The trio's acting abilities

[Scully931]

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> 
> I was finally impressed by Dan in POA.  But the Aunt Marge scene 
was 
> not strong for him.  And you were looking for, "Dunno.  Maybe 
we've 
> broken down."
> 
> Marci

Yes, that Aunt Marge scene had many problems. I mean, the actual 
blowing up was funny enough. But, seriously, the button hitting 
Dudley twice, didn't make me laugh. (I know, I know... there will 
probably be a bunch of people say they thought it was hysterical. To 
each his own. I thought it was cheap humor.) Anyway, my main problem 
with that scene is that the blowing up of Marge took so long that 
the thru line of the scene - Harry's anger - was *completely* lost. 
That is *such* and important scene, not only in terms of POA, but 
the series in general for it's the first time he *really* stands up 
to the Dursleys. 

Yes, Emma seems to have a strange habit of giving a little laugh 
before the majority of her lines. Hard to tell if no one has told 
her not to or if the director has tried to no avail. I ask again - 
does anyone know if these kids have an acting coach on set?! The 
mere fact that they were so impressed with Alfonso asking them to 
write essays about their characters tells me they have never seen an 
acting coach. Or, at least not one worth their weight. I teach 
acting for a living and can tell you having students write about 
their characters is extremely basic acting. Acting 101, if you will. 
On a side note, I can't tell you how many of my students saw those 
comments and asked the age old question how do some people step into 
such great roles and others, who work at this day and night, and are 
really talented never get so much as a commercial. Ah, well... 
that's showbiz. 

Anyway, they have improved greatly. But, they would have been so 
much better to begin with if they had good coaching. At least as 
they get older, they're obviously finding out, by trial and error, 
what does and doesn't work.  

Ok, I promised myself I was *not* going to write another rant about 
the acting. But, I couldn't help myself. That is the last one. Until 
GOF. 

~Deborah