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Massip believes that the reason most of the population does not see a distinction between mime and dance is due to lack of education and exposure. He says that since all actors express themselves through their bodies as well as voices, they are in fact using mime, whether they study it or not. Because all actors use this form of expression, he believes very strongly that speaking actors should study mime as well...
Although most of contemporary society might consider mime old-fashioned, Marceau believes that all art must be informed by the era in which it is made. He is very optimistic about the prospects of modern mime as an evolving art form, and he believes that the essence of art will always remain the same, despite superficial changes over time...
Mangano feels that the major obstacle preventing mime from continuing to flourish as an art form is a popular negative stereotype. “People see street performers and think that is what we do, and it’s not,” she says...
Mangano says people also confuse the art of mime with pantomime, which consists of smaller communicative gestures using only the face and hands. Mangano is in favor of possibly changing the term from “mime” to “gestural theater” or “physical theater” in order to escape popular clichés of what mime is, even though those terms are less accurate descriptions of what these performers do onstage...