The Realist school of acting :)

He slashed himself with a knife for real on stage. The audience loved it and applauded him. Actor and audience performance? Touche. Before you know someone will go ask him for a signed autograph spilled with his blood and auction it on eBay. Touche Memorial. With the move of a knife he just pioneered a) the realist school of acting b) the fast road to acting fame c) the too sick for sick leave guild d) the no volunteers to replace the lunatic, please! e) a knife-sharp increase in actors' life insurance premiums and f) a critics debate as to whether the play falls under genres 'Live Horror' or 'Noh Harakiri'. He also succeeded in keeping a theater fully booked by staying alive inspiring the next season's blockbuster play titled "We'll let him die this time...satisfaction guaranteed or his throat back". Touche Grand! Granted!!

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