What is the "Method"?
As he did in his previous book, "Bitches, Bastards and Lover" Kurt Meyer employs Stanislavski’s Method Acting technique of "working off each other" to help couples make better decisions. For years, the author and his wife have presented the dialogue skits that illustrate Verbatim Therapy on television and radio, including six appearances on Feminine Franchise and two presentations on Oprah along with many other radio and television shows. A WFLD TV series "Scenes from a Marriage," airing for more than two years, was based on the dialogues of Verbatim Therapy.
Stanislavski's method revolutionized modern acting. Lee Strasberg, the American acting teacher, director and cofounder (1931) of the Group Theatre and head of New York City's Actors' Studio from 1948, was the American initiator of Stanislavski's Method acting technique. He emphasized psychological motivation and honesty of an actor, suggesting that the most effective performers were those who did not act. "They should try not to act but to be themselves, to respond or react," he said. His many students included Marlon Brando, Dustin Hoffman, Ann Bancroft, Paul Newman and Al Pacino.