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Someone Stop Claude

Tue, 8 Feb 2005, 07:42 pm
Walter Plinge41 posts in thread
I reckon this has gone far enough. If someone doesn't put a stop to this Claude McNamara then i will notify the authorities. It seems that every time a young girl asks for work, he's there. As a perfect example: there is a post from a young girl 13 wanting a job in acting/modeling. The only person to reply is none other than Claude and he states and i quote "I need someone your age to model a product for me.
If you are interested E-mail me with enquiries and a photo at Claude_McNamara@hotmail.com

I hope to meet you soon and make your drem come tru!

Claude"

Now this coming from the guy who was just looking for young 13-17 year old girls to act in his motion picture with the chance of being noticed by hollywood. Get help Claude and get off this site.

Re: Czech your story

Fri, 11 Feb 2005, 04:05 pm
Guilty teen wrote:
>
> Everyone on this site.
>
> I am very sorry but this has gone on long enough.
> I am a teenage boy from brisbane who was bored one night and
> decided to do this. Claude is a character that I made up for
> a movie I wrote.
> I didn't realize that this site is so important to so many
> people. I am very sorry to those who I have upset by my
> actions.
> This is a hoax I have used to hone my acting and charcter
> skills.
> I am so sorry and have definately learnt my lesson.
> I am so sorry and will never do this again.
> I think that my hoax has back-fired and has now gone too far.
> I hope that my heartfelt apology and regrets are enough to
> compensate for my actions.
> I had no intention for this to go so far.
> Please don't call the authorities on me! I'm only fifteen!
>
> I'm so sorry about the trouble I've caused.


No trouble. People saw through your previous messages, and aren't really buying this one either.

A declamatory apology coming from an anonymous prankster who keeps changing his username doesn't hold a lot of weight. You'll disappear and come back as someone else. However we appreciate that you've decided for now that you've been annoying and promise to stop.

As a 'hoax', it was a pretty poorly-thought-out one. Even if I believe your explanation that you are a 15 year old prankster and therefore ought to be forgiven, the concept of 'Claude being a character' is a pretty flimsy one. How far did you get in your characterisation for your 'movie script' before you decided to use him as a means to contact young women on this site promising them auditions? My guess is not too far at all. How's the movie coming along? Now that you've come up with the idea as your excuse, are you going to go back and actually consider it? Right.

I can't see how anything you've written here can 'hone and improve your acting and character skills'. Roleplaying online is a game of mental and linguistic skill, perhaps useful to a writer...but actually has nothing to do with the physical skills of acting a character. If you're sticking to this explanation, I think you have a poor understanding of acting.


Of course, I may be wrong about you - if so, forgive this cynic for not believing a word of it.


Cheers,
Craig

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Someone Stop ClaudeWalter Plinge8 Feb 2005
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