I have no enormous news to share, but I continue to plug away at my current pursuits…
Last week, I began sending out copies of my current resume and headshot to prospective commercial agents and print modeling agents. I bought a booklet called “The Agents” at Samuel French Bookshop, which is where most of Hollywood buys acting books. I decided that my best possibility of an “in” was to contact agents seeking bilingual actors. My fingers are continually crossed that I will hear back from one or more of them soon.
Much Ado About Nothing will open in just a few weeks, so my rehearsal schedule is picking up. A challenging bit for me is a solo I am meant to sing just awfully. In “Film Acting, An Actor’s Perspective,” Michael Caine explains how an actor playing a drunk should never act as though he is trying to be drunk; rather, he should act like a drunk trying to be sober. Similarly, I am to act like a poor singer who is trying to sing well, and this has required some careful thought and advice from the musical director. The swing dancing numbers have a been a real joy–from time to time during a dance, I’ll be full of energy and throw myself into the routine. It is real fun. (Laura Fernandez, can you confirm that this is good grammar? Fun is a noun, so it should be described with an adjective, not an adverb. Am I right?)
This last weekend, a few friends and I went to The Highlands, a club located at the Hollywood and Highland Complex. This is also the location of the Kodak Theater, where the Oscars are filmed. As one of my friends had a connection at the club, we got in for free and received free drinks and a wristband that gave us access to all sections of the club. It was fun, living how the other half lives–at the moment, I couldn’t have afforded the $20.00 entry fee and $11.00 drinks.
I hope you are all very well and enjoying life. Thank you for reading about what is going on with me.
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Oh, a grammar challenge! Off the top of my head, “fun” can either be an adjective or a noun. To me, it sounds a little awkward, or maybe just slangy, to say “It is real fun,” but it might be because a more common usage would be “It was/is a really fun time!” Or, perhaps more accurate (?): “It is true fun.” All that to say, I think you are right. If you use “fun” as a noun in this way, you can use “real” in this way, meaning “very.”
Comment by laurafern October 8, 2007 @ 6:08 pmThank you, Laura, for your grammatical advice! I find it excellent to know experts.
When I say “real fun,” I mean to indicate that this is the genuine article: it is not some slipshod activity that people might call fun because it is sort of alright. It is not a second rate copy.
Comment by hansroberts October 8, 2007 @ 9:28 pmI doubt this will even be read, but I need to clarify your grammatical issue. And by “need,” of course I mean, “have a compulsive urge to.” In this sentence, fun functions as the predicate adjective, which should be modified by an adverb. You are modifying the degree of fun you had, and not making a distinction between “real” and “fake” fun. Peace out.
Comment by cory March 23, 2008 @ 3:22 amAs crazy as this sounds, I meant to say the fun was real and not something sort of okay that people pass off as fun.
Let’s say, for example, I ask someone how her night last night was, and she thinks for a second and says without expression “oh, it was fun.” Let’s say, however, I ask someone and her eyes light up and she says “it was fun!” and then launches into a description of an exquisite evening.
In the sentence in question above, I mean to express that this fun was of the second, real, sort.
Comment by hansroberts March 24, 2008 @ 3:13 amOh, I get it now. My correction stands corrected.
Comment by cory March 31, 2008 @ 2:56 pmCory, I did not know it was YOU writing until just now! Good to hear from you!
Comment by hansroberts April 5, 2008 @ 4:30 am