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
Tue, 1 Oct 2002, 12:44 pmWalter Plinge
"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?" Quothe he, the honourable crgwllms...
I thought this was a most profound paragraph. Kind of what I was thinking, but I just couldn't get it down in a form intelligible to human life forms. Also a brilliant rebuttal to the Tiger's second post.
This is quite an interesting discussion but I must admit I'm going a little cross-eyed reading about it!
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?" Quothe he, the honourable crgwllms...
I thought this was a most profound paragraph. Kind of what I was thinking, but I just couldn't get it down in a form intelligible to human life forms. Also a brilliant rebuttal to the Tiger's second post.
This is quite an interesting discussion but I must admit I'm going a little cross-eyed reading about it!
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