It's a common trope I've heard from Polish fans in particular, because his Death is so much more subtle than certain people's bounce-rar-tackle ways ;)
Honestly, people who say that have got no conception of acting. Of course he's different from e.g. Máté, and everyone's free to not like the way he interprets the character. But acting's about more than shouting, roaring, grabbing and bouncing. I do like Máté, but personally I've always been even more impressed by how much Szilveszter can express in subtle ways. How much emotion he can put to a single expression or movement.
There was a similar occasion in our Finnish forums... One girl had seen Szilveszter as Death and complained that he was - hmm, I don't know if there's a good equivalent of the word in English, but something like lame and not intense. I was completely unable to comprehend how anyone could say that (and after having seen Szilveszter live myself I was even less able to comprehend that, because seriously, I could scarcely look at anyone else when he was on stage). But of course, this girl's idea of Death was Vienna-Máté and she just couldn't appreciate a different interpretation and see the intensity that hides behind that cool, majestic exterior.
I also once ran into a person who claimed based on his Tybalt that he can't act, but this is why I don't frequent R&J message boards. They're too full of people who have no idea at all of theatre and acting.
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Date: 2008-08-02 02:42 pm (UTC)Honestly, people who say that have got no conception of acting. Of course he's different from e.g. Máté, and everyone's free to not like the way he interprets the character. But acting's about more than shouting, roaring, grabbing and bouncing. I do like Máté, but personally I've always been even more impressed by how much Szilveszter can express in subtle ways. How much emotion he can put to a single expression or movement.
There was a similar occasion in our Finnish forums... One girl had seen Szilveszter as Death and complained that he was - hmm, I don't know if there's a good equivalent of the word in English, but something like lame and not intense. I was completely unable to comprehend how anyone could say that (and after having seen Szilveszter live myself I was even less able to comprehend that, because seriously, I could scarcely look at anyone else when he was on stage). But of course, this girl's idea of Death was Vienna-Máté and she just couldn't appreciate a different interpretation and see the intensity that hides behind that cool, majestic exterior.
I also once ran into a person who claimed based on his Tybalt that he can't act, but this is why I don't frequent R&J message boards. They're too full of people who have no idea at all of theatre and acting.