Comment on Does an actor who plays an evil character become evil IRL?
UziBobuzi@kbin.social 1 year ago
I personally don't think this is a thing. Acting is pretending. I used to LARP an evil character but it was all just role-playing. Being able to use one's imagination and walk in another's shoes (evil or not) doesn't change who you are as a person. It just makes you a good actor.
froghorse@lemm.ee 1 year ago
How about a person who isn’t “a good actor”. A normal everyday person. Would the evil stick?
atlasraven31@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Nope. Test it if you want. Read the lines of a villain, idk Darth Vader or Dr Evil, and see if you feel more malevolent.
froghorse@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Well that would be a rather shallow assessment. Degrees of magnitude beneath “entering the skin of an evil person”.
But this is obvious.
You people really don’t like this question. You can barely even think about it.
That’s interesting.
And look at those downvotes!
rufus@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
I don’t think that’s why you’re getting downvoted. You’re simply not listening to the replies and that is why most people are downvoting.
Does owning a Bobby Car as a child prepare you for the daily commute in heavy traffic as an adult? Does watching a scifi movie make you an astronaut? No. It’s all pretend and made believe. These days actors are in front of a big green backdrop anyways and the world exploding from your mischievous acts is completely CGI.
People have the ability to think. Have imagination and they can fantasize. The ability to try and understand whats going on in another person’s mind (evil or not) is what makes us able to have compassion, to socialize with other people.
I’d say if you’re an exceptional good actor and roleplay the evil villain very well… The same abilities that make you succeed in that also allow you to be nice to the barista that serves you your coffee the next day or empathize with the everyday struggles of your 12 y o daughter.
So the more in the skin of an evil person, the more nice a person.