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: Are We Talent?
Wed, 25 Sept 2002, 11:21 amWalter Plinge
Perhaps we should be thankful for the only mildly derogatory collective moniker 'talent'.
A well established television director with whom I worked would simply announce, "Bring on the meat!"
Just as an aside, I sometimes dream of living back in a time when actors and actresses were thought of as nancy-boys and whores respectively. Methinks it is this newfound reverence for the (successful) performer that encourages those whom one imagines would prefer cleaner work if they could get it. Perhaps a healthy dose of cultural derision would discourage the wannabe 'stars' and help seperate the grain from the chaff.
Parting thought: Do we really want the respect of a culture that makes no qualitive distinction between celebrity and talent? Where a mixture of social ineptitude and dumb luck can make you a television personality? (big-brother) A society so hopelessly sick and utterly lost that we INTERVEIW THE MODELS?
A well established television director with whom I worked would simply announce, "Bring on the meat!"
Just as an aside, I sometimes dream of living back in a time when actors and actresses were thought of as nancy-boys and whores respectively. Methinks it is this newfound reverence for the (successful) performer that encourages those whom one imagines would prefer cleaner work if they could get it. Perhaps a healthy dose of cultural derision would discourage the wannabe 'stars' and help seperate the grain from the chaff.
Parting thought: Do we really want the respect of a culture that makes no qualitive distinction between celebrity and talent? Where a mixture of social ineptitude and dumb luck can make you a television personality? (big-brother) A society so hopelessly sick and utterly lost that we INTERVEIW THE MODELS?
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