Three Love Letters Series - On and Off Stage

Author: Huang Zonglu
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Publish Date: 2000-11-01
Features: This small book is hard to categorize: it mostly discusses performers. However, the author believes that the essence of performing arts lies in practice, not in more profound theories. The more you talk, the more abstract, the more likely it is to mislead people! A performer says: "Less talk, more practice!" Acting ultimately relies on appearance—it's all about substance. Relying on boasting and nonsense won't cut it. The author's writings focus on telling stories, "using narration to replace argument," leaving things to the reader's interpretation. Additionally, he values "carrying emotion in writing," where emotion is the carrier—without emotional drive, forcing words onto the page won't produce good writing. "Adding humor to writing" is his style, like seasoning. I hate pretentious moralizing and enjoy being playful, so I often turn tragedies into comedies. These "three Es"—emotion, humor, and narrative—blend into a unique style. Of course, the author isn't like that: he has nothing but acting, how boring! Humans live in groups, as advanced emotional beings—family, friendship, and love are all essential. Only then can life be meaningful, and performances be vivid! Writing, pursuing art, and being a person—when these three align, they form the author as a living, breathing human being.