The word pigeonhole has appeared in 15 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on March 18 in “Hollywood Actors Are Leaping Into Video Games” by Just Lunning:
A stream of actors who built their careers in Hollywood are making their digital presence felt in video games, a once stigmatized medium that is increasingly seen as a unique storytelling platform with the ability to reach large audiences.
Some are voice acting, transferring skills they may have honed in animated movies or TV shows, while others are contributing their likenesses through advanced motion-capture technology that can replicate furrowed brows and crinkled cheeks.
… “When you try to pigeonhole or overly define art, it is by nature limited and boring,” said Monaghan, who was a lead actor on 11 seasons of “Shameless” before wielding lightsabers in two popular Star Wars games.
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