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Are We Talent?

Tue, 24 Sept 2002, 07:28 pm
Gilly26 posts in thread
As 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

Re: meat market

Thu, 26 Sept 2002, 11:06 pm
Heath Miller wrote:
>
> A well established television director with whom I worked
> would simply announce, "Bring on the meat!"



While I don't find it a particularly friendly term, I thought it was a hilarious image when I first heard models and actors in commercials referred to as "meat puppets".


Cruel? Perhaps. But funny because it's true.


Cheers,
Craig

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