Acting's version of Hollywood Tone Deaf. In Hollywood, bad acting can only come in two flavors: Large Ham; and this trope, which involves acting that's extremely stilted, extremely wooden, or extremely monotone. It may result in something like this (read aloud in your most stilted/monotone voice): Bonus points if the character's eyes shimmy back and forth as they read the out-of-shot cuecards. Stylistic Suck is the Super-Trope of this. Contrast The Power of Acting. Examples of Bad Bad Acting include: