According to Paolucci and Richardson (2011), actors prefer the audience to see a consistency between the expected performance and the idealized presentation of themselves. Therefore, there will be less discrepancies. There are many stages and roles that are not always compatible or fits together (the front stage and the back stage). When a front stage audience witness a backstage behavior, there is a possibility for the performer to be discredited. However, this situation varies from the degree of an audience expectation and the actual performance. On Seinfield, the character George Constanza have many mishaps from the intersecting stages. For example, when he assumed he was alone in the gym bathroom and urinated in the gym shower, but was caught by a gym member. When George Constanza ate an edible éclair that was recently placed on a trashcan and his mother’s date questioned him eating the éclair. George was seen as a “bum.” For an unintended audience to witness George Constanza’s behavior, he will be stereotyped as someone to be aware of in downtown and non-hygienic. Indeed, George will feel his legitimacy and image is lost.…show more content… The self as a character is a dramatic effect that arises from the situation or scene that was presented. The characteristic becomes the main concern whether the performer will be discredited or credited. Self as a character is an image, the impression, and the product of the scene. By contrast, the self as a performer possess a unique self of his own. The performer is psychobiological in nature, has the capacity to learn, and understand the quality of ones’ individuality. He also have the ability to stage performances and train for a part that can potentially occur (Applerouth & Edles,
