Are We Talent?
Tue, 24 Sept 2002, 07:28 pmGilly26 posts in thread
Are We Talent?
Tue, 24 Sept 2002, 07:28 pmAs the lovely Jenny McNae pointed out at the judging of the 2002 Youthfest, actors and models have long been called simply 'talent'. Is this acceptable by todays standards? Personally, I do not believe that those of us taking the stage should be refered to as simply as 'the talent', and we do in fact have names. This is similar to pole run a while ago of how actors should be known as, be it their character name right through a 'hey, you'. The question I am putting forward is how should the actors/model/dancers of today be known? Is 'the talent' simply enough?
Ponder for a while...
Alan
Ponder for a while...
Alan
Re: Talons vs Talent
Mon, 30 Sept 2002, 07:52 pmTiger wrote:
>
> i didnt know this was a spelling and grammer competition,
> crgwillms.
Yes, I know you didn't know.....grammar is spelt with an "a".
>And you kind of rebutted ur own argument, u said
> teachers like to be called sir or whatever.
This wasn't me. You appear to be answering many people as if they were all me...what's the opposite of schizophrenic?
> Doctors all have
> names too, but we still call them doctor, maybe they would
> like to be called by their names also. I'll be sure to ask
> next time.
I don't have any problem with the whole "talent" categorization, and I'm not sure what your point is about the names here. Doctors DO get called by both their title and their name. (I asked.) (Hi, Doctor Blackwell!)
As do performers..! I believe this argument got sidetracked right at the very beginning, when Alan and JG spoke about the word "talent" being used INSTEAD of an individual's name. The same as you might say "the doctor" instead of the individual; the term "talent" is used in a broad categorical sense, not as a substitute for a name, but in ADDITION to.
So in a broad general context, the word can be used, and when specifics are required, individual's names get used. What's the problem?
And judging by the way some of us seem to prefer assuming other names (and other genders, Tigress) it would seem that often people actually DON'T want to be recognised by name, which kind of weakens the concept further.
I've been called many names (not all of them complimentary, but most of them pretty accurate)...that's what happens when you're an actor who plays many roles...
>And arent we all jus peices of flesh and
> blood...meat, walking around doing things we're good at?
Some of us are. The rest of us are pieces that walk around doing things we're NOT very good at.
Cheers,
crgwllms, the famous spelling error
I could endure anything before but a cat, and now he's a cat to me!
>
> i didnt know this was a spelling and grammer competition,
> crgwillms.
Yes, I know you didn't know.....grammar is spelt with an "a".
>And you kind of rebutted ur own argument, u said
> teachers like to be called sir or whatever.
This wasn't me. You appear to be answering many people as if they were all me...what's the opposite of schizophrenic?
> Doctors all have
> names too, but we still call them doctor, maybe they would
> like to be called by their names also. I'll be sure to ask
> next time.
I don't have any problem with the whole "talent" categorization, and I'm not sure what your point is about the names here. Doctors DO get called by both their title and their name. (I asked.) (Hi, Doctor Blackwell!)
As do performers..! I believe this argument got sidetracked right at the very beginning, when Alan and JG spoke about the word "talent" being used INSTEAD of an individual's name. The same as you might say "the doctor" instead of the individual; the term "talent" is used in a broad categorical sense, not as a substitute for a name, but in ADDITION to.
So in a broad general context, the word can be used, and when specifics are required, individual's names get used. What's the problem?
And judging by the way some of us seem to prefer assuming other names (and other genders, Tigress) it would seem that often people actually DON'T want to be recognised by name, which kind of weakens the concept further.
I've been called many names (not all of them complimentary, but most of them pretty accurate)...that's what happens when you're an actor who plays many roles...
>And arent we all jus peices of flesh and
> blood...meat, walking around doing things we're good at?
Some of us are. The rest of us are pieces that walk around doing things we're NOT very good at.
Cheers,
crgwllms, the famous spelling error
I could endure anything before but a cat, and now he's a cat to me!
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