I wonder what Illiterate people did at the movies before sound, when you had the read the words. I imagine that is why acting was so over the top and not subtle. Still, Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, among others, were genius at conveying an emotion.
It is fascinating that body language can be so difficult to control and tells everything of what we are feeling. One reason I love being an actor is that it allows me to try on another form of body language for awhile. I get to examine, for a brief moment in time, what it is like to be someone else, not only convincing others, but quite often myself.
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