Strasberg expanded and refined The Method over his long career in the theatre, but by his own admission, it is a collection of exercises and procedures that train the actor's 'instrument' to be responsive and expressive, logically analyze a script, and then behave truthfully as their character would, under the circumstances given in the script. The technique they were using, which made them more real, complex and vulnerable than actors ever before, was taught to them at the Actors Studio in New York by the prominent acting teacher of the time: Lee Strasberg. "The Method" is the name originally given by the media in the 1950's to a new 'style' and technique of acting that was practiced by a new generation of film actors, spearheaded by James Dean and Marlon Brando.
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