They chew gum to cover up the smell of vomit.

MISTER ACT BY GRAHAM DASELER 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE  ISSUE 38

Along came Marlon Brando and the method actors in the nineteen-fifties and showed the world a whole new type of acting, naturalistic and protean. For years, Brando’s name was shorthand for great acting. Nobody was better. Until, suddenly, a whole bunch of actors were.