immersion

In “The Bear’s” White, Cooper saw an actor who’d capture Springsteen’s dualities — swagger and fragility, quiet intensity and vulnerability — and who was committed to total immersion.

Straight’s African American ex-husband and three daughters; her Latino, Filipino, white, Native and mixed-race neighbors; and her immersion in overlooked California bring new meaning to the advice “write what you know.”

I needed a full-body immersion, a sort of organic exposure therapy.

The intimate space might seem perfect for a full immersion in screen-acting realism, but film and TV permit the director to shape the final cut in the editing room.

Specifically, they tend to emphasize the importance of a wife’s submissiveness to her husband, immersion in conservative Christian values, and support for causes such as anti-abortion advocacy.