Theatre major and 2008 graduate here. Your observations and points were correct. I don't get it either. One of my classes back in college was called "Movement of Theatre,", where we learned to use our bodies. Our assignments a lotta times were to pick a piece/monologue (when it was just us by ourselves) or an excerpt of a scene (if we were paired up with somebody) and act out everything completely without using the actual dialogue. We had convey the nature of the scene and the emotions through our movements only.
So, I didn't understand why his acting for the theatre was a problem. I get it for a TV drama or movie, one should scale it back. Sometimes, less is more for the small screen. But for theatre, your voice and movements need to be big so that even the people on the back row and understand/hear you and see you. I was a little confused on that part too. I'm hoping we'll get a little light shined on the situation to better understand it. I agree with Keito that MC would be perfect reading for the Deaf once he learns JSL.
I think the author just wanted a dash of drama in this story that’s how i perceived it as
Ok this is unhinged and off topic BUTTTT I kinda wanna know what exactly was the problem that MC had with his acting. At first I got the impression that he had too exaggerated comedy style acting from being a child actor (and in theater, where exaggeration is more necessary for the stage). Like a Disney kid doing corny over the top Disney sitcom acting for a more adult drama role. Doesn’t fit for serious roles, but is great for child audiences that can’t grasp subtle concepts to read the actors expressions in child-aimed content.
But then, another flashback with his theater instructor, the problem is that he stands out and they want his costars to shine too so he was shafted to the background as comic relief… HUH? Isn’t this THEATER? Isn’t that good main character material for when you’re on a stage and the audience waaay back needs to read your movements? NANI???! Maybe the instructor should help his costars to do better then instead of shaft him for their sake because they can’t stand out ON STAGE????????
THEN the instructor thanks deaf guy because MC learned he wants to do better so that even audiences who can’t hear can tell what he’s saying. Good inspo… but wasn’t he ALREADY acting in that direction? He’s just trying to perfect it now, not redo his whole acting style. So does that mean there was nothing wrong with his acting (for theater, not for the cinema peeps) in the first place? He just needed to perfect it? Why is the instructor thanking deaf guy like his acting was tomato tomato atrocious from the start or sumn, when it’s clear he has good foundation from when deaf guy, who COULDN’T HEAR, was impressed with his performance in the first chapter?
I got it that for cinema, he needs to learn to be subtle and not so exaggerated, but for his theater career what is theee problem? It’s distracting me when I’m trying to read cute guys help — （/TДT)/