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Overacting I understand. I have a weakness for both (pls no bully) Jim Carrey and Derek Jacobi. But this was just weird, even for a commercial - which I never see because I don't watch TV.
That's funny you said Derek Jacobi and overacting. There is an episode of Frasier with Derek Jacobi, with him playing an actor who was theater trained but stopped to do a role on a sci-fi show. Frasier saw him as a kid and thought he was amazing. Frasier runs into him at a convention and gets him to agree to do a play in Seattle. He watches him rehearing and he's terrible. Kid Frasier just had terrible taste.
Maybe it is a matter of taste. I have noticed that Hollywood-style underacting doesn't really work for theater productions, at least for me. Speaking of Shylock, the BBC production of Merchant of Venice is in my view vastly superior to the Hollywood one with Al Pacino. It's a celebrated production and the guy doesn't react at all to anything.
I haven't seen the BBC version. For awhile Pacino was playing Shakespeare in the park for like 2 years before he played Shylock in the movie
Ah, so you're one of the few who knows why I have this username.
Most of the BBC Shakespeare complete series are very good, though there are a few awful ones as well, like Troilus and Cressida. Highly recommended if you're into it.