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Examples
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Derek Jacobi and Juliet Stevenson have lent their thesping skills to a motion comic version of Macbeth.
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But none of this matters much against Cotillard's galvanic thesping.
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They would be animated, but they would be up on screen thesping with Robert Downey Jr., Will Smith and the newer crop of big-budget super heroes.
The Animated Line Steve Hulett 2009
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In the comfy, tucked-away college town of Williamstown, Mass., where every summer they host a wonderful three-month retreat for actors with some spare time TV hiatuses, failed Broadway endeavors of the previous season and theater lovers who want to see quality thesping for half the price of a Rialto ticket, there is a roar this summer where there is usually a purr.
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That admission out of the way, it's important to note that what distinguishes Idol- reject Jennifer Hudson from her less favored fellow nominees is her impressive bag of pipes; the love being tossed so readily her way seems less the result of her thesping than her belting.
Archive 2007-02-01 2007
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He told us about life on the road touring with Richards Burton and Harris in Camelot, how one day the company would be playing indoors and the next week be thesping in a huge, outdoor amphiteater, and how the actors had to slow down all their line deliveries and make their reactions way bigger because in a huge amphitheater, the audience can't get what you're doing unless you play it very large and broad.
Archive 2007-02-01 Steve Hulett 2007
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He told us about life on the road touring with Richards Burton and Harris in Camelot, how one day the company would be playing indoors and the next week be thesping in a huge, outdoor amphiteater, and how the actors had to slow down all their line deliveries and make their reactions way bigger because in a huge amphitheater, the audience can't get what you're doing unless you play it very large and broad.
The Voice of Basil of Baker Street Steve Hulett 2007
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That admission out of the way, it's important to note that what distinguishes Idol- reject Jennifer Hudson from her less favored fellow nominees is her impressive bag of pipes; the love being tossed so readily her way seems less the result of her thesping than her belting.
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Nick's actual kid brother (Peter Plaugborg, pic's weak thesping link) makes an appearance about 50 minutes in and the narrative changes course to follow him.
Variety.com 2010
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Nick's actual kid brother (Peter Plaugborg, pic's weak thesping link) makes an appearance about 50 minutes in and the narrative changes course to follow him.
Variety.com 2010
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