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Star Power - Cancelled

Tue, 19 June 2007, 05:13 pm
who cares70 posts in thread
Hello everyone I am very disappointed to have to inform everyone that Star Power has been cancelled. This is due to the lack of entrants in the competition for this year. We are so very disappointed as we had the support of such amazing groups that would have offered training and workshops and opportunities for the youth of WA. I must say that when I kept receiving emails asking how people could get the auditions without having to do the training, I started to wonder at the youth of WA. I want to stress to everyone now that all entrants will be receiving their entry money back in the next week. ( For those narrow minded and petty people who thought that Star Power was trying to rip people off and went to the amazing lengths of having us investigated, well, the investigation found nothing, and you simply made us realise how many people out there don't understand that there really are people who are prepared to work for no financial reward at all in order to help others. The cancellation of the competition has cost us money.) It seems that the youth of WA are not interested in training and workshops and opportunities . It seems that the youth of WA want to have the rewards without the work. That is a very sad generalisation I know and I am very sorry for the people who did enter. We simply couldn't make it work on those numbers. I thank everyone at the ITA for their support , I thank the people who were helping us, I thank the entrants and I thank the people who saw this competition for what it was and wanted to do all they could to help. I am sorry that we couldn't make it happen. Kerri

Bleak Outlook

Wed, 20 June 2007, 11:12 am

You have a very bleak outlook on the life of an actor.

1) No self-respecting actor would be seen dead on a soapie.

Many current High Profile Actors started off in 'soapies'. It gave them their 'big-break'. Any intelligent actor would realize that any exposure is good exposure.

2) Stage auditions for parts in TV and film. HELLO????????

Again many TV and Film actors start of in theatre (Kevin Spacey is one that comes to mind) plus many keep their connections with theatre (eg Judy Dench). Making the transition from stage to Film/TV happens all the time.

3) 16-25 year olds can't compete in the industry with 26-40 year olds who look younger than them.

Why not? It has nothing to do with looks in this case. When you have two similar looking individuals, of similar stage age, it comes down to who can portray the characters best. Any respectable director will keep in mind that a mentally old person naturally acts older and finds it harder to act younger than another is is young.

Sorry, your points don't hold much strength when there is plenty of evidence to the contrary.

Absit invidia

Jeff Watkins
Perth based Actor/Performer
Fight/Sword Choreographer
Virgin Director

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