ABSTRACT The cable television show Inside the Actors Studio struggles to preserve a mythology of film acting as it negotiates the consumerism of the Hollywood industry. This negotiation happens both through the show's orientation to the talk-show genre and the function and impact of its polarizing host James Lipton.

Keywords:
Inside the Actors Studio, Method acting, film performance, talk show, celebrity
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