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Nice to know that we're not the only ones...

Wed, 7 Oct 2009, 10:13 pm
Na12 posts in thread
Seems someone else is now getting a barrage of comments from wannabe starlets: http://www.thedramateacher.com/mary-poppins-to-come-to-australia/ (Hint: read the comments) It's sad that youngsters out there are so used to the internet now ('now'... man, I'm getting old...) that they can't spot the difference between a posted announcement/media release and an advert/casting call. Nor do they seem aware of the likehood of anyone actually caring whether or not they post on some random website; or think "hey, look 50 people who want to audition. I should get their info and have them come in!" ... Sigh... it looks like our work is never done.

I can rein in them alright,

Thu, 8 Oct 2009, 12:37 pm
I can rein them in alright, but only up to a point. As you would suspect, they have their own characters, and not all respond the same way. I've got this one "Rudolph" character who plain wants to do his own thing at any opportunity. His nose is red, too. But not shiny red. Just redder than the others. I'm a paranoid kind of bloke by nature so to allay this primary driver or flaw in my character I substituted-in the word, "hilarity". Had I come across Na's link on my own I would have thought it was one person under a list of names having a laugh. Three Aussies and a G.B. man. Nice. Hugh Jackman - for my - is still an open question. How'd he get in there? Kylie, I get: "Street Fighter", wasn't it? Only thing I like is sun-ripened mushrooms and tomatoes. Actors can ripen all they like, so long as I get my money's worth in the cinema or theatre or with a bought/hired DVD. However, it's unlikely there's one there, only because a future great actor - I would suggest - needs a high degree of intelligence, even in their formative years to point at. I'm sorry. I will, next time. I apologise for any distraction caused. You're not the sort of bloke who appears - to me - to be easily distracted, by the way, Jeffrey. Cheers, Daniel.

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