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re: That should be "decorates his loft" nm

Posted by: MikeR 01:43 pm EDT 08/17/14
In reply to: re: That should be "decorates his loft" nm - FrankF 10:40 am EDT 08/17/14

It's disheartening (but not really that surprising, when you think about it) how many theater people come from families with money. I don't begrudge them their good fortune, but it speaks to how hard it is to make it in this business without boatloads of cash. It must be very nice to spend those early years of struggling to find work with a big cushion of family money to fall back on.


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re: That should be "decorates his loft" nm

Posted by: Singapore/Fling 03:32 pm EDT 08/17/14
In reply to: re: That should be "decorates his loft" nm - MikeR 01:43 pm EDT 08/17/14

In many respects, it's even worse: when starting out, the main pathway to getting experience/a career is to take unpaid or minimally paid fellowships, residencies, etc. Surviving in this business is a difficult challenge.


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re: That should be "decorates his loft" nm

Posted by: whereismikeyfl 10:07 pm EDT 08/17/14
In reply to: re: That should be "decorates his loft" nm - Singapore/Fling 03:32 pm EDT 08/17/14

One of the reasons the internship issue raises such passions now is that many of us have seen great theater artists who needed to support themselves leave the profession.

Because careers are so often build on doing unpaid (or minimally paid) work, our theater weeds out many of those who cannot do such work.

And we wonder why so little theater appeals to a broad middle and working class audience? Perhaps because those making it largely come from the upper class.


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