Star Power - Cancelled
Tue, 19 June 2007, 05:13 pmwho cares70 posts in thread
Star Power - Cancelled
Tue, 19 June 2007, 05:13 pmHello 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
Quote: "That being said,
Wed, 20 June 2007, 02:14 pmQuote: "That being said, here's another name: Geoffrey Rush "
I sure hope you're not quoting that name in the form of 'can't act on either stage on screen' or in some similar fashion. Why can't stage and film acting cross each other? And why can't someone be successful at both.
How about David Hyde Pierce (is that spelt correctly) recently in Spamalot and now in Curtains on Broadway, and he came from Frasier (and other things before hand)...and he just won a Tony award. There are actors that work in both mediums across the globe successfully.
As for Geoffrey Rush on stage, I was moved by his performance on stage in Exit The King.
Of course Rory Mac you seem to know the ins and outs of acting very well...what are we going to see you in?
I don't really like posts such as the above.Such irrelevent thoughts that are clearly not thought through. Yes I wouldn't really want to be on a show like Home and Away but it's still an 'opportunity' and a show like Home and Away I'm sure is geared towards an audience that fits the Star Power audience that they were expecting...All Saints the higher end.
The other thing you have to look at in 'Hollywood Movies' (the link to Star Power I can't see as it's such a different scale to any 'prize' offered here) is that people like Johnny Depp or Leonardo DiCaprio get roles because films require 'big names' to sell better. Big Name actors are an advertising technique. They aren't necessarily cast because they are best for the role (which can sometimes sabotage a film), but because they will sell a ticket...that said, we're not talking about Hollywood Movie acting here...Australian films and television shows are on a completely different level, the industry out here is different to overseas.
What a frustrating comment.
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Currently working on:
"Boy Banned" a fusion of live acting, video footage, corny songs, syncronised dancing boys and egos! JULY 2007, ticket information coming soon!!!
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