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What Is Method Acting, Anyway?Brando's technique explained.

Posted Wednesday, July 7, 2004, at 4:41 PM ET

Nearly all remembrances of Marlon Brando have discussed "the Method"—an acting technique he helped pioneer. Yet few pieces have explained what such acting entails. In this March "Culturebox," Lee Siegel examined the state of modern acting and the debt it owes to the Method.

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