PLAY IN Often I have been told I should be in movies, not because I am glamorous or anything like that, but because my expressions are at times borderline imperceptible; seeing me from a regular distance, people can’t tell how I feel. So really what they’re recommending is enlargement, the ability to be transmitted to others by close-up. Isn’t there a way to get this accomplished without becoming an actor? Can’t someone wait until right when the light’s good, then hold above me a magnifying glass, like a cruel child intent on burning a bug? My hangup with movies is the messaging that comes with being filmed out of sequence. It makes actors confused — they start thinking that in life they can go ahead and die and then just be fine the next day. Also sometimes you only get a slice of the script if you’re assigned to lesser part; you can be in the thing and not even know what the plot is. Well, I get enough of that in my own life already. Sometimes I’m sore from living embargoed, nobody telling me how I play in, but I know I should just be thankful for the paycheck. I'M LUCKY I say, regular-sized and largely unreadable, TO BE HERE AT ALL. (Natalie Shapero) first published in The Drift
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So beautiful.