A Working Actor's Lament (Chapter 66)
...And The Winner Honorable Mention Best Effort Goes To...
Was that the top of the hill? It was hard to tell as I was in the last row of the roller coaster. Surely this climb to the top wasn't over already.
So I was really excited for this morning to come. This was the day we were going to find out if the short film "Pirates of the Caribbean: At Wit's End" would be up for an MTV Movie Award for Best Spoof of a Film. As I typed in the address bar, I was sweating from my fingernails. I was just hoping it would not short out my keyboard before I finished.
There it was, the top 5 nominations: "Casino Royale with Cheese", "Texas Chainsaw Musical", "Texas Chainsaw Rehab", "Little Miss Squirt gun', and "United 300". But where was our short film? It had to have been up there. Okay, I will take it like a man...maybe it was under Honorable Mention: "Little Miss Jackass", "300 Pins", "Borats Anonymous", "The DeFarted", "Holiday Grudge", "300: Maximus Rectus", "The Number 2300", "301 Dalmatians". Nope. Really? Maybe I read them wrong. Nope. We were not there. Neither were any of the spoofs of "Pirates of the Caribbean".
To be honest (and partial), I have seen all of these movies and I can say that they are nowhere near the best that were in the competition. Am I saying the short film I was in was the best? Well, if not in the top 5, it should have definitely been mentioned as honorable. And to lose out to a film that didn't even play by the rules (no use of copy written music without permission) just makes it that much more infuriating.
I tried to hold my hands up as long as I could as the roller coaster slowly started to arc back down to earth. Let's just hope it was a short drop. Maybe I should close my eyes.
Was that the top of the hill? It was hard to tell as I was in the last row of the roller coaster. Surely this climb to the top wasn't over already.
So I was really excited for this morning to come. This was the day we were going to find out if the short film "Pirates of the Caribbean: At Wit's End" would be up for an MTV Movie Award for Best Spoof of a Film. As I typed in the address bar, I was sweating from my fingernails. I was just hoping it would not short out my keyboard before I finished.There it was, the top 5 nominations: "Casino Royale with Cheese", "Texas Chainsaw Musical", "Texas Chainsaw Rehab", "Little Miss Squirt gun', and "United 300". But where was our short film? It had to have been up there. Okay, I will take it like a man...maybe it was under Honorable Mention: "Little Miss Jackass", "300 Pins", "Borats Anonymous", "The DeFarted", "Holiday Grudge", "300: Maximus Rectus", "The Number 2300", "301 Dalmatians". Nope. Really? Maybe I read them wrong. Nope. We were not there. Neither were any of the spoofs of "Pirates of the Caribbean".
To be honest (and partial), I have seen all of these movies and I can say that they are nowhere near the best that were in the competition. Am I saying the short film I was in was the best? Well, if not in the top 5, it should have definitely been mentioned as honorable. And to lose out to a film that didn't even play by the rules (no use of copy written music without permission) just makes it that much more infuriating.
I tried to hold my hands up as long as I could as the roller coaster slowly started to arc back down to earth. Let's just hope it was a short drop. Maybe I should close my eyes.
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