Lived in Beijing for 4 months last year. Not EVERY day is bad--indeed, there are many that are beautiful gorgeous clean sun-drenched days! The two major factors are what the winds are doing (if thar' blowin', the air is much better!); and if some big international event is imminent (e.g., Obama's visit last year), the government will restrict (by about half, I was told) motor vehicle use for a day or two prior, and...viola! That one simple step will make the next few days beautiful!
You really imagine the saloons of today are "not quite as salubrious" as those of the 1890s? Before modern health regs? Before electrical refrigeration? Before commercial food and beverage handling, preparation and preservation standards? Granted, it'd be fun to go back in time and visit Old New York---but I'm not sure I'd make a habit of dining out!
Ok--this latest trailer has me scared. Question: what is a quality that the very first SW film had that helped make it the film we all love, and, significantly, was found to be in decreasingly shorter supply as the series moved on (given that ESB still pretty much rocked)? Answer: a jaunty sense of humor, the banter between the principles (notably, between R2 and C3; Han and Chewie; Han and Leia; Han and Luke; hell...Han and everyone). Like everyone else, there is some great anticipation here. I'm definitely hopeful. But I'm definitely scared.
I was an extra in the Riverside Park assassination scene; as a matter of fact, as an actor new to NY, it was my first paid “acting” job. I didn’t get one of those cool weird gang uniforms, as I got hired last minute and was told to come wearing jeans and a t-shirt; I would be part of the gang contingent known as “The Irregulars.” Ha! I remember that listening to that actor (I don’t know his name) do the “Can you DIG IT?” speech was amusing to me. To my ears he sounded like a Shakespearean actor—not some guy from the street. I believe my pay for the evening was to be about thirty bucks, though I never made it all the way through to the end of the shoot. I split about halfway through our food break where everyone was given a “box lunch” (at 3 in the morning!)-- because I was TERRIFIED. Virtually all the other young people around me—to my eyes, at least—looked like the real thing: gang members and not actors. I actually saw a few scuffles when the camera stopped rolling, including a few knives flashing around. As I tried to leave via an exit point, I was blocked by a crew member who told me I couldn’t leave. For a second, I felt trapped. Then he said: “You won’t get paid!” I told him the hell with it and ran past him. As I rode the subway back to my $35/week hotel room in Times Square, I felt cheated. My first acting job, and I didn’t even get to finish it!
Answer: a jaunty sense of humor, the banter between the principles (notably, between R2 and C3; Han and Chewie; Han and Leia; Han and Luke; hell...Han and everyone).
Like everyone else, there is some great anticipation here. I'm definitely hopeful.
But I'm definitely scared.
I believe my pay for the evening was to be about thirty bucks, though I never made it all the way through to the end of the shoot. I split about halfway through our food break where everyone was given a “box lunch” (at 3 in the morning!)-- because I was TERRIFIED. Virtually all the other young people around me—to my eyes, at least—looked like the real thing: gang members and not actors. I actually saw a few scuffles when the camera stopped rolling, including a few knives flashing around. As I tried to leave via an exit point, I was blocked by a crew member who told me I couldn’t leave. For a second, I felt trapped. Then he said: “You won’t get paid!” I told him the hell with it and ran past him.
As I rode the subway back to my $35/week hotel room in Times Square, I felt cheated. My first acting job, and I didn’t even get to finish it!