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Once upon a time, there was a thing called drama.
Actors and actresses (perhaps that's the problem the names) were called into their careers based on their
abilities.
They weren’t given V scores and Trend alerts as if they were part of a
fantasy football league. (Variety
magazine)
Actresses have to take parts. Recently
Ms. Santiago (Miami Vice, Soap Operas, Sopranos, Gang Related allowed herself
to be stabbed on Gotham, to act in N.Y.C.
by the Penguin. In the seventies
actors went from series to T.V. series. It
was only in the nineties that we got into this let’s not use an actress. But studies say differently Gena Davis’s
study said sexism has maintained the same number of women parts since
1946. Umh.
Like writers, acting is not a profession it’s a way of life. We do what we do.
That didn’t use to be the case Barbara Stanwick, Bette Davis, Rita
Moreno, Ursula Andres well they could keep on acting in credited and un-credited
roles. Bette acted in continuity just
like Jessica Tandy.
Viola Davis recently harped on the
role of ethnics and their lack of roles when she got her Emmy.
Kathleen Kennedy said the Star Wars-Force Jedi role has a strong women’s
role and perhaps films should have a
quota system.
But JLaw said it best. See, this article.
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/10/15/448954732/jennifer-lawrence-hits-a-nerve-with-essay-on-hollywoods-gender-pay-gap
As a writer, I wrote strong women roles in all of my screenplays and
plays. Beth in Siolam is a duel
protagonist. Even Saundra Bullard harped
on this when she took over a role for George Clooney.
I took out some more films the other day.
One of them was Sea of Love
1989. It has a 6.8 score.
Twenty-six years ago when I was considered old by Hollywood writer
standards. There was a strong dramatic
competition Driving Ms. Daisy, Dead Poets
Society, Born on the Fourth of July, Flight of Dreams and My Left foot.
Jessica Tandy won for Best Actress at age 80.
Denel Washington still works, he won for best supporting actor in Glory
in1989.
Twenty-six years later Denzel may be too old to play Bart, Bart and Beth
are in their twenties. But
I bet he could.
Siolam.
Or any of this.
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