“Just throw it away” – What does that direction really mean?

Just throw it away – when we hear that phrase, we get guilt that we have held on to something too long, and it is time to DISCARD it. Cleaning out a closet is a great way to get rid of things you don’t need anymore.

When you get the direction to ‘throw a take away‘, it means something very different. Throwing a take away is to RELEASE the idea with simplicity or a shrug. I have given that direction to actors, and they tend to disconnect an idea and let go if it rather than release it and allow the words to do the work.

Words don’t capture us – they RELEASE what is inside of us. I don’t play the piano to make music – I play because it releases the music that already exists inside my head and heart, and I am expressing an attitude or a feeling in my music that I already have inside – i.e. contemplation, fear, joy, or playfulness. The same is true with text; text lets go of the thoughts, feelings, and points of view you already carry.

Pick a product name. Any product name and say it out loud.

‘Randy’s Hardware’
Now say it as you shrug your shoulders.
‘Randy’s Hardware.’

By releasing it with a shrug, you are saying how easy it is to find this product, or how simple it is to own one yourself.

NOW say it as though you hate it and never want to see it again and discard it.

That throws it away because you want to get rid of it. See the difference? So many voice actors never make that distinction. They think that they do, but in truth, they denigrate it.

To ‘throw a phrase or word away’ is to RELEASE it with a shrug and NOT DISCARD IT WITH DISGUST. That shrug is always there on everything – EVEN THE SLATE (if there is one).
Words don’t capture – THEY RELEASE

Paul Liberti
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