Comments | athena25: Never work with actors

athena25

Never work with actors

Mar 23, 2009 17:10

In the empty section of the cafe is a large roll of lino. It has been roller painted matt black to be used in a show. It is glistening and wet. There are trainer marks over it, and then black foot prints over the rest of the cafe, leading up to the actor in front of me who is holding some paint-blackened shoes and an expression of total hiss- ( Read more... )

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I say this as someone who took drama as part of her first degree... burge March 23 2009, 17:53:56 UTC

Bloody thesps.

Re: I say this as someone who took drama as part of her first degree... athena25 March 23 2009, 18:00:23 UTC

They are like small children. But bigger. And with less reason to flail around.

Re: I say this as someone who took drama as part of her first degree... burge March 23 2009, 22:27:12 UTC

And yet they will claim that the flailing around is essential preparation for their role.

(I did drop the drama as soon as I could in favour of playing with cameras.)

bluemoon02 March 23 2009, 19:30:31 UTC

*Blinks* Wow. That's just...

Wow.

soulless2093 March 23 2009, 19:42:45 UTC

i think either you need to invest in:-
a learning stick
or maybe put the chairs round the actors and corral them into a small pen to keep them from doing it again....
or maybe a sheep dog with really big teeth
or a gun and some elephant tranquilizer

it would seem that actors share similar traits with middle management in local government

just remeber if it doesn't show they can still go to meetings...onstage

athena25 March 23 2009, 20:45:48 UTC

The problem is that we are a receiving house, so they are not *my* actors. If they were then they would be busy learning the qualities and values of re-painting and mopping floors with white spirit.

thewhitespider March 24 2009, 00:17:38 UTC

Is there any way you can electrify the wet paint?

knightclubber March 24 2009, 13:07:40 UTC

Annoying though it may be, I have had the phrase 'I nod, as if to suggest that perhaps this is the natural state of shoes that have been walked through wet paint' stuck in my head since I read this post yesterday.

On which basis I can only conclude that irrespective of the idiocy of your co-workers, I love your writing style. Maybe dumb people are actually your muse?

athena25 March 25 2009, 16:39:18 UTC

Thank you, I shall continue in my quest to become a lady of letters.

Dumb people my muse? If that were the case I'd be the next Orwell.