Timeline for answer to What is the term for a mean character role-played by a nice player? by B. Szonye
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| Apr 17, 2015 at 3:24 | comment | added | DCShannon | +1, "Playing against type" is the answer that sprang to mind as soon as I read the question title. | |
| May 30, 2013 at 21:30 | comment | added | mxyzplk | +1 we use "playing against type" to describe this, it may not be logically correct but... People often play to their personality as their most common type anyway. | |
| Apr 24, 2013 at 9:16 | vote | accept | LitheOhm | ||
| Apr 24, 2013 at 9:16 | comment | added | LitheOhm | It would seem our closest candidate then comes from acting. At least it's closer than the literary round character. | |
| Apr 24, 2013 at 2:42 | comment | added | B. Szonye | @LitheOhm By the way, I cited TV Tropes because they usually tell you the mainstream name for their tropes where they exist (e.g., a stable time loop is elsewhere known as the bootstrap paradox). They note that the trope is very common but don't offer a mainstream name, which I take as evidence of absence. | |
| Apr 24, 2013 at 2:39 | comment | added | LitheOhm | Interesting. Yeah, I like mixing in the concept of typecast but it doesn't seem to quite capture the meaning. I am familiar with the different gender portrayal. More focused on personality. | |
| Apr 24, 2013 at 2:34 | history | answered | B. Szonye | CC BY-SA 3.0 |