acting Matters<\/em> (Yale University Press, 2015). In this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnyc.org\/story\/actor-analysis\/\" target=\"_blank\">podcast<\/a>, Brian Lehrer of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnyc.org\/shows\/bl\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Brian Lehrer Show<\/a>\u00a0discusses acting and our fascination with it despite the fact that, as he puts it, &#8220;real life beckons.&#8221; Thomson joins in\u00a0with Lehrer over the phone and the two men discuss this topic appropriately-timed just days before the Oscars.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1338-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/audio.wnyc.org\/bl\/bl021815dpod.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/audio.wnyc.org\/bl\/bl021815dpod.mp3\">http:\/\/www.podtrac.com\/pts\/redirect.mp3\/audio.wnyc.org\/bl\/bl021815dpod.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to hear more of what Thomson has to say on the matter, be sure to\u00a0check out\u00a0his book\u00a0which <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yalebooks.com\/yupbooks\/reviews.asp?isbn=9780300195781\" target=\"_blank\">Sarah Grant from\u00a0<em>Booklist <\/em><\/a>called<em>,\u00a0<\/em>&#8220;Entertaining and thought-provoking . . . This is a book for appreciators of film and theater; for actors, whether aspiring or established; and for anyone who wants to know why acting has fascinated and enlightened us for centuries.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does acting matter? If so, why? These are the questions that film critic and author David Thomson tackles in his newest book\u00a0Why Acting Matters (Yale University Press, 2015). 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