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Oct. 31st, 2017 07:06 pm1. I'm okay -- regarding latest terrorist attack in NYC -- was in Jamaica, Queens, NY at work all day. No where near the incident. Apparently it was a lower Manhattan Bike Path.
(Unfortunately, I've gotten used to these attacks. Last year, my co-worker narrowly missed the bombing on the Chelsea Piers. Crazy-ass world.)
2. Every once and a while, I get reminded of the insane technological generation gap between Generation X and the Millenials. Or rather between everyone born prior to roughly 1995, and everyone born after 1995. It may be more like 1990.
Twenty question technology meme:
( twenty questions regarding when you encountered various technologies )
2. Watching Dancing with the Stars -- wish there was more dancing, less talking, and interviews.
3. Reading Alec Baldwin's memoir Nevertheless -- which makes me want to re-watch a lot of his performances, and get a hold of his televised performance as Stanley Kowalski in the Broadway Revival of Streetcar Named Desire.
Baldwin is a versatile and quite talented character actor who has played a few lead roles, but mainly character roles. (Harrison Ford is a screen-actor who basically plays himself and a lead, but not much of a character actor. While Baldwin is a theater actor first, and disappears into various supporting character roles. )
The book goes into detail about Baldwin's early life and his experiences and love of acting.
Theater is the actor's platform. If you can't do theater, you can't act.
* Television is the writer's medium, writers pretty much run the show.
* Theater is actor's -- at the end of the day, the actor controls what airs on the stage.
* Film is the director's medium, the director controls what winds up on film.
So, if you are a writer? Do television. If you are director? Film. Actor? Theater.
Baldwin pretty much states this -- and he's done all of them.
He also talks about how nasty the film business is, in particular Hollywood. And how he got screwed over by big studios. The story about how he lost the Jack Ryan franchise to Ford is rather nasty.
And how he got past his cocaine addiction -- which was through AA.
It's a compelling read, particularly if you are at all interested in acting, the film and theater industry.
(Unfortunately, I've gotten used to these attacks. Last year, my co-worker narrowly missed the bombing on the Chelsea Piers. Crazy-ass world.)
2. Every once and a while, I get reminded of the insane technological generation gap between Generation X and the Millenials. Or rather between everyone born prior to roughly 1995, and everyone born after 1995. It may be more like 1990.
Twenty question technology meme:
( twenty questions regarding when you encountered various technologies )
2. Watching Dancing with the Stars -- wish there was more dancing, less talking, and interviews.
3. Reading Alec Baldwin's memoir Nevertheless -- which makes me want to re-watch a lot of his performances, and get a hold of his televised performance as Stanley Kowalski in the Broadway Revival of Streetcar Named Desire.
Baldwin is a versatile and quite talented character actor who has played a few lead roles, but mainly character roles. (Harrison Ford is a screen-actor who basically plays himself and a lead, but not much of a character actor. While Baldwin is a theater actor first, and disappears into various supporting character roles. )
The book goes into detail about Baldwin's early life and his experiences and love of acting.
Theater is the actor's platform. If you can't do theater, you can't act.
* Television is the writer's medium, writers pretty much run the show.
* Theater is actor's -- at the end of the day, the actor controls what airs on the stage.
* Film is the director's medium, the director controls what winds up on film.
So, if you are a writer? Do television. If you are director? Film. Actor? Theater.
Baldwin pretty much states this -- and he's done all of them.
He also talks about how nasty the film business is, in particular Hollywood. And how he got screwed over by big studios. The story about how he lost the Jack Ryan franchise to Ford is rather nasty.
And how he got past his cocaine addiction -- which was through AA.
It's a compelling read, particularly if you are at all interested in acting, the film and theater industry.