Posts by Sofie Bribiesca
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pah. We don' need no steenkeen' manuals, senor - we have ze cellphones!
You talkin' to me?
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And
Notice how Ian managed to use Bold words upthread.
which is
Step 1 Type in * followed by *
Step 2 Type your text, or copy and paste whatever. (That lesson may follow later)
Step 3 Type in * followed by *
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I confess, I tweeted it first ...
So what, now you're showing off? ;-)
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Breaking news
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Thanks for confirming you're all a bunch of cocks,
I forgot this. this is not true. I know people working (and past) at TVNZ that do not think any of what bile Henry comes up with, to be acceptable, or believable or secretly thinkable and I'll add that Mr R Brown works there too and certainly doesn't seem to be secretly thinking that. He is being quite loud about the exact opposite.
To be tarred with the same brush just because you work for TVNZ is really unfair. -
*this term carefully selected for Craig Ranapia, who chastised me earlier for using "twat."
I think that could be acceptable in your circumstance after reading this wiki explanation.
"The trouble with Twitter, the instantness of it – too many twits might make a twat."
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Geez
39A etc scary. -
Ok, others have seen it. Running a bit late as usual. :)
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As a director and producer I have worked closely with actors for the last 22 years.
I think that one of the side-effects of committing to a career as an actor in New Zealand is an overwhelming sense of powerlessness. Despite being at the pointy end of the business - it's the characters the actors portray that audiences identify with and care about - actors have very little control over how they are presented or perceived. They don't get to choose their costumes, their scripts, their directors, their makeup, which takes of their performance are used in a final cut. Their working lives are scheduled to the hour. They are told what to say, what to wear, where to stand.
Actors, by their very nature, are able to retain contact with a childlike ability to play. They crave an audience and approval. Unlike theatre, the screen industry can be quite alienating in this regard.
What I'm observing at the moment is a strong desire from a number of working actors to regain some sort of control. This is fundamentally a matter of self-esteem.
The tactics may have been misguided - these people aren't professional negotiators. Nor do they necessarily have a strong understanding of the ins and outs of the production industry. But they know they're not happy with the way some things are done in NZ, and want to see changes happen.
The only way for any kind of industry-wide agreement to be achieved is through negotiations that involve the actors, their agents (who actually negotiate contracts on actors' behalf, and SPADA - the NZ Producers' organisation. A renegotiation of the Pink Book guidelines was offered to Equity about 18 months ago during the OF stoush. This was ignored.
Edit.I'm a bit late.on further perusal I see others have read this. :)
I think many actors may feel that to commit to an existing mechanism, and to negotiate with SPADA is to deal with Producers on the Producers' home turf. Unfortunately, this is probably the only legal way to get the actors' concerns integrated into industry practice in any sort of meaningful way.Whatever the agenda of MEAA, their tactics are muddying the waters. My own limited dealings with MEAA and Simon Whipp have done nothing to cultivate trust. I find their tactics cynical and destructive. I am dubious as to whether they are communicating openly, honestly and fully with their membership.
There is a big old-fashioned groundswell among actors, of storming the ramparts and sticking it to the bosses, if the last week's worth of Facebook status updates is anything to go by. It's emotive and passionate, if slightly unfocussed. I think it's a shame that this passion may have been hijacked.
And lastly, I'd love to know what the actors' agents think about all this.
And one more time for anyone who missed this excellent observation.
I also noticed by their absence, that with this petition, the Actors who I have known in the industry for many years do not appear and that is quite a well known collection of people. Is this because they do understand the bigger picture that is at play here?
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if they want to match in memory of fallen comrades then that's their absolute bloody right and who the fuck are you to question it?
Just as they have a right,and you have a right, I think JT has a right also.
I also thinkThe right of marching is given by the Mayor to military units as a ceremonial remeberance.
It all seems a little displaced emotion. I'm all for ritual & ceremonies, but this is mainly the function of the church or at least some civic oversight.
To have the Police march to a war memorial, seems missdirected.isn't too harsh to have that sorta response but I ain't a moderator,so it's none of my business, I know.
As you were.