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A Democratic Audition |
| Section: LIFE / HUMOR |
| Author: Herb Greer |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/1988 |
| Size: 2,005 Words, 11,096 Characters |
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That's it. Finished, done, I've had it. My resolution this year is: no more bloody show business. No films especially. I mean, it could have been--I mean, at the time it seemed like--well, it might have been an opening, a new avenue ahead, a sort of revolution. There was this advertisement in the Times that said American extras were wanted for Hellwoman, and I made inquiries. Then I went along to see, because I had this hunch that the audition was going to be different. In the first place, Jane and Vanessa were in the film. And when I walked into the auditorium at the American School in London, the director's assistant, Terry, was up there on the platform. He was saying that this was going to be done in the most democratic way possible. That was it! A democratic audition! So there would be...
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..., they had let the unions down. If they wanted to suck up to the bosses, let them take the consequences. Our day would come.
The aisle was full of people. It was impossible to rush out. I found myself shuffling up the steps behind Marcia and Bob. "Where's Christopher?" Marcia was saying. "Don't you think we ought to wait?" "Let him walk," snarled Bob. I knew exactly how he felt. vbcrlf
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