In the case of drama (stage, movies, television ), there appear to be people in almost every audience … - S. I. Hayakawa

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If thou dost still retain the same ill habits, the same follies, too, still thou art bound to vice, and still a slave.

S. I. Hayakawa

In the case of drama (stage, movies, television ), there appear to be people in almost every audience who never quite fully realize that a play is a set of fictional, symbolic representations. An actor is one who symbolizes other people, real or imagined. [. . . ] Also some years ago it was reported that when Edward G. Robinson, who used to play gangster roles with extraordinary vividness, visited Chicago, local hoodlums would telephone him at his hotel to pay their professional respects.

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