[stordoff]

> because we now have the ability to record performances for future generations

I think this has the potential to be extremely interesting. Until relatively recently, you could see a performance and be influenced by it, and that fusion of ideas could still be seen as new and original. As more and more things are recorded, and become more readily accessible to a much wider audience, I wonder if we'll start to see people unpicking the minutiae of an actor's influences and what effect that will have on how actors are perceived.