The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency

I have to admit I kinda like Janice. She calls them as she sees them. At least she has good intentions for the models. She may be a wack job, but a semi-benign one. I will venture a guess that she is her own worst enemy though, (ya think?) And her business partner seems seriously sleazy. Don’t you just know he is shtupping as many models as possible?

Grease: You’re The One That I Want!

I have a certain fondness for this movie/musical but it also pisses me off. Still, I’m having fun with the premise. Whoever is chosen as Sandy and Danny will actually star in the new production of Grease on Broadway. I enjoy being part of the casting process. Or so I tell myself anyway. Some very cheesy writing though, especially the “you’re the one that I want” stuff. Ugh.

American Idol (Tryouts)

I never watch American Idol but for some reason stumbled on the Seattle tryouts. While I felt a certain degree of sympathy that the judges Simon, Paula, and Randy had to listen to some really bad performers, I HATED the way they handled it. They publicly humiliated people, including some folks who seemed unbalanced, pitiful, and or semi-retarded. And then the producers/editors/show runners replayed those segments over and over. Shame on them, (and the network for allowing it.) For once I agree with her.

Wow, maybe I’ll get past my Reality TV fixation sooner than I thought!

Lisa B. sitting in a huge auditorium, surrounded by a bunch of jaded, know-it-all college freshmen her peers.

In my very first film class on my very first day, the professor said, “if you ever want to watch a movie for pure enjoyment again, LEAVE NOW.”

We laughed but boy was he was right. I analyze films to death….. how did the assistant director deal with those humongous crowds of extras? Who did the cheesy special effects? What was the aging former 70’s hearthrob the hairdresser THINKING with that toupe? I wonder if UNNAMED MOVIE STAR is still as big a yutz as he was when I worked with him? Was there actually a script in the making of that movie? How much time did it actually take to light “I didn’t know they were shooting me THERE” Sharon Stone’s privates in Basic Instinct?

Did you know the knife never once touched Janet Leigh in the shower scene in Psycho? if you watch it frame by frame, (which we did, numerous times,) you will see that Anthony Perkins aka Norman Bates never touched her. Hitchcock was such a master of editing it only APPEARED that way. That scene still scares the bejesus out of me all the same.

The Graduate was one of the most creative and original movies ever made. WAY ahead of it’s time. Mike Nichols is a genius. Nuff said.

Shooting a stupid student film vampire movie with a 5 to 1 film ratio was probably not the world’s best idea. Unless of course you had an unlimited budget or extremely wealthy parents.

The majority of my professors desperately wanted to be famous. Few achieved that goal.

Most of my graduating class never did no longer work in the business.

There was, (and probably still is,) an unspoken war between the theater and film departments. They were the pretentious English spelling on purpose THEATRE actors who studied Shakespeare and Ibsen, who thought we were a bunch of ignorant, sell-out hacks. We secretly laughed, knowing one day payback is a bitch they would come begging us for jobs when their Off-Broadway paychecks wouldn’t keep them in franks and beans in the style in which they wished to become accustomed.

EVERYBODY wants to be in show business.

Cut to: Lisa B on a film set, (modern day):

And when a film gets it right, despite all the behind the scenes bullshit turmoil, it’s just MAGIC. I was excited the first day I realized I wanted to be a part of this amazing world, and that has never changed. I work in Showbiz, how cool is that?!

As much as I bitch complain about it, it’s still a GREAT gig.

Fade to Black.