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To: what's up
Loyalty, courage, thriftiness...etc. These are worthy of honor. But pretending to be someone else? We may enjoy watching it, but this character trait is not worthy of honor IMO.

People of great character are usually talented,
don't you think? Too bad talent is so often mistaken for character, tho.

166 posted on 06/30/2005 6:13:09 PM PDT by b9
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To: doodlelady
People of great character are usually talented

Talented in acting? I don't think so.

167 posted on 06/30/2005 7:14:11 PM PDT by what's up
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To: doodlelady
People of great character are usually talented, don't you think?

Nope, complete opposite. With regards to artistic talent, the scale is so heavily weighted towards the absolute flakes that it's not funny. Orson Wells once question if an emotionally healthy man COULD be a great actor. I think Orson was pretty much spot on.

Self-indulgent, inconsistent, neurotic types tend to reach higher rungs on the creative scale than people with character. My guess, and it's purely a guess, is that stable people aren't seeking escape from their tortured lives 24/7 in their imaginations. Artists of all stripes are constantly retreating into their imaginations seeking escape, and that fuels the genius.

179 posted on 07/01/2005 10:11:24 AM PDT by Melas (Lives in state of disbelief)
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