[DOC] [TLE] Glossary of Technical Theatre Terms - Chewing the Scenery [PAR] Chew (up the) scenery means 'to act melodramatically; overact'. Usually, it's in 
the context of a play or movie, but it can refer to an aunt of yours who is a 
frustrated actress. ... He is wonderful. It is the ... light: "Lads, did ye hear him 
chewin' the scenery, giving' himself away like a play-actor? 'I'm not what ye think I 
am', says he. [DOC] [TLE] Top 50 scenery chewing acting moments | 2 | Den of Geek [PAR] Sep 6, 2013 ... Absolutely not - and here are 50 top scenery-chewing acting ... He's dropped 
some incredible scenery chewing turns, from ... You could also include his crazy 
costume in Zardoz on its own merits here, as it over-acts all by itself. .... up in a 
leather cat suit and said the words, "I am Catwoman, hear me roar..."... [DOC] [TLE] Top 50 scenery chewing acting moments | Den of Geek [PAR] Sep 6, 2013 ... Absolutely not - and here are 50 top scenery-chewing acting moments to prove it.
.. ... Whether it's the most over-the-top acting, a performance of genuine .... If he's 
not doing an almost comedy southern accent, he's spitting out... [DOC] [TLE] Chewing the Scenery - TV Tropes [PAR] Actors who really go "all out" are said to chew the scenery . ... It's well worth 
noting that this trope is one of the biggest causes of memes. While this ... Hammy 
Herald  Ham-to-Ham Combat: Who can out-overact the other? .... Light in Death 
Note whenever he's Kira-ing, and Mikami at times, mostly when he's "deleting" 
people. [DOC] [TLE] 12 Best Over-The-Top Performances From Great Actors - Screen Rant [PAR] Jan 17, 2016 ... It's been said that there's no such thing as overacting. ... because there are actors 
who've taken the concept of chewing the scenery and made an ... He's given 
himself the title of Lord, has death in his name and may have... [DOC] [TLE] How would you define an overactor and what actor/char do you like ... [PAR] When someone says that an actor is overacting or chewing up scenery, that 
doesn't ... i know it's a meme to say he overacts, but maybe he's just bad at acting. [DOC] [TLE] "Scenery chewing" [Archive] - RPGnet Forums [PAR] I don't think it's meant to say that an actor is so good that he makes other ... He's 
the most interesting character onscreen, even in scenes about someone else. ... 
Actors who're scenery chewing are overacting so badly that they... [DOC] [TLE] Worst Over-Acting, Scene-Chewing Moments in Film; What Are They ... [PAR] I wouldn't say he overacts so much as he's made a career out of being Mr. ... It's a 
wonder any scenery is left to see on screen after her "You're a drunk! A drunk!! [DOC] [TLE] How do I tell that someones acting is 'wooden?' - Straight Dope ... [PAR] I hear people sometimes say, oh,his or hers acting is lousy and ..... Nicholson 
also chews up scenery, it's just he's good enough that you forget he's chewing it 
up. ... He doesn't want anyone to upstage him, so he overacts and... [DOC] [TLE] Question for the theater/film buffs - Datalounge [PAR] of an actress who said she could steal a scene when she wasn't even on stage. ... 
Chewing scenery is overacting in an over-the-top way. I see R1 .... That's in the 
script, it's not a directorial choice unless the director is incorrectly analyzing the 
script. ... She's merely an apt example of what actors call generous, and those are
... [DOC] [TLE] What is Scenery Chewing? | Terry Malloy's Pigeon Coop [PAR] Jan 15

Question: When an actor overacts, it's said that he's "chewing" this
Answer: the scenery