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Actors – The Lowest Social Class In Ancient Rome
ancient-romans ^ | April 7, 2020 | styrman

Posted on 06/15/2020 10:09:57 AM PDT by EdnaMode

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Our society would be so much better off if millions of people stopped worshipping actors and other famous people.
1 posted on 06/15/2020 10:09:57 AM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode

The Romans were right


2 posted on 06/15/2020 10:12:43 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: EdnaMode

Ancient Rome had only a handful of movie theaters.;-)


3 posted on 06/15/2020 10:17:04 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: EdnaMode

what about lawyers?


4 posted on 06/15/2020 10:17:07 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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“what about lawyers?”
Even below the “lowest social class”.


5 posted on 06/15/2020 10:19:07 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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Lawyers could only work a few days a month.
6 posted on 06/15/2020 10:21:42 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Leave it to me to be holdin' the matches when the fire truck shows up & there's nobody else to blame)
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To: RoosterRedux

But the Fellini festivals were always a huge draw.


7 posted on 06/15/2020 10:30:54 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: PeterPrinciple

“what about lawyers?”

Lawyers are nothing more than judicial prostitutes. They don’t care about right or wrong. They only care about getting their client free whether the client is guilty or not. And they do it for money, and only money.

Actors are insecure children playing dress up for more money than they’re worth. They play other people because it is easier and less challenging than having to be responsible for being real. So they hide behind their profession not having the capacity or the worth of their notoriety they use as a public soapbox when they have little knowledge of the topic. And way too many are self serving to boot.

rwood


8 posted on 06/15/2020 10:40:44 AM PDT by Redwood71
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Didn’t everyone go to High School with these drama types?

THIS is what most of these guys are, except instead of being in your high school they went to Hollywood High or insert your own elitist high school.

Can you imagine ANYONE asking these people for their opinions on ANYTHING?

Maybe I was the only one who had an active drama program on campus in high school, but if you had one you know exactly what I am talking about.


9 posted on 06/15/2020 10:52:59 AM PDT by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton (Go Egypt on 0bama)
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To: EdnaMode

Nihil novum sub sola.


10 posted on 06/15/2020 10:54:06 AM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel (I miss Don Imus!)
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To: EdnaMode

The ultimate non-essential worker, next to athletes.


11 posted on 06/15/2020 10:54:37 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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At one time the Brits also regarded actors as pretty much bottom feeding scum. You are right though. America worships actors and sports stars far too much.


12 posted on 06/15/2020 11:05:11 AM PDT by Sam Gamgee
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To: ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton

I was in my high school play.

Then I went into the movie business.

People didn’t seem quite as politically deranged in those days. Or maybe I just wasn’t paying attention. Too busy trying to make movies...


13 posted on 06/15/2020 11:05:17 AM PDT by karnage
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To: PIF

In this case, dead on right.


14 posted on 06/15/2020 11:39:44 AM PDT by wally_bert (Transmission tone, Selma.)
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To: ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton

Exactly. I worked on some of the crews on a couple of high school plays and most of the kids in the drama department were weird and obnoxious.


15 posted on 06/15/2020 12:25:04 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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Actors (mummers) were held in low esteem even after the end of the dark ages. About the same social level as gravediggers, pickpockets, rat catchers and cesspit cleaners.


16 posted on 06/15/2020 12:50:22 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Poor kids are just as bright, just as talented, as white kids." - Joe Biden)
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To: PIF

Right-Some things never change


17 posted on 06/15/2020 1:16:04 PM PDT by SMARTY ("Nobility is defined by the demands it makes on us - by obligations, not by rights".)
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To: dfwgator

Non-essential workers in non-essential industries


18 posted on 06/15/2020 1:17:53 PM PDT by SMARTY ("Nobility is defined by the demands it makes on us - by obligations, not by rights".)
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To: EdnaMode

The problem is we have dumbed the populace down to actor level, encouraged sloth and lies, created drama (emo-victims and social media stars) accessible to everyone. Then we let them all vote. I am surprised the country has lasted this long.


19 posted on 06/15/2020 1:21:10 PM PDT by Whatever Works
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Actors today sell their souls to become false idols. Ultimately it doesn’t end well for them.


20 posted on 06/15/2020 1:22:39 PM PDT by Pajamajan ( Pray for our nation. Thank the Lord for everything you haave. Don't wait. Do it today.)
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