Out Of Towner Hollywood

It took me this long to figure out why people want to come to Los Angeles to pursue their entertainment careers.

Wait, let me backtrack a bit...
There are a TON of people outside of Los Angeles who have made amazing films in their hometown. Ingenuity and passion created something. A TON of talent out there. "So why the fuck are you coming to Hollywood?!" I harangue openly. The bizarre thing...they've already made great films anywhere else. As you've read in my previous blogs (if you have), I repeatedly say how you can make movies anywhere, don't come to Hollywood. They look at me puzzled. I can't read their thoughts but I bet it's like when you tell a child you can't have candy.
Listen, fuckwads, you made something 80% of this town can't do. You made a movie in Po-Dunk, U.S.A. To come here, you are starting back at zero and you'll be repeatedly shat on (literally and figuratively).
Then it dawned on me...
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...the point for them to come to Hollywood...
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...is to conquer this town and prove you're the best.
See, in Po-Dunk, U.S.A. everyone IS supportive of them. Friends and family are excited that they went out and made something, but like a hot girl who gets complimented hourly, it gets old and you start hearing the same thing. To many movie-makers saying that you made it in Hollywood is something to brag about. Means you share the same Earth air as celebrities and you made a big slash in a big pond. Versus, massive shark in a puddle of water.
That's why. Wow, it never dawned on me why the industry never fully interested me. Because my hometown could care less.