A recent string of truck commercials makes me chuckle every time. They claim the participants are not actors but “real people.” My imagination gets carried away. I envision my favorite BBC dramas with, instead of “real” actors, perhaps marionettes portraying the characters. Or the incredible dancing in the play “Hamilton” depicted, not with Broadway stars, but with puppets or paper dolls!
If actors are not “real people,” then exactly what are they??