THE GRADUATE

If I were the actor for Ben in the Graduate, it would be helpful and essential that I went through a similar situation like ben. In some way shape or form. Especially when he is feeling lost and scared for his future this is very relatable to anyone in a mid-life crisis, as for ben it’s a “just graduated what do I do now?” crisis. If anything I think it would be important to focus on mood wise, be depressed. And base on Ben’s personality through out this screenplay he get’s pushed around a lot and seems to have very little confidence in himself now compared to his college life where he was active in some many activities and hobbies. With that in mind it would be good to act like I’m in a haze all the time as if I’m remembering the past the good old’ days. In the righting I also felt like he was very awkward most of the time and people were spitting words out for him.

Especially around Mrs. Robinson, I think that would be important to show how uncomfortable he is around Mrs. Robinson. But over time we see him give up even more on life. When Ben tried to have a conversation with Mrs. Robinson, I just imagined his eyes lighting up with excitement to try and know something more about her. But we see that Mrs. Robinson doesn’t want anything more than just to have sex with him. And from there we see he losses interest in her…

When Ben is with Elaine at first I want to appear as if I have no feeling for Elaine, and tried to make her dislike me as much as possible because of where I bring her and what I do. But when I realize that I really hurt Elaine, I want to show that I was all an act, because I really do care about her and I like her, but I did it for her own good. As Ben talks with Elaine more I want to express my appreciation for Elaine, because Elaine is the first person coming back home to understand what I’m going through.