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To: okie01

It’s probably safe to say that any actor that was acting since a child, but then went through a period of self-destruction, didn’t do that because they were devastated over not working inhumane hours.


56 posted on 08/12/2011 1:55:22 PM PDT by Jonty30
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To: Jonty30
...didn’t do that because they were devastated over not working inhumane hours.

Interestingly, the "working inhumane hours" trope was once valid -- but is no longer.

Nowadays, child actors on a commercial set cannot be asked to work longer than something like three hours per day. And not more than 45 minutes at a time (check union rules for precise information). The off-hours are scheduled for play, school, meals, snacks whatever. It's a rigid regime.

However, one of the guys I cast (as a senior citizen) had been a child actor from the thirties...and we became close friends. He recounted his experience as a child actor: yeah, it was long hours -- but it wasn't "inhumane" and it wasn't "abusive"; "We all worked long hours in those days".

And he was never exposed to "perversion".

Hollywood is a lot different today...

75 posted on 08/12/2011 3:22:58 PM PDT by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance On Parade)
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