...several things indeed, Jeff;

* Lack of intelligence.
* Lack of nouse.

If they are so daft as to miss such clear information, to the point of hilarity even...than no, there's no great Meryl Streep or Seymour-Hoffman amongst them, I'm not that sad to say.

Just watched those two mentioned above, in the motion picture "Doubt" - based on John Patrick Shanley's play by the same name. The performances: Exceptional. The direction and conclusion: 'Dog's breakfast'.

If I can get a copy of the play, I may just open this up as a forum topic, one day. Yes, I'm that disappointed by his handling. Original text may yet save him in my eyes. Unlikely though, I'm guessing.

Cheers,
Daniel.

Rein your horses in the Danny. Quite clearly the posting has been edited in light of a high number of posts asking for audition details so that comment about DON'T POST HERE was not there initially.

Still, one might say - but IT ISN'T AN AUDITION CALL!! and for those of us whom are older and wiser, yes, we can see that, yet for the younger of our population, the very mention of the word audition can cause fevers, spasms and uncontrollable shaking. Sounds like nasty disease really.

It would seem to me that most (not all) of the comments posted are from Younger people. Chances are that there is a future Anthony Hopkins, Hugh Jackman, Cate Blanchett, or even Kylie Minogue (how'd she get there?) among the list of posters that are still a little green, and under 15! They just need a little ... time in the sun to ripen.

And what's this with changing the subject in mid post? Just stick to the topic!! You're distracting me

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I can rein them in alright, but only up to a point. As you would suspect, they have their own characters, and not all respond the same way. I've got this one "Rudolph" character who plain wants to do his own thing at any opportunity. His nose is red, too. But not shiny red. Just redder than the others.

I'm a paranoid kind of bloke by nature so to allay this primary driver or flaw in my character I substituted-in the word, "hilarity". Had I come across Na's link on my own I would have thought it was one person under a list of names having a laugh.

Three Aussies and a G.B. man. Nice. Hugh Jackman - for my - is still an open question. How'd he get in there? Kylie, I get: "Street Fighter", wasn't it?

Only thing I like is sun-ripened mushrooms and tomatoes. Actors can ripen all they like, so long as I get my money's worth in the cinema or theatre or with a bought/hired DVD.

However, it's unlikely there's one there, only because a future great actor - I would suggest - needs a high degree of intelligence, even in their formative years to point at.

I'm sorry. I will, next time. I apologise for any distraction caused.

You're not the sort of bloke who appears - to me - to be easily distracted, by the way, Jeffrey.

Cheers,
Daniel.

If critical thinking isn't in fact taught in schools anymore than that is just plain wrong. And kinda crazy.

In the face of the continual and seemingly unrestrained march of science into all of our lives, the one thing that should be taught in schools IS critical thinking, I should think.

It's no good for me to get into this, though. It upsets my way of thinking and distracts me from the ordinary working order of my mind.

I don't even know what that means... I kinda do... I don't... I don't know, but I do... Arghhh... Crap! Enough! I'm outta here, for now -

I would say that, no, acting schools wouldn't give advice about agents, etc. Let's face it, most don't and won't; it's not because of lack of expertise or anything. I'm guessing it's because that's not the role of the educator. They're there to teach acting skills, not about agents. And let's face it, any parent who is more interested in finding an agent for their kid than actually teaching them about acting is more likely to be a wannabe star parent (ie. pushing their kids towards it for fame/money, rather than the child actually presenting an interest in acting).

Additionally, it's more than likely that schools don't want to present such information and be overloaded by parents and kids with the constant questions that we're so familiar with. I think it's a good idea to add it to curriculum, but I wonder how many educators would think that a useful way to spend their time.

I agree, the amount of info given out online is ridiculous. In this case, it suggests a serious lack of critical thinking on the parents' behalf as well as the kids.

I made a similar comment the other day: that people are so busy getting free info from the University of Google that nobody even bothers doing their own leg work anymore. They just figure someone, somewhere out there will know and will have written/Youtube'd about it. And let's face it, most kids that are replying to the article (or similar articles out there) are probably more interested in the fame/money part of it than doing any actual acting... or for that matter, realising that doing acting requires actual work in itself.

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Don't do the work, won't get the results.

After a while of seemingly getting no results...
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Hey! (lightbulb goes off) ...I might do some actual work on this. (lightbulb goes off again, same one) I might start by organizing all these files I've copied off "Google University" - have a regular Google encyclopedia at arms-length reach and a kind of directional map of FAQs and ways of doing and trying things. The right way, or the way in which I will have some actual, sophisticated engagement with the industry I'm courting for myself as an aspiring young actress, or as a mum who wants her little darling on the stage for the world to see.

Good start!

Next: Critical thinking classes... (Do they run those anymore at Day college, i.e. TAFE?)

Wait! Who needs classes? Classes come with learning and I hate school. Just show me the damn money, for Pete's sake.

Here we go...what's this I've found...?

A book.

It's title: 'How to get on stage, get famous, and make a shitload of money in the process'.
It's subtitle: All your questions on the entertainment industry answered in a handy and easy-to-follow indexed format.
It's author: T.A. Regulars.
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I think I see a possible money-making opportunity, folks.

Nah... I got out of the used-car industry ages ago. Huckster International Corp. - didn't feel I had the right material to make it in the industry, either.

Never mind, someone out there might give it a go to help these poor individuals.

The above in following-on: A tad roundabout in scope, I know.

Cheers,
Daniel.