Hope y’all had a great Christmas. A safe and happy one.
It’s really the strong push of Hollywood to get their movies
into award season. All these people kissing, hugging, happy to just be
nominated. Crock of shit.
First, women gripe because they’re not paid enough. Here’s
where it gets fuzzy. This year, there are massive movies about women for women
by women. Don’t let that smoke screen fool you, because it’s about throwing a
dog a bone. Yes, I was blogging earlier about women need to stop complaining
about not getting enough roles and so forth. What I really meant was, women
have to stop griping about the money if they get the juicy roles. See the bait
and switch. Sure, we’ll give you more roles, if you take less money. Oh, you
want more money? Be a girlfriend of the action hero then.
That’s one. The second thing is…whatever small town you come
from, consider that there were other people who came from small towns. And
they’ve been here for say…ten years. They’ve toiled and danced with trying to
break into the movie industry. Now you decision to come out to this town to
make it…well, you may just crack it right out of the gate. What are the odds of
that? Since you’ll be filtered by that guy who has been spending years toiling.
What if it isn’t that one guy? Thousands who you have to get through gone
through the same thing. It is not in their best interest to promote you in any
way. In fact, it’s a risk if anything. High pressure moments in that world
require only one bad decision to get knocked back into the mailroom. The guy
who schedules us…is a glorified secretary. You can literally pull a random
college student out of school and
plop him into this guy’s job. Because essentially that’s what they did. Guy was
in client services, which means he was a waitress. He’s a schmoozer. He spends
more time on the phone then actually physically working. A real worker bee sees
this. And he takes screen credit before anyone who actually worked on a movie.
That’s ballsy. Does he care? No. He wants to feel important, as he’s derailed
his dreams (in his 50’s now) and unable to grow. This is the guy you have to
filter through. So the longer you’re here, the more you see more despicable
jerks like the one mentioned above. They’re something no one ever mentions
because we thrive on the perception of dreams…they are the first line of
defense between your initial survival in Hollywood.
Fortunate for me, I sidestepped that, since I don’t answer
to him. Though he tries vainly in a passive aggressive way to maintain his
authority (which is laughable). I secretly help those who keep working on film.
Because it means something. Because, it seems, the people who shoot on film
have dreams that CAN be realized. Being a small part in someone else’s climb to
fame while you’re doing your own thing is the goal…I would think. I think many
become so derailed with so many disappointments, they aren’t willing to be so
supportive. I find that to be the saddest person in town. Because they are the
ones who rely on the perception of their position rather than the reality of
their goals. You don’t move this way. You just keep spinning your wheels. So,
if you ever get in a position where you can be helpful, forget the toiling
anger that got you to just midlevel. It’s okay to shoulder someone to the next
level. Even if it means they ignore you while they’re in the limelight. You
didn’t do this for them, you did it for you.
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