Justin Owen Rawlins
Assistant Professor of Media Studies and Film Studies at the University of Tulsa and author of Imagining the Method: Reception, Identity, and American Screen Performance (University of Texas Press, 2024), specializing in reception history and screen performance.
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Jan 26, 2026 • 57min
Justin Owen Rawlins, "Imagining the Method: Reception, Identity, and American Screen Performance" (U Texas Press, 2024)
Justin Owen Rawlins, Assistant Professor of Media and Film Studies who studies reception history, discusses how popular ideas of “methodness” shaped who could be seen as a true actor. He traces the invention and policing of the Method, probes its racial and gendered effects, contrasts figures like Brando, Dean, Wayne, and Garfield, and previews questions about AI and digital performers.
