The “Method Acting” Farce

Recently I have been reading lots of articles on Jared Leto and his so-called “Method Acting” he did while being the Joker. While some praise method acting as great way to understand and realistically portray a character, the fact is that it is misunderstood and today, it is used incorrectly. Or worse, in Jared Leto’s case, it is an excuse for deplorable behavior.

Method Acting was originally called “The Stanislavski Method”, or “The Method”, when it first was introduced into the mainstream i...