{"title":"Layers of Acting: Degrees and Intermediaries of Television Performance","authors":"L. Barra","doi":"10.1080/02614340.2021.1950435","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This short article focuses on television as a complex field of acting practices and actor management. Frequently relegated to a footnote in many careers, television is actually a crucial element in the life cycle of most Italian actors. Production studies insights also show that several intermediaries are in place, with a constant dynamic interplay among actors, production companies, and broadcasters. Moreover, television acting appears to be a stratified, multifaceted concept embracing many roles, different genres, and various degrees of involvement, all constituting an appreciable portion of many TV series and shows.","PeriodicalId":42720,"journal":{"name":"Italianist","volume":"41 1","pages":"271 - 274"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3000,"publicationDate":"2021-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Italianist","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02614340.2021.1950435","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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ABSTRACT This short article focuses on television as a complex field of acting practices and actor management. Frequently relegated to a footnote in many careers, television is actually a crucial element in the life cycle of most Italian actors. Production studies insights also show that several intermediaries are in place, with a constant dynamic interplay among actors, production companies, and broadcasters. Moreover, television acting appears to be a stratified, multifaceted concept embracing many roles, different genres, and various degrees of involvement, all constituting an appreciable portion of many TV series and shows.