The Starlet

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I have, for obvious reasons, been avoiding this program. I dislike most reality TV for a number of reasons, and something called this, about girls and acting could only push bad buttons as well.

Flipping channel jsut now I stumbled on it, where the following has transpired:

1. Girls go to an acting class to work on love scenes and how to seduce someone on camera
2. Girls are given a challenge wherein they have to seduce a teddybear (a funny and difficult exercise)
3. Girls then have to do a scene with a guy.
4. Girls then find out that their elimination challenge this week involves a screentest of a lovescene with a another woman. This challenge in announced as more difficult than seducing a teddybear (are you kidding me? i prefer my scene partners sentient) and they are reminded over and over that all sorts of famous successful actressed have had to kiss other women on screen. (really, is Angelina Jolie an example that's going to make uptight straight girls feel better?)

This is all tremendously annoying.

Because romantic and sexy scenes are really hard, period. And honestly, this may be my own pricklyness with the human species but gender has nothing to do with it. It's just difficult, difficult stuff, that's invasive, potentially embarassing etc. No actor likes these things, and no actor likes these things especially when they've been set up especially to cause irritation and stress.

Ugh ugh ugh. *flails about*

[Poll #452404]

Comments

[ladyofthelog.livejournal.com]

I'm going through a period of not defining myself beyond, "If I weren't so monogamous, I would be sexually interested in other intelligent, pretty humans." That said, I don't have a gender I'm not attracted to.

good options

[sevencentpayday.livejournal.com]

...so few people think to include asexual in the mix

[timiathan.livejournal.com]

Hehe, so far there are only 4 actors, and at least 10 people who have performed love scenes. I think I'm missing out on something:)

ok, off topic

[graene.livejournal.com]

but having watched that, WTH was going on with Katie and the teddy bear? Really?

Also, I'm curious as to your opinion re: who got let go and if you'll continue watching (think the first episode is rerunning right now).

[00goddess.livejournal.com]

I didn't check myself as an actor or not an actor- I think of myself as someone who used to be an actor who might like to do so again.

I've never had to perform a love scene, but I've had to workshop them. And I think that ANY scene with a person who can give you feedback, physically or verbally, is better than a scene with an inanimate object that can't.

[orien.livejournal.com]

Try to remind me to talk about this on Sunday if you can make it for drinks. My perspective on this is amusing, in a way, I suppose, but not fit for public consumption.

[frawst.livejournal.com]

Inanimate is right out.
That said, for me performing a love scene with men is about the scene, and doing the work...without me having all the meta stuff cluttering my brain. With women I have to worry about my SO's response, and whther I'm REALLY attracted blah blah blah, so it's not just about the work.

[heron61.livejournal.com]

Homophobia seems to be one of the mainstays of reality TV, especially reality TV competitions. Blech.

[wurmwyd.livejournal.com]

Hi there!

This is something I've always wondered about. I'm not an actor, never been an actor, not sure I could be an actor. I'm curious to try it, but I worry that I have no talent. (and that people would keep mistaking me for Tim Robbins)

It just seems like, whenever you watch one of those sleazy entertainment tabloid shows, they're always asking some actor about his or her "Big Love scene with hot sexy other actor", and so really, how was it!?! wink-wink nudge nudge and all that...". That's the actor's cue to tell the interviewer: "Oh, acting is just a JOB, there was no passion there whatsoever. Sure, it may have looked hot onscreen, but it was really just like any other scene in the movie. It wasn't sexy at all".

Is that even close to true?

I keep waiting for one of these shows to ask the actor that question, and have someone say: "Are you kidding me!?! I got to make out with Nicole fucking Kidman while we were both bare-ass naked, what do you THINK it was like!? I've been taking cold showers since last October!!".

Although, that's just my non-actor impression of it. Chances are, if *I* had to do a love scene with some actress that I'm attracted to, I'd probably be too nervous to even get my lips to wiork properly. Especially since most gorgeous actresses don't want to make out with a slightly paunchy 34 year old librarian. [shrug]

[sesaworuban.livejournal.com]

I see only one flaw in your poll... what happens if you're attracted to both genders.

[cookie-cm.livejournal.com]

I've been told in past relationships that I am quite the actress, which I realize isn't something to be too proud of...well, maybe in a few respects.