The Chirologic Remedy

Overview

The Chironomic Remedy, Sullivan investigates the complex ways in which communication takes place through manipulation of the Acting, as exemplified in the majority of contemporary films and television series, aspires to a state of transparency. The demands of narrative realism—today’s dominant cultural mode—conspire to disguise the artifice of performance. The desire for a credible experience in television is so strong that “reality TV,” a genre of performance that elides its own particular kind of acting, has become the most important recent development.