Looks like a fundamental attribution error problem. The person's behavior is presumed to be indicative of character/personality/race/etc., situational factors are discounted/ignored. The situation here is the person on screen is under direction and playing a scripted role. But, based on the FAE, observers will tend to see the behaviors of the actors in character as their true character.
For whole movie based on this concept, see GalaxyQuest, about a bunch of Star Trek actors snatched from a trekie-type convention by space aliens because they are the heroes seen on TV broadcasts that will save their world from destruction. Paul On Aug 24, 2013, at 11:18 AM, Mike Palij wrote: I've been a fan of the TV series "Breaking Bad" since its first episode but I was unaware of the degree of negative reaction to Anna Gunn, the actor who plays Skylar White, the wife of the main character of the series Walter White who is played by Bryan Cranston. Apparently, there was dislike of the Skylar character from the beginning which was voiced on the chat boards at AMC and elsewhere as well as on various Facebook pages but has escalated to Ms. Gunn herself, including death threats. Ms. Gunn has written an op-ed piece for the NY Times where she reviews these issues and basically asks "WTF?!" with the haters; see: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/24/opinion/i-have-a-character-issue.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130824&_r=0 I am unaware of any psychological research on how often or to what degree people confuse the character an actor plays with the actor him/herself but I can think of several instances where people have attributed qualities of characters to the actors. Does anyone know of research on this? -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu<mailto:m...@nyu.edu> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: pcbernha...@frostburg.edu<mailto:pcbernha...@frostburg.edu>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263003&n=T&l=tips&o=27301 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-27301-13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-27301-13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=27302 or send a blank email to leave-27302-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
