Brando’s name was shorthand for great acting.

Nobody was better. Until, suddenly, a whole bunch of actors were.

MISTER ACT BY GRAHAM DASELER 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 38

A few months ago, skimming through the pages of The Atlantic Monthly, I happened upon an article by Terrence Rafferty with a rather provocative title, The Decline of the American Actor. This caught my attention. For a few years now…