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saw dreamgirls last week. ultimately, i thought it was sort of long and ended WAY too abruptly... this coming from a musical theater lover who was NOT familiar with that show at all. so... eh. underwhelming. that being said, the rose's turn song (whatever it's called YOU KNOW WHICH ONE) was so fantastic it got a standing ovation. so i'm totally on the jennifer hudson oscar bandwagon, even though i think it's pretty stupid that she'll be up for supporting. whatever.
i had worked on dreamgirls for about a week, which was a hell week of ugly 70's formal wear, great eyelashes, and long hours (18.5 was the longest. have you EVER worked for 18.5 hours??). i saw myself several times, and each time got embarassed that i was even LOOKING for myself. but i knew where to look, and there i was. jerad saw me a whole bunch of times too, most notable when the camera did an all-but-closeup of my cleavage. SERIOUSLY. it was a shot from above and suddenly there where really pale boobs in a chartreuse ballgown... yes, ladies and gents, my big screen debut. unless you count 'bobby', which i haven't seen yet, but apparently i'm all over it (if you can recognize me, i was wigged and made up and not me at all-really cool).
the thing is... everyone i went with was REALLY EXCITED to look for me, and that embarrassed the HELL out of me. the more i tried to assure them that it was NOT a big deal (because background work, as everyone who's done it knows, is FAR away from important), the more excited they got.
but then erica realized that, as far as we know, i'm sorta the first one on a big screen from our graduating class. and even though it's the LAMEST work of all time... it's not nothing.
i wish my ego weren't so sensitive, but that did make me feel good :)
i had worked on dreamgirls for about a week, which was a hell week of ugly 70's formal wear, great eyelashes, and long hours (18.5 was the longest. have you EVER worked for 18.5 hours??). i saw myself several times, and each time got embarassed that i was even LOOKING for myself. but i knew where to look, and there i was. jerad saw me a whole bunch of times too, most notable when the camera did an all-but-closeup of my cleavage. SERIOUSLY. it was a shot from above and suddenly there where really pale boobs in a chartreuse ballgown... yes, ladies and gents, my big screen debut. unless you count 'bobby', which i haven't seen yet, but apparently i'm all over it (if you can recognize me, i was wigged and made up and not me at all-really cool).
the thing is... everyone i went with was REALLY EXCITED to look for me, and that embarrassed the HELL out of me. the more i tried to assure them that it was NOT a big deal (because background work, as everyone who's done it knows, is FAR away from important), the more excited they got.
but then erica realized that, as far as we know, i'm sorta the first one on a big screen from our graduating class. and even though it's the LAMEST work of all time... it's not nothing.
i wish my ego weren't so sensitive, but that did make me feel good :)